The exhibition is the most ancient form of market. For thousands of years, the exhibition of the incidence, development process can be divided into primitive, ancient times, modern times and modern four stages. Developed so far, the exhibition has become a mature, big industry. The form of exhibition will continue to change to adapt to social, economic and trade development needs.
The exhibition for the needs of the economy and the emergence and development. For thousands of years, the exhibition of basic principle has not changed, that is, through the "fair" and "web" to achieve the purpose of the exchange. But its form has been in the update. When the old exhibition form can not adapt to the need of economic development, it will be eliminated, the new exhibition of form. Exhibition development depends on the development of the economy, and in turn in the service economy.
Human trade originated in barter, this is a kind of primitive, accidental transaction, its form contains the basic principle of exhibition, that is, through the display to achieve the purpose of exchange, this is the exhibition of the original stage, also is the exhibition of the original form.
Along with the social and economic development, the number of exchange on the increase, the scale and scope are expanded, the form of exchange has become a fixed time and fixed place market, market creation, development of the period of the ancient stage called exhibition.
17-19 century, in the industrial revolution, pushed by Europe in the industrial exhibition, the exhibition industry has the characteristics of the industrial society, the new form of exhibition not only has a strict organization system, and the size of the exhibition from the local expanded to country, and eventually expanded to the world, this period is the exhibition of modern stage.
Modern exhibition is comprehensive in the both of form. Modern exhibition generally referred to as trade fairs and expositions, this period began in the 19th century.