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SHANGHAI, Nov. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

On Nov 5, 2021, CIIE, the first national-level import-oriented professional

trade fair in the world, kicked off at the National Exhibition and Convention

Center (Shanghai). Initiated by the Chinese government since 2018, the CIIE

continues to be a significant platform for the nation's opening-up and

enhancing international economic cooperation and free trade across the world.

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The CIIE has over the years become more well-organized, professional, and

digital.

Featuring a wider range of industries, the fourth CIIE has attracted 3,000

offline exhibitors from 127 countries and regions to take part in the Business

Exhibition. Three international organizations and 58 countries from five

continents, especially those involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, are

participating in the Online Country Exhibition.

The Business Exhibition comprises exhibition areas Food and Agricultural

Products, Automobile, Intelligent Industry and Information Technology, Consumer

Goods, Medical Equipment and Healthcare Products, and Trade in Services.

Thirteen themed subsections have also been set up to showcase the latest

products and innovations related to low-carbon energy and environmental

protection.

The total exhibition area of this year's CIIE has been expanded to 366,000

square meters. More than 80 percent of Fortune Global 500 and industry-leading

companies from last year's CIIE are returning for this latest edition and will

showcase products that are making either their global or regional debuts. These

companies include the world's top three auction houses, top three fashion and

luxury consumable groups, top four grain traders, top 10 automobile groups, and

top 10 medical device enterprises.

More businesses from countries along the Belt and Road, Central and Eastern

European countries, and LDCs have also signed up for the exhibition. The number

of overseas small and medium-sized enterprises attending the CIIE as groups has

continued to grow.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of China's accession to the World Trade

Organization. To mark this occasion, the Hongqiao International Economic Forum,

which is an integral part of the CIIE, will be holding a high-level forum

themed "Mutual Benefit and Win-Win Solution for a Shared Future" to showcase

China's achievements in opening up 20 years and its confidence in fulfilling

its higher-level opening-up goal in the New Era. The forum will also publish

the "World Opening Index" which evaluates the degree of opening-up in 129 world

economies since 2008.

At this critical juncture in the global fight against COVID-19 and world

economic recovery, a successful CIIE would demonstrate China's determination to

promote sustainable world economic development, globalization and build a new

development paradigm for its economy and society.

Contact: Nie Qingxin

Tel.: 0086-21-67008870/67008988

SOURCE  CIIE