The 5th IoTF was held July 11th - 13th, 2019 in Xiamen International Conference & Exhibition Center. The exhibition area was 18,000m². 203 exhibitors and visitors were near 50,000. More than 20 forums, roadshows and co-located events were held during the Fair. Visitors came from the US, UK, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, Brazil, Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong, etc.

The whole industrial chain were covered, from the upstream to the downstream as well as related industries. Products were in areas such as electronic components, solutions, IoV, big data, cloud platform, Telecom, mobile devices, system integration, software, smart manufacturing, smart city, etc. Related industries were such as 5G, AI, new materials, high-end equipment, etc.

Exhibitors were such as Amazon, Microsoft, Alibaba, Tencent, Huawei, Xiaomi, Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc. Buyers were such as Accenture, ABB, AUO, Simons, Coca-Cola, Baidu, Haier, Vanke, China State Grid, China Logistic Association, Xiamen Airport, etc.

During the 2019 IoTF, events were held such as roadshows to find the most investable companies; Summit Forums conducted by academicians and experts; New Products Launch events; Annual Ceremony as well as IoT Industrial Award.

Visitors were including overseas governments, NGOs, Associations as well as more than 500 institutional investors. They were purchasers in the Fair and they kept the business connections with exhibitors and with each other after the Fair.

Some exhibitors’ products complement other exhibitors’, they agreed to cooperate with each other during and after the Fair. And because of the roadshow events, there were more than 10 projects were invested by institutional investors.