The Kaohsiung Exhibition Center, southern Taiwan's iconic exhibition venue that forms the core of the Asia New Bay Area, has officially entered its first decade and 10th year of operation. Today (the 6th) a 10 Years and Beyond event was held, combined with Ministry of Economic Affairs' Taiwan Business Event Corridor activities and Kaohsiung City Government's unveiling of its new exhibition economy plan. Through collaborative integration between the central government, local governments, and exhibition industry, they aim to build upon the concert economy and create further momentum for Kaohsiung's exhibition economy.

Also aiming to construct a Kaohsiung green exhibition sustainable platform, the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center and iPASS Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding witnessed by Liao Tai-Hsiang, Director General of Kaohsiung City's Economic Development Bureau. The collaborative MOU was jointly signed by Kaohsiung Exhibition Center General Manager Katherine Tu and iPASS Corporation President Keynes Cheng as they initiated a green data revolution for Kaohsiung's exhibition industry. In the future, cross-industry collaborations will involve green transportation, electronic payment data, and carbon footprint data certification, establishing green economic indicators for the exhibition industry chain and aligning with international circular sustainability trends.

Liao Tai-Hsiang stated that Kaohsiung City Government is actively promoting its concert economy, which not only drives Kaohsiung’s commercial vitality, it also enhances the city's brand value. To attract more people to specifically visit Kaohsiung, they must integrate interdepartmentally and collaborate more closely with businesses to develop policies and effective plans that optimally meeting exhibition industry requirements and attract larger international exhibition events to Kaohsiung.

Michael Tu, Chairman of Interplan Group and the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center, noted that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Center and the first decade of Kaohsiung's development as an exhibition city. He hopes this 10 Years and Beyond event will become a common platform for industry exchange, and is looking forward to ever more innovative collaborations with industry chain partners to launch new momentum in Kaohsiung's exhibition industry, with everyone working together to achieve the goal of making Kaohsiung the preferred global exhibition destination.