BEIJING, April 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Airport City Development, Ltd. (ACL) announced that the 10th Airport Cities World Conference and Exhibition (ACE 2010) was officially launched at the China World Hotel, Beijing. The three-day event from 21-23 April gathers over 500 professionals from around 50 different countries. Visitors will meet to discuss and share their experiences in the industry, especially future development trends. This is the first time this prestigious event has been held in mainland China.
Desmond Shum, Vice Chairman and CEO of ACL said, “We are very honored and excited to host ACE 2010. This conference displays the huge development potential of the airport-based economy in Beijing and northern China to our overseas peers. We hope this conference will strengthen communication between decision makers at domestic airports and their international contemporaries to jointly promote further development of the global airport city industry.”
In order to showcase China’s rapidly growing economy and aviation sector, ACL, the conference host, has invited participants to visit the Beijing Airport Economic Zone to better understand Beijing Airport City and to get a sense of its huge potential.
ACL has implemented a series of projects to build Beijing Airport City. These projects include ACLP, the first airport-based bonded logistics park, located in the Beijing Tianzhu Free Trade Zone. By using a one-stop customs clearance and bonded logistics business model, ACLP helps enterprises improve logistics efficiency and save on operating costs. ACL hopes the success of ACLP will help Beijing transform into an international aviation logistics hub that can share its experience with other aviation hubs in China to jointly drive the rapid growth of an airport-based economy in China.
Prof. John D Kasarda, airport city pioneer and Director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Mr. Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad, Airports Council International Asia-Pacific President, Mr. Gao Shiqing, Vice General Manager of Beijing Capital Airport Group, Prof. Cao Yunchun, Director of the Airport Economy Institute at Civil Aviation University of China, and other professionals from around the world are attending the conference to give presentations and exchange opinions on featured topics.
