就CIMT2021筹备进展情况 主办方接受美国AMT远程专访

CIMT2021（第十七届中国国际机床展览会）将于2021年4月12-17日在北京中国国际展览中心（新馆）举办。展会主办方中国机床工具工业协会于2020年6月正式启动CIMT2021招展工作，截至目前招展和筹备工作进展顺利。

受新冠疫情影响，全球四大知名国际机床展的IMTS2020（美国芝加哥国际机械制造技术展览会）和日本JIMTOF2020（日本国际机床展览会）先后宣布停止举办，就像中国机床工具工业协会主办的CCMT2020（第十一届中国数控机床展览会）被迫停止举办一样。为了弥补展会停办的遗憾，加强与展商和观众的联系，为制造业群体提供最前沿的技术信息，IMTS展会主办方美国AMT开设了全新的线上展示平台——IMTS Spark（链接：https://www.imts.com/spark/），邀请IMTS展商和全球为数不多具有较高影响力的专业展览会在该平台进行展示、推介和交流。Spark每周将介绍新的会议、产品演示、技术演示、社交机会等等，并开设一个名为“国家展望”的系列视频采访节目，向观众介绍世界各地最具代表性的大型金属加工展览会。在Spark计划播出的“国家展望：目的地中国”系列采访中，他们特别关注了中国CIMT和CCMT展会，并邀请主办方中国机床工具工业协会相关负责人参加访谈。

据了解，IMTS Spark将进行为期7个月的线上展示，一直持续到2021年3月15日。

为了加强在全球范围内对CIMT2021展会的宣传推广，加深与全球合作伙伴、广大展商和专业观众的沟通和交流，中国机床工具工业协会秘书长王黎明日前接受了IMTS Spark的远程视频专访，就当前经济形势、CIMT展会和主办方的基本概况、CIMT2021筹备进展情况、疫情防控措施及国际合作等问题回答了记者提问。

以下是AMT采访视频。

据悉，王黎明秘书长还接受了日本东京JIMTOF展会主办方的书面采访，谈到了中国机床工具市场及运行情况，CIMT2021展会筹备情况，以及为应对新冠肺炎疫情所采取的有效措施等。

下面是访谈内容（中英文），供参考。

（中文）

BILL HERMAN：

早上好，欢迎收看IMTS Spark国际展会最新资讯。今天，我们聚焦即将在中国北京举办的CIMT展会。该展会由我们的合作伙伴中国机床工具工业协会CMTBA主办。多年来，AMT在CMTBA主办的两个中国展会上组织美国展团。CIMT，每奇数年在北京举行，CCMT，每偶数年在上海举行。这两个展会是中国最大的同类展会之一，为参展的AMT成员公司提供了强大的客户资源。

我们今天的嘉宾是CMTBA秘书长王黎明先生。王先生是中国金切标准化技术委员会副主任委员，也是中国会展业标准化技术委员会委员。除此之外，王先生是AMT二十多年来的好朋友，他是中国市场的优秀信息来源，在我们多次访问中国期间，他是一位非常热情的伙伴。用我蹩脚的中文告诉你，这在中国被称为：

Liánghǎo de guānxì良好的关系

意味着他很受尊敬，与中国和世界各地的制造业人士保持着良好的关系。

王先生，欢迎并感谢您接受今天的访谈。

王先生：谢谢你，Bill，很高兴参与访谈。

BillHerman-Q1：王先生，与AMT类似，CMTBA是一个致力于推动机床行业发展的协会。请您向我们的观众谈谈贵协会的基本情况？

王先生-A1：中国机床工具工业协会（英文简称CMTBA）是中国国际机床展览会（CIMT）和中国数控机床展览会（CCMT）的主办方。

中国机床工具工业协会下设28个专业分会和6个工作委员会，现有会员1700多家，会员主要由从事金属切削机床、金属成形机床、铸造机械、木工机床、数控系统、工业机器人、量刃具、磨料磨具、机床附件（含机床功能部件）、机床电器等制造企业组成。

BillHerman-Q2：请您向我们的观众介绍一下CIMT展会，这个展会已经举办了多少届了？这是中国最大的机床工具行业展览吗？

王先生-A2：Bill，如前所言， CIMT和CCMT是中国境内知名度高、规模大的机床工具专业展览会。CIMT展会创办于1989年，每逢单年在北京举办。目前，我们正在积极筹备将于2021年4月12-17日在北京举办的CIMT2021。

