Phase II of Zhuhai International Convention & Exhibition Center in Shizimen is set to start operation after the upcoming Spring Festival on Jan 22, with the construction of the project's TJ2 section completed on Jan 1.

The center is a public complex that features venues to hold high-end exhibitions, conventions, and banquets. Phase II of the exhibition center has a 1,200-square-meter (12,917-sq-ft) round-table conference room that is built to the standards of the G20 Summit.

Phase II of Zhuhai International Convention & Exhibition Center in Shizimen [Photo courtesy Guanhai App]

Upon operation, it will be one of the most advanced professional venues with multiple functions and supporting facilities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

With total floorage of 116,000 sqm (28.7 acres), the project has six stories above the ground and two underground. The exhibition hall on the first floor is 7,500 sqm (1.9 acres) and the banquet room on the fourth floor has an area of 6,800 sqm (1.7 acres).

Being a project with two-story large exhibition halls, the center's construction team applied a rare double-layer thin web steel box girder superimposed structure system with a span of 72 m (79 yds), the largest of its kind in terms of length in the country.

An Hanwu, a representative from the constructor China Construction Third Bureau First Engineering Co, said that 8,565 metric tons of steel, 185 tons of pipes, and 73 tons of metal roofing were installed on the ground and then lifted to the height of 37 m (121 ft) to complete the main structures of the project. The technique used by the construction team has been assessed as an International Advanced Technique.