All preparations are in place. A set of data will help you understand the highlights of the CIIE in advance.

The 9th China International Import Expo will open in Shanghai on the 5th. At present, the exhibition installation work has been completed and all preparatory work is ready. A set of fresh data will help you understand the highlights of this year’s CIIE in advance.

Expansion of event

The door is opening wider and wider

How big is CIIE? The overall exhibition area exceeded 440,000 square meters for the first time, which was expanded from last year and is equivalent to 61 standard football fields.

The country has expanded its capacity and improved its quality, and the area of ​​free booths provided to the least developed countries has increased by 17%, encouraging more "global south" countries to make good use of the CIIE platform.

The corporate exhibition area exceeded 370,000 square meters for the first time, setting a record high. The 4,142 overseas companies set a record for the highest number of exhibitors ever. Among them,

The exhibition area of American companies exceeds 50,000 square meters, ranking first for eight consecutive years. This year, the exhibition area increased by 1,500 square meters compared with last year.

The exhibition area of ​​companies from Canada and New Zealand is also the largest in history.

Gathering of old and new friends

The “circle of friends” continues to expand

Old friends are never absent from the CIIE. From the first CIIE in 2018 to this year, 169 companies and 30 overseas exhibition organizers have achieved "full attendance" for nine sessions.

Old friends get together, and new friends arrive enthusiastically. The national exhibition welcomed new members: 5 countries including Moldova and Romania and the United Nations Development Program made their debut. There are more than 2,000 exhibitors for the first time.

Global “top students” from different industries appeared on the CIIE stage. More than 100 multinational companies have signed booth agreements for the 10th session in advance with overseas exhibition organizers, casting a "vote of confidence" in China's high-level opening up to the outside world.

Highlights

Gathering of good things for the first time at the first exhibition

What to see when entering the CIIE?

Watch the starting debut. At this CIIE, there were more than 480 representative exhibits premiering in the world, Asia, and China, setting a new high in history.

See the exhibition area refreshed. This year's CIIE Enterprise Exhibition continues the "6+1" pattern: six major exhibition areas including technology equipment, consumer goods, agricultural and food products, automobiles and smart travel, medical equipment and medicine and health care, and service trade, as well as an innovation incubation area.

For the first time, a global national brand display area has been created, and about 100 brands with a long history, high quality and high reputation have been selected to be displayed together, of which more than 30 brands have a history of more than a century.

Headquarters reporter Wu Qiong: Behind the CIIE is China’s continuous efforts to advocate inclusive economic globalization and promote the construction of an open world economy. In the first nine months of this year, my country imported 16.7 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.3%, the fastest growth rate since 2021. China's door to opening up is opening wider and wider.

Huangpu River, East China Sea

"Four-leaf clover" has opened its arms

Let us look forward to this together