This is due to the recent emergence of further COVID-19 cases in China and uncertainty around participants being able to travel to Shanghai this month.

Mr Richard Li, general manager of Messe Frankfurt (Shanghai) said: “After discussions with our stakeholders, and taking the government’s guidelines for pandemic containment into account, we have decided to defer the 2021 edition of ISH Shanghai & CIHE to provide as much certainty to the fair’s participants as possible. At this stage it is unclear when our exhibitors and visitors can plan their travel to Shanghai with confidence, so we believe it is the prudent decision to confirm now that the fair will take place a later date instead.”