The 12th China Chenghai International Toys & Gifts Fair will be held on April 21st -24th at Chenghai Exhibition Center. As we learned from the press conference hosted by the Chenghai District Government, in this session of the toys and gifts fair, an Animation Zone for animation and video game enterprises will be opened while the professional and international features are kept, making it the first toys and gifts exhibition in China with an animation demonstration center. During the fair, a forum on the animation (toys) creation industry will be held to promote the development of animation and toys culture industry in Chenghai.

Since 1999, the international toys and gifts fair has been successfully organized in Chenghai for 11 consecutive years, becoming one of the most professional international and commercial toys and gifts fairs in China. It has promoted the development of the toys and gifts industry in Chenghai to a large extent. This year, there will be 550 standard booths that take up a total area of 16,000 square meters in the fair, and the exhibits will range from toys, baby carts, baby articles, animation, gifts, handicraft, daily articles, mechanical equipment, raw materials, accessories, hardware, electronics, to spare parts, including inspection, certification, and commercial services. A permanent exhibition area and an animation demonstration area are set up on the third floor of the main venue.

So far, over 3,000 domestic and foreign guests from more than 20 provinces and cities and over 40 countries and areas including EU, South America, Middle East, Southeast Asia, USA, Japan, Korea, Russia, Australia, Nigeria, Brazil, and Italy, and most professional buyers, have accepted the invitation to attend the fair.

Source: Shantou Daily April 15, 2010

第十二届中国澄海国际玩具礼品博览会将于本月21日至24日在澄海展览中心举办。记者从澄海区政府召开的新闻发布会上获悉，本届玩博会将继续保持以往专业性、国际性的特点外，将增设一个“动漫展区”，邀请动漫原创、动漫游戏等企业参展，率先在全国玩具专业展会上设立展演中心。同时举办动漫(玩具)创意产业发展论坛，促进澄海动漫玩具文化产业的发展。

    自1999年起，澄海区已连续成功举办了11届中国澄海国际玩具礼品博览会，成为中国内地最具国际性、商业性、专业性的玩具礼品展会之一，有力促进澄海玩具礼品产业的发展壮大。本届玩博会设有标准展位550个，总面积1.6万平方米，参展产品包括玩具、童车、婴童用品、动漫、礼品、工艺品、日用品和机械设备、原辅材料、五金电子、零部配件以及检测认证、商业服务等，并增设主馆三楼为常年展区和动漫演示展区。

到目前为止，已有来自欧盟、南美、中东、东南亚和美国、日本、韩国、俄罗斯、澳大利亚、尼日利亚、巴西、意大利等40多个国家和地区以及国内20多个省市的3000多位参展商复函应邀参会，其中大部分为专业买家。

来源：汕头日报 2010-4-15