
People from many countries said that the CIIE not only provides an important platform for foreign companies to explore the Chinese market, but also creates opportunities for companies to understand the direction of China's economic development and expand long-term cooperation.
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The CIIE has gone through nine years and has become an important platform for promoting global open cooperation and economic and trade exchanges.
From China’s invitation to the world to the CIIE to global partners attending the event every year, this event has gone through nine years and witnessed the mutual achievements between China and the world through openness and common development through cooperation.
People from many countries said in an interview with a reporter from the main station that the CIIE not only provides an important platform for foreign companies to explore the Chinese market, but also creates opportunities for companies to understand the direction of China's economic development and expand long-term cooperation.
Rondo, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tanzania: We most fervently and sincerely hope that the representatives and exhibitors who are about to participate in the CIIE can establish new contacts, sign new agreements with their Chinese counterparts, and expand business contacts with Chinese partners. This is a very good thing. Participating in the exhibition is not only to sell products, but more importantly, to learn from China's development experience and understand how China achieved its current achievements. We can explore how to learn from China's development model and complement each other's strengths.
Hendrik Fischer, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the German state of Brandenburg: I am very much looking forward to this CIIE. I know that the companies accompanying us this time also hope to use this opportunity to promote their products. We hope that companies can find new partners at the exhibition, explore new markets, establish connections with more companies, and create new business cooperation opportunities.
Li Jianhui, Chairman of the Singapore Federation of Industry and Commerce: This is our ninth year to participate in the CIIE. Singaporean companies see the huge potential of the Chinese market and also see the huge potential of helping Chinese companies go abroad and enter the ASEAN market. I think the CIIE creates opportunities for us Singaporean companies to communicate and establish connections with all parties and jointly seek new business opportunities.

The 9th China International Import Expo opened in Shanghai on the 5th. The exhibition brought together more than 480 exhibits that were first shown in the world, first in Asia and first in China, setting a record high. A variety of exhibits such as a table tennis duel between embodied intelligent robots and Peruvian organic bananas were displayed on site, highlighting the spillover effect of the CIIE in promoting exhibits to become explosive products and converging the industrial chain.

African coffee from Kenya, Ethiopia, and Rwanda debuted at the ninth CIIE with zero tariffs for the first time. As China fully implements the zero-tariff policy with 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China, China-Africa trade volume continues to grow, and agricultural products with African characteristics are accelerating their entry into the Chinese market.

The 9th China International Import Expo opened in Shanghai. JD Health signed contracts with more than 20 global pharmaceutical and health brands at the event, and officially launched a one-stop "come to China for medical treatment" business for overseas patients, accelerating the entry of global good drugs into China and the export of Chinese medical services overseas.

The 9th China International Import Expo ushered in a large passenger flow in Shanghai, attracting the participation of 162 countries, regions and international organizations. The scale of this exhibition has reached a new high, and the exhibition structure has been iterated. Developed economies, small and medium-sized scientific and technological enterprises and countries in the global South have shown different exhibition logic and long-term layout characteristics.

The 9th World Textile Merchant Conference 2026 kicked off on the 6th in Keqiao, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, focusing on digital intelligence integration and green and low carbon. The "2027 World Textile Industry Trend Outlook" was released on site, and Sino-Italian and Sino-French AI Fashion Centers were signed to promote the upgrading and cooperation of the global textile industry.

Eastspring Investment Trust pointed out that the construction of data centers in the United States has slowed down due to power and licensing bottlenecks, which has affected confidence in Taiwan's AI supply chain. Taiwan stocks fell nearly 3,800 points at the opening. Server ODM, cooling, power supply and PCB are more susceptible to order delays in the short term; wafer foundry and advanced packaging benefit from prepayments and long-term commitments, and have better demand visibility. CoWoS supply will still be tight until the end of 2027. At present, the cancellation rate of locked orders is estimated to be only a single-digit percentage, and most of them are postponed or renegotiated. There is no sign of AI demand disappearing significantly.