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The China International Import Expo was launched in 2018 to expand imports and promote international economic and trade cooperation. In 2026, Thailand will become the focus country for the expo and related activities.
China News Service, Bangkok, November 5 (Liang Junxiang, Li Yingmin) The 9th China International Import Expo opened in Shanghai on the 5th. The International Trade Promotion Department of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand organized Thai companies to participate in this exhibition, hoping to use the CIIE platform to showcase Thai products and expand trade channels with China.
The International Trade Promotion Department of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand has previously opened 30 exhibition quotas through an online event platform. The event will be held offline and aims to create opportunities for Thai companies to establish trade links with buyers from China and other countries and regions.
The project plan announced by the International Trade Promotion Department of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand shows that the exhibition projects will focus on food, beverages and other commodity fields.
China is one of Thailand's important trading partners. Thai food, beverages and agricultural products have a certain degree of recognition in the Chinese market. Thai companies hope to use the CIIE to display specialty products, negotiate with Chinese buyers, and further understand the Chinese market demand, so as to find more cooperation opportunities for Thai products to enter the Chinese market.
Sunanda, Director of the International Trade Promotion Department of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand, said that Thailand will become one of the key countries for the China International Import Expo and related "Export to China" activities in 2026, which reflects the close economic and trade relations between Thailand and China.
She pointed out that Thailand and China have maintained close economic and trade ties for a long time, and China is Thailand's important trading partner. Thailand hopes to use the exhibition, procurement and business docking opportunities provided by the CIIE to allow more Thai small and medium-sized enterprises to contact Chinese buyers, establish stable business cooperation relationships, and gradually integrate into the Chinese market supply chain.
Since its inception in 2018, the China International Import Expo has become an important platform for China to proactively expand imports and promote international economic and trade cooperation. This exhibition will be held from November 5th to 10th, providing a platform for companies from various countries to display products, connect with buyers, and carry out trade cooperation.
The ninth China International Import Expo opened in Shanghai, and Nestlé, as a "Quality Student", appeared with nearly a hundred products. This year marks the 160th anniversary of Nestlé’s founding. The booth focused on displaying innovative research and development results, diversified products and the concept of “creating shared value”, and announced that it will continue to increase investment in China to help the development of the Chinese market.

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