Technological framework and application of exhibition electronic business - A case study of China Import & Export Fair

The combination of the electronic business and the exhibition industry has become an inevitable trend of the development of the exhibition industry. Through the efforts of many years, China Import & Export Fair has built a solid basic hardware platform for electronic business, hence made the exhibition management and electronic service e-enabled and web-enabled, then established the outward communication service systems, and built up an OA platform for foreign trade center. This paper provides a demonstration research analysis, and proposes a general model for the framework of electronic business in the exhibition industry.