Chinaplas is the largest plastics show in Asia. But how big exactly?

This year, the show features a total exhibition space of 132,500 square meters and nearly 1,800 exhibitors from 35 countries. Show organizer, the Adsale Group, said that the show's status as "number one in Asia and number three in the world(after K and NPE)" is "unshakable."

The latest stats show that 27,223 visitors attended the show on April 17, the opening day. Nearly 20 percent of them, or 5,118 people, came from outside of China.

Adsale also told the press that the electricity consumption of the show catches up to the normal power consumption of a Chinese town. Ten high-capacity generators were brought in this year and installed outside the halls, supporting the machines on display.

Latest recap of Chinaplas 2008:
Number of Visitors
April 17 : 27,223
April 18 : 25,300
April 19 : 13,331
April 20 : 6,307
Total : 72,161
Number of Overseas Visitors : 11,760 (16.3%)