The event, with the attendance of representatives from 300 companies and institutions from 27 EU countries and 700 from China, focused primarily on education, biomedicine, sci-tech- innovation, industrial environmental protection, culture, tourism and other fields.

At the opening ceremony of the event, agreements for 13 projects valued at a total of US$180 million were signed between Chinese companies and institutions and their EU counterparts. Among them, 11 will be located in Chengdu High-tech Zone. Maersk, the world's largest container shipping company, reached an MoU with Chengdu High-tech Zone on furthering mutual exchanges and partnership.

During the event, the Business & Innovation Center for China-Europe Cooperation (CCEC) situated in the Chengdu Hi-tech Zone, a platform for the cooperation between western China and Europe in trade, investment and technology, became the permanent venue for the Fair.