On 5 June 2024, the DMC2024 was opened in Shanghai. On the first day of the opening, Mr. Bob Williamson, President of the ISTMA, and his wife Mrs. Norma Jeanne Williamson, Mr. Felix Choi, the Vice President of the FADMA and President of HKMDC, Mr. Patrick To, Vice President of the HKMDC, Mr. Tapiwa Samanga, President of the PtSA, Mr. VIROJ SIRITHANASART, President of the TDIA, Mr. Lim, Young-tag, Managing Director of the KODMIC and Mrs. Qin Ke, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the CDMIA, were all in attendance.