·上一届CIMT展会于2019年4月在北京•中国国际展览中心（新馆）举办。

·在CIMT2019，共有来自28个国家和地区的1712家展商参展。

其中，来自中国境外的展商874家，展出面积约占50%。包括美国在内的13个国家和地区的行业组织和贸促机构组团参展。

·CIMT2019展览总面积达14.2万平方米，比上届增长8.4%。

·为期 6 天的展会共吸引了来自 81个国家和地区的 139079 名专业观众前来参观，总人次达 319371人次。

BillHerman-Q3：CIMT与其他国际机床工具展有什么不同？

王先生-A3：CIMT是中国境内乃至全球知名度最高、最权威、规模最大、国内外影响力最广的机床工具专业展览会之一。该展会与美国芝加哥IMTS、欧洲EMO和日本JIMTOF并称全球四大不可错过的国际机床展览盛会。每届CIMT展会都汇集全球最先进适用的机床工具产品，对亚洲乃至全球、特别是中国国内采购商和用户来说，是考察和采购机床工具产品的最佳机会。

借此机会，我也代表展会主办方向所有朋友发出邀请，欢迎在2021年春意盎然的4月我们再次相聚北京，相聚在CIMT2021展览会！

BillHerman：我本人非常高兴接受您的邀请，并且我相信这也是我们很多观众的意愿。

BillHerman-Q4：贵协会CIMT2021的筹备情况如何？

王先生-A4：CIMT2021的招展工作已于2020年6月全面启动，到目前为止，招展工作进展顺利。预计将有来自不少于28个国家和地区的约1700余家展商参展，其中将有来自于中国境外的近900家展商参展。

BillHerman-Q5：正如您和我们的观众所知道的，受COVID-19病毒疫情影响，IMTS展会已被迫取消。COVID-19病毒是否也迫使你们协会改变对CIMT2021的组织方式？

王先生-A5：的确。2020年初，一场突如其来的新冠肺炎病毒（COVID-19）打乱了全世界人们的正常工作和生活秩序。如前所述，我们本已筹备就绪的CCMT2020（第十一届中国数控机床展览会）也被迫停止举办了。

目前新冠疫情仍在全球蔓延，未来一两年展会能否像以往一样正常举办，还存在很多的不确定性。因此，我协会也在着手开发和筹备线上展示平台，希望能与线下展会形成相互补充和互动。但我认为，机床产品有着其特殊性，在未来一些年，还是以线下实物展示为主，线上展只能是对线下展的支撑和补充。随着信息技术的逐步发展和完善，线上展才能有更大的发挥潜力。

BillHerman-Q6：疫情影响了人们的旅行计划，并引发安全问题，CIMT展会是否对国际参展商和观众开放？

王先生-A6：我们的CIMT和CCMT展会一向非常欢迎来自境外的展商和观众，每届展会都会组织境外招展，历届CIMT展会和CCMT展会，都会有十几个国家和地区的机床协会及贸促机构组团参展。尽管受展馆场地面积不足的制约，展览面积供不应求，但我相信这种情况将随着展馆建设逐步得到改善。长期以来，我们境外展商的展示面积一直保持在整个展会面积的50%以上，我们也一直热情邀请和欢迎来自中国境外的采购商和专业观众前来参观、交流和采购。

目前中国国内的航班、高铁班次已基本恢复到了疫前的水平，人员流动也基本恢复正常，国际航班也正在逐步恢复，这为展商参展和观众参观提供了便利条件。在目前全球新冠疫情没有完全消退的情况下，我们将按照政府部门发布的疫情防控方案的要求，做好场馆及设施消毒，做好人员入场健康检查，落实充足有效的防护措施，尽最大努力保证参展人员和观众的健康和安全。同时也建议来访的境外友人，理解和遵守我们的各项防护措施，保护好自己，维护良好的参展和观展秩序，确保展会顺利进行。

