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China International Import Expo

China’s Premier Li Qiang speaks at the opening ceremony of the China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

Premier Li Qiang says China can play stabilising role in global economy

At the China International Import Expo (CIIE), Li highlights the importance of opening up its market to trading partners.

Shanghai expects record turnout at world’s biggest import trade fair in November

China is still a ‘huge market’ for Japan exporters even as trade slackens

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Fosun Pharma to deliver China-made surgical robots in key medical milestone

The Fosun Group is looking to make another major leap in the healthcare industry as it prepares to deliver locally-made surgical robots to hospitals.

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Visitors looking at Fosun Pharma’s locall-produced Da Vinci surgical system in the Medical Equipment and Healthcare Exhibition Area during the CIIE 2023 Expo in Shanghai on November 6. Shanghai, China. Photo: Future Publishing via Getty Images

Will China’s arbitration ‘sore spot’ sink its shipbuilding ambitions?

China is a world leader in terms of shipbuilding capacity and trade volume, but it is seen to lag behind in terms of services surrounding the industry, including arbitration to resolve disputes.

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CIIE deals hit record US$78.4 billion amid China’s push to mend trade ties

The value of deals at the six-day CIIE rose 6.7 per cent year on year, according to the organiser CIIE Bureau. Exhibitors at the American Food and Agriculture Pavilion signed US$505 million worth of deals.

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China-Philippines tensions roil, but it’s ‘business as usual’ for trade

Despite bickering over the South China Sea – and clashes that have only made things more contentious – the China-Philippines trade relationship has remained largely unaffected.

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Products from the Philippines on display at the 2023 China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Photo: Frank Chen

With designs on China, H&M targets Chinese consumers via localisation hub

H&M launched a design hub at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai this week amid efforts to improve the localisation of its products.

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Micron, ASML and Samsung attend CIIE but Nvidia absent amid chip war

US, South Korean and Dutch semiconductor companies put up booths at CIIE in show of commitment to China market amid escalating US-China chip war.

China-Afghanistan agriculture trade planting seeds for stronger ties

Potential import agreements could lead to a broader and more definitive relationship between China and Afghanistan, as the latter country struggles to pull itself out of a war- and disaster-induced economic slump.

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Trade between China and Afghanistan is on the rise, auguring closer ties between the two countries in other areas. Photo: Reuters

Chinese vice-premier to visit US this week as trade ties shine in Shanghai

Vice-Premier He Lifeng will begin his five-day visit to the US on Wednesday ‘at the invitation of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.

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US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns (third right) at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Durian demand surge sees Philippines cash in at China’s largest import expo

Southeast Asian countries are looking to cash in on China’s growing love for durian, and new agreements with the Philippines and Malaysia could be a boon for the tropical fruit trade.

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CIIE 2023: Li Qiang promotes Chinese consumers as fix for global economy

China’s middle class has ‘colossal purchasing power’ with ‘huge’ potential for foreign businesses, Li says at world’s biggest import fair in Shanghai.

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CIIE 2023: Premier Li Qiang to reach out to global investors in bid to mend ties

Chinese Premier Li Qiang is likely to extend an olive branch to global businesses and investors to bolster cross-border trade and FDI inflow, sources said.

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A promotional video for the CIIE is displayed on the world’s first naked-eye 3D spherical screen in Xujiahui Metro City in Shanghai. The expo will be held in the city from November 5 to 10. Photo: Imagine China

Exclusive | US to send strongest-ever delegation to China import expo amid improving ties

The six-day China International Import Expo (CIIE) begins in Shanghai on Sunday, with the US set to send its strongest-ever delegation amid improving relations between Beijing and Washington.

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Tesla’s US-made Model S Plaid on display at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai in 2022. Photo: Daniel Ren

Beijing kicks off CIIE countdown by appointing business delegates

Beijing has mobilised 39 business delegations to ensure the purchase of goods and services at the China International Import Expo, in its latest effort to maintain strong economic ties with foreign businesses and head off any chance of a decoupling with the West.

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Deals worth US$73.5 billion signed at CIIE despite fewer exhibitors, visitors

The value of deals signed during the six-day China International Import Expo in Shanghai rose 3.9 per cent year on year to US$73.5 billion. There were 100 fewer exhibitors and 19,000 less visitors versus last year.

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New ship deliveries likely to hit Chinese freight rates next year

Ocean shipping rates for goods leaving China are likely to fall next year when freight operators take delivery of new vessels, according to carriers at a major trade fair in Shanghai.

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Freight rates have plunged by as much as 90 per cent in the last year and are expected to stabilise in the short term. Photo: AFP

German exhibitors at China import trade fair expect business ties to improve

German exhibitors at import trade fair are optimistic of improving trade ties between China and Germany in wake of Chancellor’s visit to Beijing.

Shanghai expo’s focus is on sustainability, but visitors have mixed feelings

While sustainability seems to be the predominant theme at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, not everyone is on board with the idea of green living.

Tesla dominates Shanghai trade expo, showing ‘China still wants US goods’

The electric car giant drew large crowds at the China International Import Expo on Sunday, indicating soured relations between Beijing and Washington have not undermined demand in the mainland.

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Tesla’s Model S Plaid and Model X Plaid are proving a big draw for consumers at the exhibition. Photo: Reuters

More than 200 Hong Kong firms join import trade fair in Shanghai

Among participating Hong Kong enterprises this year, 47 are led by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the government’s official exhibition organiser.

The entrance of the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai. Photo: Xinhua

Xi promises world ‘big opportunities’ as China’s markets open up further

The president was speaking at the start of the China International Import Expo, where some 3,000 foreign companies will display their latest products and technologies, up 3.4 per cent from last year.

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China has right to impose tariffs on US$645 million of US goods

The World Trade Organization authorised Beijing to impose the compensatory tariffs against America following a decade-long case centred on alleged subsidies.

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Outside In | Who says China is retreating into splendid self-isolation?

China’s trade and FDI numbers continue to rise and its industrial policies aim to strengthen the domestic economy and plug manufacturing vulnerabilities – not decouple from the rest of the world.

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Visitors take photos with Jinbao, the mascot of the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, November 8. Chinese importers inked deals amounting to US$70.72 billion. What evidence here of the xenophobic shunning of foreign goods? Photo: Xinhua

China’s top import fair reports first contraction since its debut in 2018

Chinese companies bought US$70.7 billion worth of goods during the CIIE, 2.6 per cent lower compared with last year’s US$72.62 billion, organiser says.

Visitors take photos with Jinbao, the mascot of the China International Import Expo (CIIE), in Shanghai. The fourth CIIE ended on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong’s first-time exhibitors eye deals following China import expo success

Exhibitors from the city were representing the services, equipment, science and education, lifestyle, food, health care and medical devices industries at the event, which kicked off on Friday last week and ended on Wednesday.

Tesla success at China import expo may push it to expand Shanghai production

Tesla’s made-in-Shanghai electric vehicles are stealing the show at the China International Import Expo (CIIE), but a surge in orders could put pressure on its production capacity.

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China International Import Expo
China's inaugural trade fair for boosting imports to close the nation's trade surplus with trading partners, and restructure the economy's growth from an export-driven to consumption-led model.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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