SYDNEY, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Darling Harbor precinct in Sydney on Tuesday hosted the first day of CeBIT, the largest business technology event in the Asia Pacific region.
Chinese businesses had a large contingent at the event, which is set to attract over 15,000 visitors, with over 350 exhibitors from across the world.
Jeff Chan, international business division director at Tongding Interconnection Information Co. told Xinhua on Tuesday that his company was pleased with the global exhibition.
"This year we came to Australia based on the good relationship between Australia and China, we hope to find some potential customers here," Chan said.
"It is my first time in Australia and I find that it is really good, there are a lot of good suppliers."
Chan said that he hoped to find some other good operators and distributors at the event to connect with, and that based on what he has experienced so far, he plans to make the trip every year.
"I think Australia and China have a really good relationship and it (CeBIT) is good for business promotion." Chan said.
Prior to the launch of the event on Tuesday, the New South Wales (NSW) Minister for Innovation Matt Kean said that exhibitors from 34 countries were in attendance, and demonstrate a strong partnership between the state and the international community, especially in business and innovation.
"China, Britain, India, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Singapore and Indonesia are all represented by international delegations at CeBIT," Kean said.
"We'll be promoting NSW to these overseas delegates to help us attract more world-class technology companies to NSW."