BillHerman-Q7：那么，关于CIMT2021的筹备和进展，看看技术方面，您认为美国公司在中国发展业务的机会在哪里？

王先生-A7：中国秉承持续几十年的对外开放政策，我们始终欢迎境外企业来华投资和进行商贸洽谈，CIMT和CCMT展会无疑为各国和地区机床工具企业提供了高品位的展示平台，为中国乃至全球机床用户搭建了权威高效的机床工具产品选购平台。

尽管新冠疫情仍在影响全球很多地方，中国因严格有效的管控措施而迅速控制疫情并率先复工复产。今年二季度，中国实现GDP增速3.2%，在全球各主要经济体中表现突出。

机床最大的用户领域汽车行业产销也实现了连续5个月的单月同比增长，1-8月累计汽车产销量降幅持续收窄。

因此可以说，中国经济仍保持着稳步回升及向好态势，包括美国企业在内的国际优秀的机床工具企业仍将在中国获得很大增长空间。回顾近几年参展情况可以看出，每年会有数十家美国AMT会员企业参加CIMT或CCMT展会，参展企业数量和面积均有逐届增长趋势。

因此，Bill，对你的问题，答案是肯定的！中国市场对于美国及世界各地企业来说仍具有巨大机会！

BillHerman-Q8：这真是个好消息，谢谢您。换个角度，您怎么看CMTBA与AMT之间的合作？

王先生-A8：在1988年中国机床工具工业协会（CMTBA）创立之初，正值中国从计划经济向市场经济转变，那时我们就与美国机械制造技术协会（AMT）建立了友好的合作关系。30多年来，CMTBA也向AMT这个具有百年历史的同行业协会学习了许多值得借鉴的东西，包括学习行业协会的办展经验。

未来，我们会继续推进两协会及会员企业在相关技术领域的交流与合作，共同为两国机床工具企业创建更加广阔的合作发展空间。

BillHerman-结束语：说得很好，王先生，谢谢。经过这么多年，您和您的员工在AMT受到了朋友般的欢迎。无论是在美国还是在中国，我们都很高兴见到您。

王先生，感谢您今天在百忙之中抽出时间来和我们谈谈CIMT，以及CIMT北京和CCMT上海对展商的机会。我们谨代表AMT，祝愿明年的CIMT展会一切顺利。

王先生-结束语：Bill，谢谢你给我这个机会介绍我们在中国展会的最新情况。我们期待着很快在中国见到您和AMT的员工，以及许多来自AMT会员企业的熟悉的面孔！

BillHerman：感谢您收看本次IMTS Spark国际展会的最新进展。我们今天的嘉宾是CIMT北京和CCMT上海展会的主办方，CMTBA秘书长王黎明先生。

（英文）

BILL HERMAN:

Good morning andwelcome to our International Tradeshow Update series on IMTS Spark. Today, ourfocus is on the CIMT show in Beijing, China, organized by our associationcounterpart, CMTBA – China Machine Tool & Tool Builders’ Association. Formany years, AMT has organized the USA Pavilion at two Chinese shows organizedby CMTBA: CIMT, held every odd-numbered year in Beijing, and CCMT, held everyeven-numbered year in Shanghai. These shows are two of the largest in all ofChina and have generated strong customer leads for the AMT member companies inparticipation as exhibitors.

Our guest todayis Mr. Liming Wang, Vice President of CMTBA. In addition to his role as VicePresident of CMTBA, Mr. Wang is Vice Chairman of China’s National Metal CuttingStandardization Technical Committee, as well as a Member of the NationalConference & Exhibition Standardization Technical Committee. And beyondthat, Mr. Wang has been a good friend to AMT for more than two decades, he is anexcellent source of information on the Chinese market and a very welcomingpresence during our many visits to China. He has what in China is called:

Liánghǎo de guānxì良好的关系

and in my badChinese I will tell you that that means he is very respected and has excellentrelationships with people in the manufacturing world in China and around theworld.

Mr. Wang, Welcomeand thank you for joining us today.

MR WANG: Thank you, Bill. I am glad to be here.

BILL HERMAN – Q1：Mr. Wang, similarto AMT, CMTBA is an association that works to advance the machine tool industry.Could you provide our viewers more background on CMTBA?

MR. WANG - A1：CMTBA is the sponsor of both China International Machine Tool Show(CIMT) and China CNC Machine Tool Fair (CCMT).

