The China Packaging Tour is all about sightseeing – the kind of sightseeing that will pay you back in business contacts and new opportunities for business growth.
China has the largest population in the world - around 1.35 billion people. Its economy has just been through two decades of extraordinary economic growth. An affluent middle class has developed, whose new rich can afford and are keen to buy suitably packaged and presented consumer goods.
According to the China Packaging Federation, there are around 6000 packaging companies in China serving the domestic marketplace and increasingly involved in export activity. Between 2001 and 2010, exports of Chinese packaging machinery grew by a factor of nine to AU$811m annually.
The China Packaging Tour will give participants a first hand view of China's economy at work, of the Chinese companies with whom you might like to do business and the Chinese packaging market as a whole.
The program includes company visits, a full day seminar on the Chinese packaging market and visits to universities.
There are also opportunities to network with global packaging players – and you won't go home without having the opportunity to see some of the tourist destinations.
Here is the tour itinerary:
Sept 7th/8th: Arrival in Beijing
Sept 8th: Beijing Attraction Tour in Beijing (Summer Place, Forbidden City, Great Wall). Great overview of Chinese History. Enjoyment of Chinese Middle Autumn Day (Moon Festival)
Sept 9th: Visit of Beijing Institute of Graphics (Printing and Packaging Lab). Company visits: Effem Foods (Mars) or Huiyuan (Nestlé)
Sept 10th: China Seminar with the China Packaging Federation
- Overview of the Chinese packaging market
- Doing business in China
- Networking and exchange of information with Chinese packaging companies
Sept 11th: Company visits: Tetrapak, Amcor. Travel with High Speed Train to Xuzhou (3 hrs).
Sept 12th: Company visits: Stick packaging material company, Shouyi plastics film company. Visit to unique Plastic Film Museum.
Sept 13th: Boat tour on lake with beautiful lotus flowers. Travel with High Speed Train to Hangzhou (3 hrs).
Sept 14th: Company visit: Dingxing Group (Instant Noodles Kangshifu). Tour around West Lake, one of the most famous tourist destinations in China and UNESCO World Heritage.
Sept 15th: Company visits: Bosch Packaging (Packaging Equipment), Wahaha Group (Beverages). Travel with High Speed Train to Shanghai (1 hr).
Sept 16th: Visit of Shanghai Ocean University (Food Packaging Institute). Company visit: Henkel (largest industrial adhesives plant globally). Shanghai Tour (Huangpu River, Oriental Pearl Tower)
Sept 17th: Company visits: Jielongyongfa Packaging Printing Co. Ltd.(Paper Packaging), Zijiang Color Printing Packing Co. Ltd. End of official program: 5pm
Sept 17th/18th: Individual departure from Shanghai
The China Packaging Tour is being organised jointly by IPI International Packaging Institute and the China Packaging Federation CPF. The group will be accompanied by IPI staff and a local guide from CPF
The cost is AU$3790 which includes:
9 double occupancy hotel accommodations (Sept 8th - 17th), all transport within China (company visits, high speed train), food and non-alcoholic beverages, tourist activities and guides in German and English.
Optional extras are:
1. Additional day on Sept 8th (1 accomodation, tourist activities, food, transport): AU$257
2. Single rooms: AU$106 per night
3. Additional night in Shanghai; double occupancy AU$110 or single occupancy AU$221
Not included: Flight to and from China, personal expenses, visa, personal travel insurance.
Note: Australian dollar costs quoted are approximate and subject to change based on current conversion rate.
Note too: IPI may offer the tour at a small upcharge if there are less than 18 participants, or cancel the tour - at the latest 3 weeks prior.
To be part of the tour, you need to register here before August 7.
