Paid vs Free exhibitions - Totally different

I had recently visited two automotive related exhibitions. The China Jinji Lake International Auto Culture Week & Expo 2008 held in Suzhou and the Automotive Testing-Expo 2008 China held in Shanghai. The first with an entrance fee of 20rmb while the latter is free-of-charge.

In the first, there are only a couple of Brands vehicles exhibition and there are mainly current model years. Furthermore, there are not Auto-Babes to take photos of. A very disappointed show. There are couple of things that I want to share here. First, a Chery QQ3 starts from 30,800rmb (about S$6100), this is really inexpensive. Secondly, look at the Mazda 2, like a downsize Mazda 3. Thirdly, Proton is in China as Lotus (sorry, it is SUTOL)

For the exhibition in Shanghai, to my very surprise, the organiser of the exhibition provided free lunch to visitors. All visitors are provided with a lunch coupon and are to use the coupon for a free buffet. The food is rather reasonable and is catered by Motel 168. It has a total of 15 dishes including fruits. A thumb ups to the organiser.

A paid exhibition suck big time while a free exhibition come with goodies.