CMTBA has 28professional branches and 6 working committees, currently with more than 1700members. Members aremainly composed of manufacturing enterprises engaged in metal cutting machinetools, metal forming machine tools, foundry machinery, woodworking machines,CNC systems, industrial robots, measuring and cutting tools, abrasive andgrinding tools, machine tool accessories (including machine functionalcomponents), machine tools electrical appliances etc..

BILL HERMAN – Q2：Could you giveour viewers some history of the CIMT show? How many times has this exhibition been held?Is CIMT the largest exhibition of machine tool industry in China?

MR. WANG – A2: Bill, as younoted earlier, CIMT and CCMT are the two largest machine tool shows in China.CIMT was founded in 1989 and is held in Beijing every odd year. At present, weare actively preparing for the CIMT2021,which will be held in Beijing from April 12 to 17, 2021.

The last CIMT was held in April 2019, atChina International Exhibition Center (New Venue) in Beijing.

At CIMT 2019, there were 1712 exhibitors from 28 countries and regions.

Among them, 874 companies came from overseas, occupying nearly 50% of theexhibition space. Industryassociations and trade promotion organizations organized Pavilions from 13 countries and regions,including the United States.

The totalexhibition area of CIMT2019 reached 142000 square meters, an increase of 8.4%over its previous exhibition.

The 6-day exhibition attracted 139079 professional visitors from 81countries and regions, representing 319,371 person-visits, when you factor in those that visited morethan once.

BILL HERMAN – Q3：How would youcompare CIMT Beijing with other major machine tool shows around the world?

MR. WANG – A3: CIMT is a professional machine tool exhibition with highestpopularity, most authoritative, largest scale and most influential in China andabroad. The exhibition along with Chicago'sIMTS, Europe's EMO and Japan’s JIMTOF, is one of the world's four must-seeinternational machine tool events worldwide. Each CIMT exhibition gathers the most advanced andapplicable machine tool products in the world, and provides the bestopportunity to study, compare and purchase products for buyers and users inAsia and around the world, especially for China domestic purchasing agent and users.

On behalf of theexhibition sponsor, I would like to take this opportunity to extend aninvitation to all friends, welcome to meet again in Beijing in April 2021,where the spring is full of vitality, and to gather at CIMT2021 exhibition!

BILL HERMAN: Well, I, for one,am happy to accept your invitation! As I’m sure will many of our viewers.

BILL HERMAN –Q4：How is yourassociation’s planning for CIMT 2021 going?

MR. WANG: - A4: The exhibition-inviting for CIMT2021 wasformally fully launched on June, 2020 and it has been goingsmoothly. It is expected that more than 1700exhibitors from more than 28 countries and regions will participate in theexhibition, among them nearly 900 exhibitors from overseas.

BILL HERMAN – Q5：As you and our viewers know, the COVID-19virus forced the cancellation of IMTS. Has COVID-19 forced you to change theway that CMTBA organizes and presents CIMT 2021?

MR. WANG – A5：Yes, a sudden COVID-19disrupted the normal working and living order of people around the world inearly 2020. As I mentioned earlier, the CCMT2020, scheduled for April 2020 in Shanghai, and which was alreadyfar along in its planning was also forcedto stop.

At present, thepandemic is still spreading around the world. As a result, there are still manyuncertainties about whether the exhibition could be held as usual in thenext one or two years. Therefore, CMTBA is also working on the development andpreparation of online exhibition platform, hoping to complement and interactwith live, in-person exhibitions. However, I think that machine tool products have their own particularity,and in the next few years, the live, physical exhibition will still be the main event thatpeople will want to attend. The online version can support and supplement tothe live, in-person exhibition. With the gradual development and improvement of informationtechnology, the online exhibition has great potential as a vehicle that canenhance the live show experience.

BILL HERMAN – Q6：With the virus affecting travel plans andcausing safety concerns, will CIMT be open tointernational exhibitors and visitors?

MR WANG – A6：Our CIMT and CCMT exhibitions always welcome overseas exhibitorsand visitors, and each exhibition will continue to organize overseas exhibition-invitingprograms, Machine toolassociations and trade promotion organizations from more than ten countries andregions participated in the past CIMT and CCMT exhibitions. For a long time, the exhibition area of the overseas exhibitors has been maintained atmore than 50% of the total exhibition area, we have also warmly invited andwelcomed buyers and professional visitors from overseas to visit, exchange andpurchase at our shows.

