EVENTS
CECMOL
EXPO
SHENZHEN, CHINA
20TH-23RD OCTOBER
C
CECMOL were kind enough
to invite us along to their
second show for vaping in
China. The event itself was
hosted at the convention
and exhibition centre in the heart of
Shenzhen City, China between the
20-23 October. Shenzhen is considered
by many to be the home of vaping
innovation with leading hardware brands
including Aspire, who were producers of
the first sub ohm tank based there.
CECMOL itself is part of a much larger
exhibition, featuring numerous weird
and wonderful products, but I don’t want
to bore you with the details of this. My
main focus for this article is Hall 3 – The
Vaping Hall.
For me the event really began a long
time before the show, in the lead up
I was in constant contact with the
organiser, Annie Jiang. I was blown away
by just how organised and efficient she
was at helping us to make this trip a
reality. From supplying us with invitation
letters for our visa application to ensuring
we had full access to the event.
I have had the opportunity to go to a
number of events around the world now,
but this was my first in Asia and I can tell
you I really did not know what to expect.
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All things considered I have to say that it
was one of the most enjoyable to date.
Yes, of course on this trip my eyes were
opened to what using a ‘Chinese toilet’
is like, but the trip itself was a roaring
success. The helpfulness of local people
coupled with the knowledge of vaping
they showed, made me realise just what
a global phenomenon vaping is, and just
how many more people need to be made
aware of it.
On our arrival, Annie was there to greet
our team and showed us how to gain
entry to the expo. Once in I was not
only astounded by the size of the hall
but also the mixture of countries which
were represented at the event. Upon
walking around you could see UK brands
such as Perino, USA based brands
such as Ruthless and a guy I can only
describe as legendary, Kurt from Café
Racer, whose introduction to us was
thrusting a beer in our hand and inviting
us to join him in beer and vaping….
perfect. As well as these countries there
were representatives from France,
Canada, China, Malaysia and Indonesia
displaying the latest hardware and
Juices.
The exhibition had many events which
took place over the course of the
exhibition. These took place on a giant
stage at the back of the auditorium. The
following are just a few:
Product Launches: The product launches
that took place were accompanied by a
number of models looking glamourous in
fine evening wear, whilst walking like cat
walk models to display the new products
to a captivated audience.
Cloud Competition: A cloud competition
was held with the grand prize being RMB
8,888, for those of you don’t know 8 is a
lucky number in China.
Tricks: VGOD were on the scene with a
selection of tricks to entertain, creating a
great atmosphere and rush of excitement
through the crowd. This must have
seemed like a very strange site to the
non-vapers who had happened to this
part of the exhibition at random.
In conclusion this was a successful
event for many reasons, from the
organisational skills of the CECMOL
staff, to putting on events to keep its
audience captive in all things vape.
If you want to get more of a feel for the
event please check out our video on
the CECMOL page of the vapouround
website.