Pandemic claims another stationery trade show.

 

Paperworld China, formerly scheduled to take place from 12 – 14 May 2022 at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai, has been deferred due to COVID health concerns. 

 

The rearranged dates will be announced at the earliest opportunity by the fair’s organisers Messe Frankfurt and the China Stationery and Sporting Goods Association. 

 

The postponement comes amid a new wave of Covid cases across the country, particularly in Shanghai. 

 

A number of exhibition centres have been converted to temporary treatment centres which, combined with a recent tightening of travel restrictions, has created uncertainty around trade fairs opening as scheduled and participants’ travel plans for the show. 

 

Earlier this year, Messe Frankfurst pulled the plug on the major European trade fair, Paperworld Frankfurt.