(The 9th China International Import Expo) The "Rainbow Bridge" is getting wider and wider. Guests at home and abroad discuss China's opening up to the outside world.

China News Service, Shanghai, November 6 (Reporter Zheng Yingying) The 9th Hongqiao International Economic Forum Hongqiao International Open Hub Construction Sub-forum and the 2026 Hongqiao HUB Conference were held in Shanghai on the 6th.

The reporter learned from the meeting that Shanghai Hongqiao International Central Business District is relying on the Yangtze River Delta hub location and professional service agglomeration advantages to continue to build a dense professional service matrix and global network. At present, the relevant service network covers 173 countries and regions around the world. The "Hongqiao Service + Yangtze River Delta Manufacturing + Global Market" collaborative overseas ecology is accelerating. A "rainbow bridge" connecting Chinese industries and global markets is getting wider and wider.

According to the "China International Import Expo Spillover Effect Index Research Report (2026)" released by Shanghai Huaxia Economic Development Research Institute on the 6th, from 2021 to 2025, the spillover effect index of Shanghai Hongqiao International Central Business District was 9.75, 16.59, 36.99, 60.17 and 93.01. The spillover effect of Hongqiao’s undertaking of the CIIE has transformed from “exhibition undertaking” to “functional bearing”.

Ian Goldin, professor of globalization and development at Oxford University, said that opening up brings opportunities, and Hongqiao is a successful example. "China is an important beneficiary of globalization and opening up. China not only contributes its own strength to the world, but also draws development momentum from the world."

In the view of Gordon Naylor, global CEO and managing director of CSL (Jet Bellin), China has strongly demonstrated what achievements can be created by opening up to the outside world. "For many years, multinational companies have been thinking about: What can we bring to China? Now, we are beginning to think about: What can China bring to the world. Future development cannot simply stop at 'bringing in' or 'going out'. What is more important is the cross-border flow of innovation."

Jiang Xiaojuan, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that Hongqiao and even Shanghai already have a relatively good foundation for development. She made three suggestions for corporate innovation and development: the compliance system must adapt to high international standards, the industrial ecology must pay attention to mutual benefit and win-win results, and innovation must benchmark against international frontiers. "Technology is iterating very fast nowadays. If a company does not target the global market in the initial stage, there may not be many opportunities in some industry tracks."