Beijing Exhibition Hall

Beijing Exhibition Hall

Founded in 1954, Beijing exhibition hall is the first large-scale and comprehensive exhibition hall in Beijing with Chairman Mao Zedong's autograph and Premier Zhou Enlai's ribbon cutting. The pavilion is located in Beijing Xizhimen prosperous business district, adjacent to the transportation hub of the zoo in the west, Xizhimen subway station, urban rail station and Beijing Railway Station North Station in the East, Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park in the north, financial street and major ministries and commissions in the south

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According to the notice of Beijing Municipal Planning Commission and Beijing Municipal Bureau of cultural relics on December 19, 2007, the building has been approved by Beijing municipal government to be listed in the list of excellent modern buildings in Beijing (the first batch).

In September 2016, it was selected into the "first batch of Chinese 20th century architectural heritage" list.

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There is no ticket for the appearance only. The exhibition depends on the exhibition. Please refer to the official website for details.

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All seasons

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2-3 hours

Traffic information

（1） Metro: Xizhimen Station

（2） Bus:

Xizhimen outer station:

Express: 104, 105, 106

Tram: 105, 111

Bus: 7, 26, 27, 31, 52, 72, 334, 347, 360, 362, 601, 708, 714, 716, 808, 811, 812, 814, 902, 962, 16, 16 branch lines

Zoo Station:

Express: 104, 105, 106, 205 tram: 102, 103, 105, 107, 111

Bus: 7, 15, 19, 26, 27, 31, 45, 52, 65, 72, 87, 319, 332, 334, 347, 360, 634, 714, 716, 808, 812, 814, 902, 962, special 4

（3） Taxi:

(1) Departure from Beijing railway station: (off peak hours)

It takes about 20 minutes for 14 km, about 35-40 yuan

(2) Departure from Beijing West Railway Station: (off peak hours)

It's about 20 minutes for 12 kilometers, about 30-35 yuan

(3) Departure from Beijing Capital Airport: (off peak hours)

It's 39 kilometers, about 50 minutes.

Organization

Historical evolution

Budding (1952-1954)

In 1952, Comrade Li Fuchun, deputy director of the Economic Committee of the State Council, visited the Soviet Union. During the negotiations with the Soviet Union, the Soviet side proposed to show the Soviet Union's construction achievements in China, including economy, culture, science and technology, architectural technology and architectural art. Therefore, the central government decided to build Soviet exhibition halls in Beijing and Shanghai to learn from the experience of Soviet socialist construction. The Soviet Union sent architectural experts to China to help design and construction.

China has set up a three member leading group with Peng Zhen as its leader and Zhao Pengfei, then deputy director of the finance and Economics Commission of Beijing Municipal People's government, entrusted by Peng Zhen, to participate in the construction of the exhibition hall. In the spring of 1953, Xue Zizheng, Secretary General of Beijing Municipal People's government, Wang Rongzhang, Secretary General of Beijing Municipal People's government, and cultural counsellor of the Soviet ambassador to China visited the urban area of Beijing to investigate the geographical environment and select the site for the construction of the museum.

According to the urban construction plan that Beijing planned to build the western suburb into a cultural, scientific and technological, and tourist area at that time, the site of the museum was determined to be outside the Xizhimen gate in the western suburb by mutual agreement between China and the Soviet Union and with the approval of Beijing Municipal People's government. In 1953, the central Ministry of Finance invested 27 million yuan (including jianxiyuan Hotel and Xijiao shopping mall). The project cost 24 million yuan.

Born (1954)

On October 15, 1953, a grand commencement ceremony was held at the construction site of the museum. Leading comrades from the Central People's government and the Beijing Municipal People's government as well as workers and cadres participating in the construction of the museum attended the ceremony. Officials from the Soviet embassy in China were also invited to attend. Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. After the ceremony, mayor Peng Zhen broke the ground to lay the foundation, and the construction of the Soviet Union Exhibition Hall in Beijing officially started. In the process of construction, Premier Zhou instructed all provinces and cities in China to support the construction of exhibition halls. At that time, more than 20 provinces and cities in China provided strong human and material support for the construction of exhibition halls. On the construction site, more than 10000 construction workers and more than 6000 PLA soldiers fought day and night. After one year's hard work, it was completed in September 1954. At that time, the whole exhibition hall covered an area of about 132000 square meters, the main buildings covered an area of 88500 square meters, and the building area was 50400 square meters. The main building takes the central hall as the center, with movie theater, restaurant, movie hall and special railway branch line. On the top of the front gate of the central hall is inlaid with five gold-plated characters of "Soviet Union Exhibition Hall" inscribed by Chairman Mao Zedong.

