深圳故事｜从“深圳荔枝节”到“高交会”

从“深圳荔枝节”到“高交会”

From litchi festival to high-tech fair

谁能想到一个“接地气”的“深圳荔枝节”会转变为受到海内外广泛赞誉的“中国国际高新技术成果交易会”？是什么让“深圳荔枝节”有如此华丽的变身？“高交会”又为什么能薪火相传？

Do you know that the Shenzhen Litchi Festival was the predecessor of the China Hi-Tech Fair (CHTF)? What is it that turned a local specialty trading event into a national-level high-tech fair? Why has the CHTF, officially launched in 1999, been held for 24 consecutive years?

历届荔枝节的举办，帮助深圳在招商引资、加强国内外交流合作等方面起到了积极作用，但随着时代发展，荔枝节的内容、规模和举办形式已经无法展现深圳的社会发展水平和经济实力。1998年，深圳市委市政府经过实地考察和充分酝酿，决定将一年一度的“荔枝节”“变身”为更具鲜明特色和时代使命感的高科技展会。

Although the Shenzhen Litchi Festival had played an active role in attracting investment to Shenzhen and enhancing exchanges with foreign countries and regions, updates were needed to its content, scale and form in order to better fit in with the social development and economic prowess of the city. Therefore, the Communist Party of China (CPC) Shenzhen Municipal Committee and the Shenzhen Municipal Government decided in 1998 to replace the litchi festival with a national-level high-tech fair – namely, the China Hi-Tech Fair.

1999年10月，首届中国国际高新技术成果交易会（简称“高交会”）在深圳隆重举行，它引领了深圳产业结构的调整，打出了品牌，逐渐在深圳形成了一种“牵一发而动全身”的辐射效应，深刻改写了深圳乃至全国高新技术产业的发展进程和布局。

The opening of the first CHTF in October 1999 led the way for Shenzhen’s industrial restructuring and the development of the city’s as well as the whole country’s high-tech industry.

1999年首届高交会门票入场卡（由赵彦君提供）

An entry ticket to the first CHTF. Courtesy of Zhao Yanjun

首届高交会“一炮而响”，此后连续举办20余届，办会规模和影响力逐年扩大。目前已涵盖人工智能、智能制造、物联网、车联网、8K超高清、区块链、移动支付、大数据、新能源、信息安全、数字经济等多项领域，早已成为目前中国规模最大、最具影响力的科技类展会，被誉为“中国科技第一展”。

Having been held for over 20 consecutive years since 1999, the CHTF has gradually grown into China’s largest and most influential high-tech fair. The fair continues to showcase the country’s growing technological prowess in AI (artificial intelligence), smart manufacturing, IoT (Internet of Things), IoV (Internet of Vehicles), 8K Ultra HD (ultra high definition), block chain, mobile payment, big data, new energy, information security and digital economy industries.

从“深圳荔枝节”到“高交会”，昭示了深圳经济特区逐鹿市场经济和跻身世界高科技经济竞争的两次升华。二十三年间，“高交会”走出了腾讯、比亚迪、金蝶等一大批国内知名科技企业，成为深圳一张靓丽的“名片”。

The launching of the Shenzhen Litchi Festival showcased the prowess of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in a market economy, while the transformation from the litchi festival to the CHTF announced the SEZ’s official entry into the world of high-tech economy competition. Through attending the fair, an echelon of local tech enterprises – including Tencent, BYD and Kingdee – were able to tap into the international market.