(The 9th China International Import Expo) Exhibitors are busy signing contracts at the China International Import Expo, and batches of cooperation results are being implemented at an accelerated pace

China News Service, Shanghai, November 9 (Miao Lu, Li Qiuying, Li Jiajia) During the 9th China International Import Expo, intensive signing activities were held by participating parties, ranging from global procurement investment in the catering headquarters economy to procurement cooperation in the aviation industry chain, from innovative services in zero-carbon parks to working with overseas suppliers to create a mutually beneficial and win-win supply chain ecosystem. A batch of cooperation results accelerated the signing of contracts, and the spillover effects of the CIIE continued to be released.

As the permanent host site of the CIIE, Qingpu District once again delivered a brilliant answer: on the first day of the opening, there were five consecutive "first orders, first photos, first certificates, first shows, and first releases". It won the "first order" of the Shanghai trading group at the CIIE for nine consecutive years and signed purchase orders worth over 100 million US dollars. During the exhibition, the 9th CIIE’s guest country and “Export to China” themed country activities, and the “CIIE Food Carving·Chonggu Flavor” Qingpu District Chonggu Town Catering Headquarters Economic Global Procurement and Investment Matchmaking Meeting (hereinafter referred to as the “Matchmaking Meeting”) were held one after another.

On the evening of November 8, the "CIIE Food Carving·Chonggu Flavor" Qingpu District Chonggu Town Catering Headquarters Economic Global Procurement and Investment Matchmaking Conference was held.

At the docking meeting, the "Hundreds and Thousands" Project Action Plan of the Chonggu Town Catering Chain Headquarters focused on "gathering hundreds of stores, attracting thousands of stores, and cultivating thousands of stores", relying on the strategic advantages of Qingpu District to create a "Yangtze River Delta Innovation Hub", and striving to build a complete catering chain industry ecology. Huapei Digital signed CIIE procurement financing agreements with interested partner banks such as Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of Shanghai, and Postal Savings Bank of China to use special financing to ensure the procurement of imported food ingredients and supply chain upgrades; projects such as Yuliang Trading, Zixiaoxiao, and Dianshan Yuehai signed contracts with the Chonggu Town People’s Government. The event also awarded "Excellent Enterprises of the International Import Expo" to Hua Peimucui (Shanghai) Supply Chain Co., Ltd., Shanghai Qiaochu Trading Co., Ltd., Shanghai Huizhong Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. and other enterprises. Platform projects such as the Yangtze River Delta Headquarters of Huapei Trading Logistics Group, the Shanghai Headquarters of Mubaf Flower Baking, the Huizhong Supply Chain Innovation Laboratory, and the Shanghai Qingpu District Revitalization Time-honored Brand Promotion Center were simultaneously unveiled.

Fan Guoqiang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Chonggu Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai, said that the matchmaking conference will focus on amplifying the spillover effects of the CIIE. Chonggu will focus on the characteristic track of catering chain headquarters and build a communication platform around the procurement of imported goods, investment promotion, and industrial upgrading to accelerate the improvement of the headquarters economic and industrial ecology.

In addition to the catering headquarters economic cooperation, the aviation industry chain procurement cooperation has also achieved fruitful results. China Southern Airlines Group Co., Ltd. signed 24 import procurement cooperation agreements with 20 global suppliers from 9 countries and regions, and the scale of procurement transactions reached a new high. Procurement categories cover aerospace engine spare parts, aviation material support, full flight simulators, aviation catering and other diverse fields. In addition, its subsidiaries Zhuhai Motianyu Aviation Engine Maintenance Company and Engineering Technology Branch renewed the engine spare parts procurement and maintenance service agreement with GE Aerospace (CFM International) to enhance the stability and risk resistance of the aviation industry chain supply chain by building a diverse, collaborative, resilient and reliable global supply system.

At the same time, cooperation in the green and low-carbon field also accelerated during the CIIE. An international cooperation and exchange meeting on innovative services for Zero Carbon Bay and Zero Carbon Park in Shanghai Lingang New Area, with the theme of "Lin" to create a "carbon" future, was held during the CIIE. Shanghai Lingang Green Innovation Economic Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Lingang Group, signed strategic cooperation with Rockwell Automation and Shanghai Electronics Technology The memorandum will focus on the construction of a zero-carbon bay and jointly explore zero-carbon park demonstration scenarios around integrated energy and carbon management and control, park microgrid and energy storage control, and energy efficiency optimization of energy systems, and provide park enterprises with professional services such as energy-saving and carbon-reducing transformation, carbon emission accounting, and product carbon footprint accounting.

Procurement contracts in the field of equipment manufacturing are also eye-catching. Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Group has signed import procurement contracts with 12 overseas suppliers, including SIEMENS of Germany, ABB of Sweden, YASKAWA of Japan, DELLNER BUBENZER of Germany, Kalmar of Malaysia, PRYSMIAN of Germany, and CAVOTEC of Italy, with a total amount of RMB 2.835 billion.

Ge Hong, deputy director of the China International Import Expo Bureau, pointed out that Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Group signed contracts with 12 important global suppliers at this CIIE, which fully reflects the role of the CIIE as a platform for open cooperation and mutual benefit. He hopes that Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Group will further strengthen cooperation ties with exhibitors, unblock cross-border cooperation channels, gather high-quality global resources, and serve the high-level opening up of China's equipment manufacturing industry.