‘China-only Chinaplas' opens as first major plastics show in the pandemic

Chinaplas 2021 opened April 13 in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, drawing about 44,000 visitors to the first major plastics trade show since COVID-19 swept the globe. Our China-based reporter was there.

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