section_path: Economy/Convention and exhibition industry
section_name: Convention and exhibition industry
paragraph_text: Convention and exhibition industry
  
  Boasting the claim as "China's Famous Exhibition City" and "China's Most Competitive Convention and Exhibition City", Chengdu takes the lead in central and western China for its scale of convention economy. It has been recognized as one of the three largest convention and exhibition cities in China. In 2010, direct revenue from the convention and exhibition industry was RMB 3.21 billion, with a year-on-year growth of 27.8 percent. The growth reached a historical high.