At present,China's domestic flights and high-speed train services are basically back topre-pandemic levels, and the flow of personnel has nearly returned to normal. Internationalflights are also gradually resuming, which provides convenient conditions forexhibitors and visitors. Under the current situation, understanding that the globalpandemic has not completely subsided, we will follow the requirements of thepandemic prevention and control plan issued by the government departments. We willdo an excellent job indisinfection of the venues and facilities, we will be careful in physicalexamination of personnel entering the venue, implement adequate and effectiveprotective measures, and try our best to ensure the health and safety of theparticipants and the audience. At the same time, it is also suggested that thefriends from overseas should understand and abide by our protective measures, makegood efforts at self-protection, maintain a good order of participation, andensure the smooth progress of the exhibition.

BILL HERMAN – Q7：Well, assumingthe show goes forward and let’s think about CIMT2021, in terms of technology, what do you think are the opportunities for UScompanies to develop their business in China?

MR. WANG – Q7：China has adheredto the policy of opening up to the outside world for decades. We always welcomeforeign enterprises to invest in China and conduct business negotiations. Boththe CIMT and CCMT shows undoubtedly provide a high-grade exhibition platformfor machine tool enterprises in countries and regions, for China and evenglobal machine tool users to build an authoritative and efficient machine toolproduct purchase platform.

Although theCOVID-19 pandemic is still impacting lives in many parts of the world, due tostrict and effective control measures, China quickly controlled the pandemicand took the lead in returning to work. In the second quarter of this year,China achieved a GDP growth rate of 3.2%, which was outstanding among the majoreconomies in the world.

The productionand sales of automobile industry, the largest user field of machine tools, also achieved a singlemonth year-on-year growth for five consecutive months, and the cumulative declinein automobile production and sales from January to August continued to narrow.

Therefore, it canbe said that China's economy has maintained a steady recovery and a positivetrend. International excellent machine tool and tool enterprises, includingAmerican enterprises, will still gain great growth space in China. Looking backon the exhibition situation in recent years, it can be seen that dozens of AMTmember enterprises from the United States participated in CIMT or CCMT everyyear, and the number and area of the participating enterprises are increasing everyyear.

So, the bottom-lineanswer to your question, Bill, is a resounding YES! China remains an excellentsource of opportunity for U.S. companies and those from around the world!

BILL HERMAN – Q8：That is excellentnews, thank you. On a different note Mr. Wang, what do you think of the cooperation between CMTBAand AMT?

MR. WANG – A8：At the beginningof the establishment of CMTBA in 1988, China wastransforming from a planned economy to a market economy. At that time, weestablished a friendly cooperative relationship with AMT. Over the past 30years, CMTBA has learned a lot from AMT, with your century-long history as anindustry association, including learning the experience of holding exhibitionby industry associations.

In the future, wewill continue to promote the exchanges and cooperation between our twoassociations and member enterprises in relevant technical fields, and jointlycreate a broader space for cooperation and development of machine toolenterprises of our two countries.

BILL HERMAN – CLOSING REMARKS: Very very wellsaid, Mr. Wang, thank you. After all these yearsyou and your staff are greeted like friends at AMT. We are always glad when wecan see you whether it’s here in the United States or there in China.

Mr. Wang, thankyou for taking time out of your busy schedule today to speak with us about CIMTand the opportunities that exist at both CIMT Beijing and CCMT Shanghai. Onbehalf of AMT, we wish you all the best in your planning for next year’s show.

MR WANG – CLOSING REMARKS: Thank you, Bill,for this opportunity to provide an update on our shows here in China. We lookvery forward to seeing you and the AMT staff, along with the many familiar facesfrom your member companies, here in China very soon!

BILL HERMAN – OUT: Thank you forwatching this international show update on IMTS Spark. Our guest today has beenMr. Liming Wang, Vice President of CMTBA, organizers of the CIMT Beijing andCCMT show in Shanghai.

For IMTS Spark,I’m Bill Herman.

（文：张芳丽 图：李华翔 文案翻译：协会国际部）