The ninth China International Import Expo (CIIE) opened in Shanghai on Nov. 5 and runs through Nov. 10. Xinhua reports the China Pavilion carries the theme of opening a new chapter for shared-win cooperation; the scale figures below come from Jiemian and reflect pre-opening announcements.
In a Nov. 5 photo report, Xinhua said this year's China Pavilion focuses on the blueprint of the 15th Five-Year Plan, stressing a forward-looking view, a global outlook and openness. Visitors could try a high-speed train simulator, a model of a China-built tunnel-boring machine exported abroad was on show, and a humanoid robot performed a tea ceremony.
광고 문의 · 300×250The same report also covered a display on the cruise ship Adora Magic City, a guest from Seychelles talking with robot maker AgiBot, a personal health assessment system from MGI Tech, and staff photographed in period costume. It gave no visitor counts or floor-area figures.
Scale of the expo
According to Jiemian News, 162 countries, regions and international organizations are taking part, 69 of them exhibiting. Canada and Sri Lanka are guest countries of honor, and five countries including Moldova and Romania, plus the UN Development Programme, are exhibiting for the first time.
A record 4,142 overseas companies are taking part, with Fortune Global 500 and industry-leading firms topping 300 for the first time and more than 2,000 first-time exhibitors. Exhibition space is expected to exceed 440,000 square meters for the first time. These figures are organizers' numbers as relayed by Jiemian; this paper has not independently verified them.
New products and year-round sales
More than 480 items are billed as global debuts, Asian first showings or China first appearances, a record, including over 200 global debuts such as a split-type laparoscopic surgical robot, a cochlear implant that detects sound in 360 degrees and a 6G terminal prototype. A new zone for global national brands will showcase about 100 brands.
Jiemian says Shanghai runs a ‘6 days plus 365 days’ sales mechanism and has cut customs clearance for first-launch imported consumer goods from a minimum of seven days to same-day release at best. The pavilion highlights exported equipment while the expo itself aims to expand imports; Beijing's message of openness and outside attention to trade balance sit side by side here.