法國正式申辦2025世博會

11月22日，法國總統奧朗德正式向國際展覽局提交主辦2025世界博覽會的申請。他強調，主辦2025世博會也是全法國的心愿，法國多個重要城市已表示將組織相關主題論壇，為主辦新的世博會努力。

奧朗德在申請信中說，法國提出的2025年世博會的主題是“分享知識，保護地球”。他說，這一主題的寓意在于，各界人士在2015年達成巴黎氣候變化協定之后，將繼續努力改善醫療衛生、教育文化以及環境保護等各個領域的發展方式。

香港與印度簽署展覽行業合作備忘錄

11月初，香港貿易發展局與印度會展促進機構簽署合作備忘錄，旨在加強雙方在會展領域的合作，促進中小企業進入對方市場。香港貿易發展局行政總監Margaret Fong表示，“簽署合作備忘錄反映了香港和印度建立更密切商務聯系的愿望。對印度企業而言，香港是進入中國內地和其他亞洲市場的重要門戶；同時，香港企業也看到了印度市場的重大商機。”

UFI 2017可持續發展大獎申請進行中

11月，UFI宣布2017年可持續發展大賽的主題為“會展目的地如何協同城市實現可持續發展？”該獎項是UFI的常規獎項之一，會展企業均可申請。本次大獎旨在獎勵在一場或若干展覽活動中，展覽公司或場館與所在城市和地區的政府機構在可持續發展方面做出的共同努力。

France applied to host 2015 World Expo

On 22 November， French president Fran？ois Hollande submitted the application to the Bureau International des Expositions to host the 2015 World Expo. He emphasized that this is also the will of the entire France， and that many major cities have expressed the willingness to organize related forums to contribute to the World Expo. The theme French proposed is： knowledge sharing for protecting the earth.

HKTDC signed MoU with ITPO for deeper business links

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council （HKTDC） signed a Memorandum of Understanding （MoU） with its counterpart in India， the India Trade Promotion Organisation （ITPO） to strengthen economic partnership between Hong Kong and India and increase bilateral commercial activity， especially for small and mediumsized enterprises from both places. “This MoU reflects the growing desire for deeper business links between India and Hong Kong， with our city serving as the gateway to the Chinese mainland and Asia for Indian companies. At the same time， Hong Kong enterprises see huge opportunities in India，” said Margaret Fong， Executive Director， HKTDC.

2017 UFI Sustainable Development Award calls for entry

UFI has announced the theme of the 2017 UFI Sustainable Development Award competition： “Best destination approach to implementing sustainability： how can the exhibition industry and a country， region or city work together to facilitate sustainable development？”. Open to all companies in the exhibition industry， the 2017 award is designed to recognise initiatives that combine the efforts of a destination （city， region or country level） in partnership with a professional exhibition operator （venue and/or organiser） to implement sustainability around an individual exhibition or a series of events.