The World Universities Games also known as
Universiade (the name is a combination of the words "University" and
"Olympiad") is the second largest international multi-sport event.
Only the Olympic Games themselves are bigger.
Shenzhen will host the Universiade in 2011
between the 8th August and the 18th of August. The city beat four other
candidate cities - Kaohsiung of Chinese Taipei, Poznan of Poland, Kazan of
Russia and Murcia of Spain. The region of Shenzen (China), located near Hong
Kong, is a busy port, a major manufacturing centre for "High Tech"
products and one of the fastest growing cities in the world
During the games around 7,500 athletes will
take part in 306 events across 24 sports and they'll do this in 63 stadiums and
gymnasiums, 22 of which are newly built, 36 have been renovated or upgraded,
and five will be temporary venues that will be dismantled after the Games.
Team GB will be sending over 200 athletes to
Shenzen to participate in the World University Games some of whom have already
secured their place in the 2012 Olympics.
As tends to be the way when any country or
city hosts a global event security is stepped up and the World University Games
are no exception. So, whilst the games are going to be a fantastic spectacle
the downside for any company shipping goods in or out of the Shenzen region
over the next few weeks is the possibility of delays caused by greater security
checks on all packages passing through customs.
Given that pretty much all USB flash drives in
the world are manufactured by factories based in or around Shenzen anyone
buying promotional or branded USB flash drives for a specific event just needs
to be aware of the possibility of a delay.
Of course it won't just be flash drives that
are impacted during the run-up to the event and during the event but pretty
much anything that is manufactured in the Shenzen region. Given there are circa
30 million people living and working in Shenzen that's an awful lot of
products!
Our recommendation is that you build a few
extra days into your schedule "just in case" your order gets delayed.
If your order has already been delayed and you're in danger of missing your
event then don't panic because at USB2U we always hold emergency stock and we
can get this printed and delivered to you in as little of 48hrs!
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