Good news came a few days ago, at the sixth exhibition festival and special event fortune forum, which was sponsored by Asian Fortune Forum, Jiaxing Municipal Government, xinhuanet, International Business Daily and the 21st Century Economic, Hangzhou got the first place of China's top ten meeting tourist destination cities by the 2008 annual and the best cities Exhibition Management Award in the 2008. Vice Mayor Jianting, Zhang was awarded Exhibition Industry Contribution Award in the 2008; The assistant secretary-general of the municipal government and the chairman of the west lake international expo Min Ye was awarded 2008 top ten Chinese exhibition industry news and China's top ten meeting and tourist industry Special Achievement Award; deputy director of the west lake international expo Chuming Guo was awarded China's top ten meeting and tourist industry news. The West Lake International Expo got the first place of 2008 top ten exhibitions.

In recent years, with its unique Operating Model and rapid development momentum, the conference and exhibition industry and West Lake International Expo have brought it cause to the attention of the trade union, frequent award-winning and critically-acclaimed.