According to the Organizing Committee of Tianjin Investment Fair, it is still more than one month from the commencement of the fair, but all the exhibition stands have been reserved. Of which, the provinces and cities outside Tianjin and foreign/overseas delegations have taken active measures, accounting for more than 55% of the total, outdoing the number of exhibition stands reserved by Tianjin for the first time.

Since the commencement of investment and exhibition invitation for the fair, correspondences, telephones and visits were frequent from other provinces, cities, and foreign/overseas applicants. In terms of domestic applicants, all the five provinces and two cities along the Pan-Bohai rim will participate in the fair in order to further expand regional economic cooperation for mutual benefit; various provinces and cities in the three Northern Regions of China proposed their requests to further expand the size of exhibition area, and they will take advantage of the fair to strengthen business promotion and investment invitation; various provinces and cities in the western region have also submitted their programs for participation, hoping to erect the window and bridge for the cooperation between the eastern and western regions. Developed coastal provinces and cities also expressed great interest in the fair. Overseas enterprises also attach great importance to the function and role of the fair. At present, more than 30 delegations consisting of the transnational enterprises, international chambers of commerce, and intermediate agencies have decided to participate in the fair, each requesting an exhibition area of more than 1000 square meters. They are from such countries and regions as the USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, the UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Singapore.

In face of such huge demand for exhibition stands, the Organizing Committee has cut down the exhibition stands for the applicants in the city in order to display the platform service function of the fair.

According to relevant head of the Organizing Committee, there are mainly three reasons why the fair attracts great concern from home and abroad: firstly, the economic strength of the city is increasing fast, and its coverage capacity and influences are expanding fast. The development and opening-up of BNA has been included in the national development strategy, and the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have further specified the urban positioning of Tianjin. As the city grows, the fair will naturally become the focus of the Chinese and foreign concern. Secondly, whenever the fair is held, many high-ranking leaders, domestic and foreign entrepreneurs, associations, intermediate agencies, and investment organizations gather in Tianjin. With lots of information and projects, the exchange and service functions the fair has been extended aboard promptly, and the fair has become a window for various provinces and cities to invite investment, and a major platform for transnational companies to conduct economic and trade negotiation and investment cooperation. Thirdly, actual achievements have obtained from the holding of the fair. For instance, the Home Furnishing Exhibition Center project worth of several billion yuan, arrived between Heung Kong Group and Quan Ye Chang (Group) at the fair, has reached the stage of substantial operation. The Guangxi Baihai Port Cooperation project negotiated by Tianjin-based Leader Group at the fair is under construction. Hedong District got to know some of foreign merchants, businesses and investment organizations, and a project with a total investment of several hundred million US dollars has commenced.