武汉素有"九省通衢"之称，是中国中部地区特大中心城市，具有得天独厚的交通及区位优势，历为商家必争之地。据国际未来学家预测，武汉在21世纪将成为世界十大超级城市之一。

    武汉国际会展中心前身武汉展览馆，是1956年建成的中苏友好宫，为解放初期继北京、上海、广州之后，在全国兴建的第四座大型综合性展览馆，是中国展览馆协会发起人和常务理事单位。建馆40年来，共举办各类大中型中外展览700多个，在国内外展览界享有较高声誉。随着市场经济的发展，武汉展览馆原有功能已不能适应会展业发展需要，武汉市委、市政府决定，在原馆基础上新建一座我国中部地区规模最大的、现代化的、专业性的武汉国际会展中心。会展中心1999年12月17日正式开工，建设工期20个月，于2001年9月竣工并投入营运。

    武汉国际会展中心总建筑面积12.7万平方米，十大展厅面积5万平方米，可设置2,800个国际标准展位。会议厅面积1.5万平方米具有不同类型、风格及规模的会议厅、多功能厅、宴会厅、报告厅、贵宾厅、新闻发布中心等40间，规模居全国会展场馆之首。室外广场5.4万平方米，与中山公园绿化广场融为一体，形成武汉最大的城市中心广场。广场地下一层为现代化的大型购物中心。会展中心地下、广场及主体建筑三位一体，互相贯通、气势恢弘，是武汉市标志性建筑和现代化象征。

    武汉国际会展中心及展览、会议、车场、信息交流、商贸洽谈、室内外广场、购物中心、外商服务中心等各种功能为一体，可为客户提供商务、通讯、广告、装饰、餐饮、休闲、娱乐、旅游、停车、运输、仓储、办公等配套服务。她是武汉政治、经济、文化科技、商贸活动及信息交流中心，更是举办国际国内各类展览、会议、活动及接待外宾的最佳场所。

Important as an extraordinary large city in Central China. Wuhan is well known for its reputation of Thoroughfares to Nine Provinces due to the advantageous geographical Location and convenient transportation, which makes it a hotly contested spot of businessmen. As to the prediction of some international futurists. Wuhan will become one of the world top ten super cities in the 21'century.

Wuhan Exhibition Hall, the former building of Wuhan International Convention & Exhibition Center, was built to be Sino-Soviet Friendship Palace in 1956 as the fourth comprehensive exhibition hall since the construction of the palaces in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou shortly after the Liberation, and was the sponsor of china Exhibition Hall Association and the member of the Standing Committee. During the past 40 years since the founding of the Hall, over 700 domestic and foreign exhibitions of large and medium scales were held there, which brings quite high reputation in the exhibition industry at home and abroad. Which the rapid development of the market economy. The original functions of the Hall could not meet the requirement of the exhibition industry development. Therefore, Wuhan Municipal Party Committee and Wuhan Municipal Government decided to build a new hall at the same site. Wuhan International Convention & Exhibition Center which would be the largest, most modernized and professional one in Central China. The construction of the Center formally began on December 17,1999.and would be completed for service in September 2001 after the 20-mouth construction.

Wuhan International Convention & Exhibition Center. With a total building area of 127,000 square meters is one of the largest center for exhibitions and conferences in China .The exhibition center with a total area of 50,000 square meters can provide 2,800 international standard booths, and the conference center with a total area of 15,000 square meters houses over 40 meeting room of various styles and scales for conferences, banquets, lectures, VIP services and press release, etc. It also has a 54,000 square meters plaza, which is connected with the green plaza in Zhongshan Park to form unification presenting the largest plaza in the center of Wuhan. There is a modern shopping mall under the plaza. The convention and exhibition sophisticated equipment and enjoyable environment, which will be a symbolic building of Wuhan.

The center is a perfect place four-exhibition, convention, parking, business negotiation, and shopping able to provide business services, communication, advertisement, relaxing, traveling, decoration, storage and all other kinds of service. The emblem of modernization, activities and information exchange center of polities, economy, culture, science & technology, and trades in Wuhan. And also the most ideal place for holding various international and domestic exhibitions, conferences, activities and foreign guests receptions.

Source: Wuhan International Convention & Exhibition Center
Cooperation: Oriental Travel Silk Road Exhibition Services Co., Ltd.
Translation Unit: Beijing Star-light Translation Center

供稿：武汉国际会展中心

合作单位：北京丝绸之旅展览展示服务有限公司

翻译单位：北京星辉翻译中心

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