August 2012
The Summit was started in 2006 and has been held in Shanghai, Xiamen, Beijing, Sanya and Shenzhen. The last one was held in 2011 in Tianjin. The theme of this year's summit is "A win-win development of the Northeast Asian Cruise Market".
It will be held at the Tianjin International Cruise Home Port, with around 100 cruise companies, tourist companies, cruise service companies, and ports, in China and from abroad expected to take part.
It will have forums, discussions of cruise supplies, exchanges between experts, talks on cruise culture, entertainment, and a cruise resort photo contest. The exhibition hall covers a 5,000 sqm area and expects 500 exhibitors and about 10,000 visitors.