"Buy products" → "Buy solutions" The CIIE connects the Chinese market with world opportunities

The nine-year CIIE has witnessed the continuous improvement of China’s level of opening up to the outside world. From the dazzling array of daily consumer goods to the concentrated appearance of high-end equipment and cutting-edge technologies, this CIIE clearly presents a clear trend: China's import demand is structurally upgrading. The market no longer only favors terminal products, but is more optimistic about cutting-edge technology, high-end equipment and intelligent solutions. A profound transformation from "buying products" to "buying solutions" is taking place at the CIIE.

A turn-milling compound machining center from Austria looks like a large industrial machine tool, but in fact it is the "manufacturing matrix" of core precision components for aerospace engines and high-speed rails. It is not only a hardware device, but also a micron-level precision machining technology, integrated molding technology and high-end manufacturing solutions.

An automated flexible intelligent production line is dynamically demonstrating operations. Traditional production lines have fixed processes and single models, making it difficult to adapt to the current small batch and customized production needs of new energy and high-end manufacturing. This intelligent production line, relying on digital twins and intelligent scheduling systems, can flexibly switch production processes and quickly adapt to the manufacturing of different products. What enterprises want to introduce is no longer simple mechanical equipment, but a complete set of industrial automation, digitalization, and intelligent production technology systems.

The two pieces of equipment directly reflect the new changes in China's import market. In the past, popular products and market transactions at the CIIE were concentrated on terminal products. But at this CIIE, intelligent production lines, industrial software, and core materials have become the absolute protagonists. The demand of the Chinese market has officially evolved from “buying finished products” to “buying core technologies and solutions.”

In the first nine months of 2026, my country's total imports of goods reached 16.7 trillion yuan, and the growth rate of imports continued to outperform exports, demonstrating the strong appeal of China's super-large market. my country's exports in the first three quarters were 23.2 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.4%.

One in, one out, two-way interconnection outlines a new pattern of China's industrial upgrading. At today's CIIE, overseas companies have brought cutting-edge technologies, complete solutions, and R&D resources to China to "co-build industries" in depth; domestic companies use open platforms to benchmark against cutting-edge technologies, make up for shortcomings, and iteratively upgrade.

From the transaction of a commodity to the symbiosis of a set of technologies, the CIIE continues to build a bridge between Chinese and foreign industries. China's ever-escalating market demand is providing broad application scenarios for global innovative technologies, and the influx of high-quality resources from around the world is also continuing to help China's new productive forces flourish, achieving two-way empowerment and mutual benefit for Chinese and foreign markets.