China News Agency, Beijing, November 1st: The 5th China International Import Expo will start: the heat will not decrease, and there will be many highlights
China News Agency reporter Wang Enbo
The 5th China International Import Expo is regarding to open. As the world’s first import-themed national-level exhibition, the China International Import Expo, which celebrates its fifth birthday, is still hot and full of highlights.
Aerial photography of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai).Photo by Yin Liqin
“Sellers” and “Buyers” are booming in supply and demand
The fifth CIIE continues the previous tradition: the exhibitor lineup is high and the purchasing team is strong. It is understood that a total of 284 Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders participated in the enterprise exhibition, the number exceeded the previous one, and the return rate was nearly 90%. In terms of investment promotion, adhere to the development direction of “government + market”, set up 39 trading groups and nearly 600 trading subgroups, and add 4 industry trading groups and nearly 100 industry trading subgroups.
Not only is the “circle of friends” bigger, but the professionalism of the CIIE has also continued to improve. This year, the world’s four largest grain merchants, the fifteen largest brand value car companies, the three major fashion and high-end consumer goods giants, the fifteen largest pharmaceutical giants, and the ten largest medical device companies gathered in Shanghai. In terms of exhibition organizers, many exhibition organizers from Norway, Switzerland, Brazil, Indonesia and other countries joined the CIIE family for the first time, and Germany, Denmark, New Zealand and other countries organized many “specialized, special and new” small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in the exhibition.
On November 1, aerial photography of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). The 5th China International Import Expo will be held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) from November 5th to 10th.Photo by Yin Liqin
“First Release” and “First Exhibition” line up to appear
In the past five years, the CIIE has become a “big show” where major companies and manufacturers around the world compete to display new products and unique skills. These exhibits are often transformed into commodities following the exhibition. According to statistics, exhibitors at the first four CIIEs released more than 1,500 new products, new technologies, and new services, with a cumulative intentional turnover of more than 270 billion US dollars.
As early as October 24, the first batch of exhibits at this year’s CIIE began to enter the venue and are ready to go. Among them, Siemens Medical Photon Counting CT – NAEOTOM ALPHA and General Motors GMC Hummer pure electric SUV are the first in Asia. The new-generation fuel cell system product-S1200 of Canadian Lupu Energy Corporation, and the ultra-high-end CT-Revolution CT Power of GE Healthcare of the United States are all launched in China.
Sun Chenghai, deputy director of the China International Import Expo Bureau, said that this year’s CIIE will feature hundreds of new products, new technologies and new services, many of which are world premieres, Asian premieres, and China premieres.
The landscape decoration of the venues of the 5th CIIE has been fully finalized.Photo by Chen Mengze
“Cloud” surfing “Digital Import Expo”
Advanced digital technologies allow more and more people to travel to the Expo without leaving their homes. Following the first online national exhibition held last year, this year’s CIIE will move the enterprise business exhibition to the “cloud”, and set up the “digital CIIE” platform for the first time, which is of the same frequency and quality as the offline exhibition.
It is understood that the “Digital Expo” is an online exhibition of enterprise and commercial exhibitions built on the basis of offline exhibitions and using digital means. The first “Digital Expo” was launched in the “Technical Equipment Exhibition Area”, which has set up four functions of “cloud display, cloud release, cloud live broadcast, and cloud negotiation”. At present, more than 300 exhibitors have displayed online, and other exhibition areas will also be displayed in the future. will be online.
Among them, the “Cloud Display” section will present the grand occasion of offline booths through digital technologies such as VR shooting, and make full use of the advantages of cyberspace that is not limited by time and space to display more exhibits and technologies.
The landscape decoration of the venues of the 5th CIIE has been fully finalized.Photo by Chen Mengze
Stimulate global open momentum
As an important part of the CIIE, the Hongqiao International Economic Forum will continue to speak out this year, drumming and cheering for global opening up. The theme of the 5th Hongqiao Forum is “Stimulating the New Momentum of Global Openness and Sharing New Opportunities for Cooperation and Development”.
In addition to the main forum, this year’s Hongqiao Forum will also hold a series of heavyweight activities such as the “RCEP and Higher Level Opening” high-level forum, the release of the “World Open Report 2022” and an international seminar. Politicians from many countries, heads of international organizations, world-renowned business circles and academics will be invited to participate in the conference to contribute wisdom to promote global openness and cooperation and support world economic recovery.
Among them, the “World Openness Report 2022” is a highlight of the forum. The report will publish the world openness index following the epidemic for the first time, and fully demonstrate China’s opening up achievements and contributions in the new era in the past ten years. (Finish)
[Editor in charge: Wang Han]
