In order to enable those who are concerned with the development of exhibition industry to better understandChina’s exhibition industry’s growth trend and basic features on policy regulation, opening up to the outsideworld and market characteristics, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) organizesexperts and scholars of the industry to compile and publish Ammal Report on China's Exhibition Industry inboth Chinese and English every year since 2004. After years of efforts, the Report has developed into a signifi-cant window of China’s exhibition industry for domestic and overseas insiders to know about China's exhibitionindustry with enriched content and growing influence. In 2009, we organized the compilation of Annual Reporton China's Exhibition Industry (2009) based on the past reports from 2004 to 2008.