Growth (1954-1984)

From October 2 to December 26, 1954, the "Exhibition on achievements of Soviet economic and cultural construction" was held in the newly completed Soviet exhibition hall. In April 1955 and October 1956, the "Exhibition on achievements of ten years of socialist construction in Czechoslovakia" and "Japan Commodity Exhibition" were held here successively. In 1958, according to Premier Zhou Enlai's opinion, the Soviet Union Exhibition Hall was renamed Beijing exhibition hall.

During this period, Beijing exhibition hall was an administrative institution. With the development of China's socialist economic construction, Beijing exhibition hall has become a place for China to receive dozens of countries and regions from five continents and China to hold various exhibitions and exchange activities. In order to promote economic, cultural, scientific and technological exchanges at home and abroad, develop China's economic and trade relations, and enhance the communication between Chinese people and other countries in the world The friendship between the Chinese people has played a positive role.

Growth (1984-1997)

With the advancement of the national economic reform, Beijing Exhibition Center has completed the transformation from an institution to an enterprise. In 1984, the exhibition service company of Beijing Exhibition Center was established and the license of enterprise legal person was obtained, which indicates that the exhibition center has entered into the enterprise management in an all-round way. Subsequently, the development of Beijing Exhibition Center has been more rapid, such as joint venture hotel, Star Lake Hotel, Shougang hotel They are advertising art company, Moscow Restaurant food factory, cold drink factory, travel agency and labor service company, etc.

In 1990, the 11th Asian Games was held in Beijing, China. At the same time, as a shopping center for the Asian Games, the Beijing Exhibition Hall received athletes from all over the world and friendly people from all walks of life who came to Beijing to participate in the games. Covering an area of 40000 square meters, the shopping center has gathered more than 22 kinds of famous, special, excellent, new and refined products from 30 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions and some business houses in Taiwan as well as foreign-invested enterprises. In the museum, there are commodity exhibition hall, TV station, coffee shop, beer house, etc. outside the museum, there is a food street, and there are artistic performances in the Beizhan theater, which is unprecedented. The shopping center lasted 40 days and received 1.6 million visitors.

Freshmen (1998-2000)

On February 28, 1998, Beijing Capital Tourism Group Co., Ltd. was officially established. As a wholly state-owned enterprise under the group company, Beijing exhibition hall has taken a new step of development.

At the end of 1998, in order to meet the needs of the reception of the 50th anniversary achievement exhibition of the founding of the people's Republic of China, Beijing Exhibition Hall carried out the first large-scale renovation of the venues, replacing the original East and West outdoor venues with indoor venues. On September 20, 1999, the "glorious course - achievements of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China" was officially opened in Beijing exhibition hall. It is a review of the brilliant achievements of the people's Republic of China in politics, economy, culture, education, national defense, science and technology and other fields since the founding of the people's Republic of China. Exhibition groups from 33 provinces, cities, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions are on display It was shown on the spot. The exhibition lasted 40 days and received 1 million visitors from all walks of life across the country.

In February 1999, Beijing Exhibition Center concentrated its advantageous assets to join the capital listing of China First Travel Service Co., Ltd., completing the first step of the joint-stock system transformation of the enterprise.

In 2000, capital Travel Co., Ltd. raised 200 million yuan to carry out a comprehensive renovation of the Beijing exhibition hall. After the renovation, the indoor exhibition hall of the Beijing exhibition hall has a total of 12 exhibition halls, with an exhibition area of 22000 square meters and a floor height of 8 to 19 meters. The water, electricity, air conditioning, communication facilities and other equipment in the museum are also fully updated, and 24-hour safety monitoring and fire sprinkler system, large lecture hall, conference multi-function hall, fast food restaurant and other exhibition service functions are added. The Moscow Restaurant and Beizhan theater affiliated to Beijing exhibition hall have also realized the renewal of facilities and equipment, basically reaching the hardware standard of receiving international and modern exhibitions, becoming a leading comprehensive exhibition hall in the same industry in Beijing and even the whole country.

In 2003, Meisha North exhibition company was established with Meisha exhibition group of Germany, specializing in the organization and implementation of international exhibitions.

2013 exhibition information

2013 Beijing Exhibition

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