From September 4th to 5th, 2016, the Hangzhou International Expo Center successfully hosted the 2016 G20 Summit. The main venue, Hangzhou International Expo Center, showcased the multifaceted impressions, local charm, and composed demeanor of Chinese civilization before the world leaders and international media with its grand, solid, and elegant design.
The summit’s reception area, themed around ‘etiquette’, is composed of three parts: the entrance corridor, reception hall, and reception hall, forming a traditional Chinese courtyard-style spatial system. Together, they form a strong and continuous reception sequence with a colonnade, conveying the millennia-old ‘hospitality’.
The summit’s main conference area, themed ‘harmony’, is located on the fourth floor of the building, covering an area of about 2000 square meters, and is a square space with a side length of 45 meters, reflecting the simple philosophy of ’round heaven and square earth’. The carpet features peonies and auspicious patterns, presenting a blue-green tone like ‘spring river water green as blue’, clusters of flowers, reflecting the proper balance of complexity and simplicity of Jiangnan sentiment.
The lunch banquet hall, themed ‘benevolence’, is reached by leaders through the stairs on both sides of the main venue to the fifth floor. The dome in the center features a starry sky, the middle ring is illuminated by natural light, and the outer ring is a five-layer closed superimposed ink landscape scroll, expressing the consensus of Eastern and Western cultures and shared values in facing the natural environment and the concept of ecological respect.
The sky garden covers an area of about 65,000 square meters. Its artistic design integrates agility and charm with cultural connotation, focusing on using artificial water systems and rare flowers and trees to create the wonderful artistic conception of ‘Jiangnan in freehand style’. The sky garden, with lush trees, water and stone landscapes, complements the magnificent scenery of the Qiantang River, making it an excellent place for rest and sightseeing during the conference.
The hall is open all year round from 09:00 to 17:00. It may be closed irregularly for temporary reception tasks or equipment maintenance.
Preferential policies:
– Teachers with a 30-year teaching honor certificate are free.
– Disabled individuals with a disability certificate are free.
– Active military personnel with PLA and Armed Police Force officer, non-commissioned officer, soldier, or student certificates are free.
– Veterans with PLA and Armed Police Force retired cadre certificates are free.
– Family members of martyrs, public sacrifice, and deceased military personnel with preferential treatment certificates are free.
– Children under 1.2 meters (including 1.2 meters) are free; children between 1.2 meters (not including) and 1.4 meters (including) are 50 yuan.
– Elderly individuals aged 70 and above with ID or senior citizen cards are free; those aged 60 and above (including) are 50 yuan.
– Provincial and municipal summit pioneers with certificates issued by Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Government or Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Government are free.
– Summit workers with G20 anti-counterfeiting laser code work certificates are free.
– Students with student IDs are 50 yuan.
– Hangzhou citizens have ‘Hangzhou Citizen Activity Day’ every Saturday and Sunday at the G20 Summit Experience Hall. With ID (ID card only, citizen card is invalid), it’s 50 yuan.
