-- Flocking to this year's CIIE are returnees from past expos as well as new faces, including nearly 50 Fortune 500 and industry-leading companies, signaling a vote of confidence in China's further opening-up.
-- This year's CIIE will surprise visitors with international debuts of hundreds of new products, technologies and services.
-- China has become the first major economy to achieve growth since COVID-19 crippled the world economy.
The first exhibit arrives at the National Exhibition and Convention Center(Shanghai) ahead of the 3rd China International Import Expo (CIIE) in east China's Shanghai, Oct. 23, 2020. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
by Xinhua writer Guo Yage
SHANGHAI, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- The highly anticipated third China International Import Expo (CIIE) will be held in the coastal city of Shanghai from Nov. 5-10 as scheduled.
Flocking to this year's CIIE are returnees from past expos as well as new faces, including nearly 50 Fortune 500 and industry-leading companies, signaling a vote of confidence in China's further opening-up.
For these 2,600-odd global exhibitors, as well as some 400,000 participants at the event, this year's expo provides an opportunity to explore China's economic vitality and learn more about its new development blueprint. The expo promises to inject fresh impetus into a global economy crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
