The 9th CMGE, with the theme of “Incredible Crystal, Enduring Copper”, was co-hosted by the China Mining Association and Chenzhou Development Investment Group Co., Ltd. and organized by Chenzhou Cultural Tourism Industry Co., Ltd. And it was sponsored by AMER. This CMGE was launched both online and offline.

 

 

Chenzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center is the main exhibition hall, which covers an exhibition area of about 30,000 square meters with about 1,000 international standard booths. 

 

There are four exhibition and sales theme areas, including Mineral Crystal Area, Colorful Gem Area, Fossil and Meteorite Area and Handiwork Area, mainly displaying the fluorite, calcite and other local characteristic mineral crystals, and also natural copper, meteorite and other mineral products from other areas. 

 

 

The exhibition hall has two highlights. One is a 39.8-meter-long and 15-meter-high dinosaur fossil, which is estimated to have lived in the late Jurassic period 140 million years ago and died out in the Cretaceous period; the other is a large piece of natural copper rarely found in the world, which is 1 billion years old. The online display was conducted on the app “Online CMGE”, with 30 VR panoramic special booths and 500 standard booths.

 

 

During the CMGE, there were various theme activities, including the opening ceremony, the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Mineral and Gem Promotion, Chenzhou Industrial Programme Investment Attraction as well as Promotion Conference on Cultural Tourism, etc. At the promotion conference, 20 major projects were signed with a total investment of 8.559 billion yuan involving jewelry processing, electronic information, energy conservation and environmental protection and other fields.