The 9th China International Import Expo is about to begin. The exhibition area of US companies has topped the list for eight consecutive years.

China News Service, Beijing, October 16 (Reporter Yin Qianyun) Yan Dong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce of China, said in Beijing on the 16th that the 9th China International Import Expo (hereinafter referred to as the "CIIE") will be held in Shanghai from November 5 to 10. There will be 162 countries, regions and international organizations participating, 4,142 overseas companies participating, and the overall area will exceed 440,000 square meters for the first time.

Yan Dong announced the above news at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on the same day. He introduced that at this CIIE, the national exhibition invites willing countries and international organizations to display their comprehensive image and trade and investment conditions. This year, it attracted 69 countries and international organizations to participate in the exhibition, and the number of entities exceeded last year. Canada and Sri Lanka were the guest countries, and five countries including Moldova, Romania and the United Nations Development Program participated in the exhibition for the first time.

In the enterprise exhibition, enterprises from the United States, Germany, Britain, France and other countries lead the exhibition area. Among them, the exhibition area of ​​American enterprises exceeds 50,000 square meters, ranking first for eight consecutive years, an increase of 1,500 square meters compared with last year. The exhibition area of ​​Canadian and New Zealand companies is the largest ever, and the exhibition area of ​​Australian companies has expanded by 25% compared with last year.

On November 8, 2025, American products attracted audiences at the U.S. Food and Agriculture Pavilion in the agricultural and food products exhibition area of ​​the 8th China International Import Expo. (File photo) Photo by China News Service reporter Jiang Qiming

In terms of scale, the corporate exhibition area exceeded 370,000 square meters for the first time. From the perspective of exhibitors, the number of Fortune 500 companies and industry leading companies exceeded 300 for the first time, nearly 200 companies and institutions were "full attendance" at the ninth CIIE, and more than 2,000 "new face" companies participated in the exhibition for the first time. Judging from the exhibits, as of now, there are more than 480 representative exhibits premiering in the world, Asia for the first time, and China for the first time, setting a new high in history.

The Hongqiao Forum held at the same time, with the theme of "Stable Cooperation and Jointly Building an Open World Economy", will host a main forum and 23 sub-forums; it will continue to publish the "World Openness Report" and the Openness Index, and newly release the "Export China Capability Development Report" to create a "double flagship" report. (over)