IEIK 2014
The 8th International Exhibition of Inventions，
，Kunshan
New Inventions, New Technologies and New Products
Dates：November 19 – 22, 2014
Venue：Hall B, Hall C, Huaqiao International Expo Center,
Address: No. 1588 Ludi Road, Huaqiao Economic Development Area,
Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
Sponsors：
：
China Association of Inventions （CAI）
International Federation of Inventors’ Associations （IFIA）
Organizers:
Jiangsu Association of Inventions
Kunshan Bureau of Science and Technology
Kunshan Intellectual Property Office
Co-organizer：
China Worker Technology Association
Supporters:
Ministry of Science and Technology
The State Intellectual Property Office
All-China Trade Union
China Association of Science and Technology
Central Committee of the Communist Young League
Jiangsu Bureau of Science and Technology
Jiangsu Intellectual Property Office
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Special Supporter：
China Science & Merchants Capital Investment Group Co., Ltd.
Introduction
Since 1988, China Association of Inventions started to hold “The International Exhibition
of Inventions ” in China once every 4 years with accumulated more than 10,000 Chinese and
foreign inventions exhibited. It is the largest platform for the international exchange activities
of the invention circle in China, a channel to make friends extensively and to broaden the
cooperation, a site to exchange invention information and a gateway for the innovative
products to the huge Chinese market. It was also highly appreciated and supported by
WIPO and IFIA as well as Chinese central and local governments and enterprises for its
events over the years.
Thanks to the vigorous support from the Kunshan City Government and the Chinese
innovative enterprises, the year of 2012 has seen the 7th International Exhibition of
Inventions in Kunshan (the 7th IEIK 2012) held successfully with over 3,000 inventions
displayed and the participation from more than 30 countries and regions. After the 7th IEIK
2012, it was decided that this event would be held once every 2 years and fixed in the
permanent location in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China so as to build a well-known exhibition of
inventions in the world and make it a famous brand in this field.
Now, the 8th International Exhibition of Inventions, Kunshan (IEIK 2014) – New
Inventions, New Techniques and New Products will be staged in Kunshan on November 19 22, 2014 under the support of different governmental departments of the Ministry of Science
and Technology of China, the China State Intellectual Property Office and the Provincial
Government of Jiangsu, etc. The topic of this exhibition is “Gathering in Beautiful Kunshan
and Flying Invention Dreams”. IEIK 2014 will widely invite the participation of associations
of inventors, inventive organizations, maker spaces, the inventors, innovative enterprisers,
funds and financial institutes from countries and regions all over the world.
IEIK 2014 will present the world latest invention achievements and services, build up
an expert exhibition covering various science and areas and actively contribute to the
reasonable patent transfer and practice as well as the innovation of the enterprises and the
entire people.
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Topic of IEIK 2014
“Gathering in Beautiful Kunshan and Flying Invention Dreams”.
Activities
A series of activities will be arranged during the exhibition for：
1. Exhibition and award appraisal,
2. The special exhibition area for “Kunshan Maker Fair” to display the most
fashionable, practical and interesting intellectual hardwares and IT products for personal
health monitoring, intellectual home, home 3D printing and personal CNC, etc.
3. The International Makers Round-Table Forum
4. The China Invention Forum (for domestic only),
5. The match-making for inventors, enterprises and investors
6. Briefings on new-products.
7. IFIA General Assembly
Awards
IEIK 2014 will organize a professional international judge committee to make the
assessment on the Gold, Silver, Bronze and Special Awards. Some bonus would be given to
the extraordinary inventions. WIPO and IFIA will also give medals to encourage and
appreciate the distinguished inventions.
A Brief Introduction to Kunshan City
With the birthplace's sagacity of Kunqu opera which is ancestor of diverse operas, the
elegance of Zhou Zhuang Village which is the first water township in China, the
Western-style buildings which won UN-Habitat of Honor Award, and the courage of
Kunshan's Road to develop in advance, Kunshan City has created 3 state-level development
zones and an unique provincial-level development zone oriented in modern service industries,
where have attracted over 7000 foreign investment projects including 83 projects of the 48
top 500-global companies such as Morgan Stanley and GE from 56 countries and regions.
The registered foreign investment reaches to 30 billion US Dollars, of which 22 billion US
dollars have been actually utilized. It is the first important place in mainland China where the
whole IT-industrious chains of raw material, control panel & complete appliance have been
established, and is the most rapid-developing area with the best platform for emerging
industries such as siRNA, recyclable energy and robot. In 2012, the area total output value
was 270 billion yuan (RMB).The gross value of industry output reached to 852.05 billion
yuan (RMB)) and the value for import & export totaled 86.57 billion US Dollars. The
comprehensive strength has been the first for many years among the cities of its kind in
China, and ranked for continuous 2 years the first place as the Best County-level Cities in
China on Forbes List.
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