"The second China International Import Expo will be held in Shanghai from November 5 to 10. Up to now, representatives of political and business circles and international organizations from more than 170 countries and regions will be invited to attend the meeting. " On October 29, Wang Bingnan, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce and director of the Organizing Committee Office of China International Import Expo, said at a briefing for Chinese and foreign media that the preparatory work for the second China International Import Expo national exhibition, enterprise exhibition and the second Hongqiao International Economic Forum had been basically completed.

National exhibition highlights national characteristics

"The holding of China International Import Expo is a major decision made by China with a view to promoting a new round of high-level opening up and a major initiative taken by China to open its market to the world." Wang Bingnan said that the holding of the exhibition will help promote the high-quality development of China's economy and better meet the people's needs for a better life.

According to reports, the total exhibition area of the national exhibition is 30000 square meters, which focuses on the development achievements, business environment and characteristic industries of various countries. The image design of national pavilions is unique, with 64 countries (including China) and 3 international organizations participating in the exhibition. The 15 guest countries (in alphabetical order) are Cambodia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, India, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Peru, Russia, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Zambia.

"The Chinese Pavilion (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) in the national exhibition is designed to be open, atmospheric, flexible and transparent, with oriental charm and modern flavor. It is a bright 'Chinese business card'." Wang Bingnan said that with the theme of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China and with high-quality development as the main line, the pavilion focuses on the historical achievements and new opportunities of China's economic and social development.

With a total exhibition area of 330000 square meters, exhibitors from all over the world display goods, technologies and services to achieve "buy the world, benefit the world". Covering 5 major sectors such as equipment, consumption, food, health and service, 7 exhibition areas, more than 3000 enterprises from more than 150 countries and regions signed up to participate, and 500000 professional purchasers and visitors registered. Ren Hongbin, Assistant Minister of Commerce and deputy director of the Organizing Committee Office of China International Import Expo, said that the number of American enterprises participating in the Expo reached 192, an increase of 18% over last year; the exhibition area reached 47500 square meters, a significant increase compared with over 20000 square meters last year, ranking first in all countries. Many of the world's top 500 companies and executives of multinational companies in the United States will take part in the exhibition in person.

The theme of the second Hongqiao International Economic Forum is "open innovation, win-win cooperation", which is composed of the main forum of the opening ceremony and five sub forums. The five sub forum topics are respectively "opening up, rules and business environment", "artificial intelligence and innovation development", "WTO reform and free trade agreement", "digital era and e-commerce innovation development", "70 years of China's development and the community of human destiny". It is reported that more than 4000 representatives of the political, business and international organizations are expected to attend the meeting to make suggestions and suggestions for the revitalization of the world economy.

Both scale and quality are superior to the first

President Xi Jinping pointed out in the keynote speech of the opening ceremony of the first China International Import fair that the China International Import fair should not only be run year after year, but also be level, effective and better. Wang Bingnan said that all parties closely focus on this general requirement and strive to make the second Import Expo better. He said that the preparations for the fair presented three characteristics.
First, the scale is larger and the attraction is further enhanced. The total area of the first enterprise exhibition and national exhibition is 300000 square meters, which is increased to 360000 square meters this year. Among them, the exhibition area of enterprises increased from 270000 square meters to 330000 square meters, with more countries, regions, international organizations and exhibitors than the first one.
Second, the quality is higher and the effect is further improved. The world's top 500 enterprises and leading enterprises in the industry participated in more than the first session, and high-quality small and medium-sized enterprises such as "invisible champion" enterprises competed to appear. More new products, new technologies, new services, "global debut, China's first exhibition". Domestic and foreign buyers and professional visitors are expected to exceed 500000.

Third, the activities are more abundant and the comprehensive effect is further enlarged. During the exhibition, there were more than 300 supporting activities, an Import Expo release platform was set up, China's important policies were interpreted authoritatively, and the latest research results of international organizations were released. At the same time, more than 140 exchanges and exhibitions of intangible cultural heritage and "China time honored brands" will be held in 18 provinces, regions and cities.

Xu Kunlin, deputy director of the office of the Organizing Committee of China International Import Expo and Deputy group leader of Shanghai urban service guarantee leading group, introduced that Shanghai Customs has set up 42 special channels and 83 special windows for entering the Expo, providing all-weather service for the participants, so that the guests can go as they come, and the exhibits can be handled as they come, and the "Exhibition Center customs" is specially set up to provide one-stop service 。 In addition, the service of the exhibition hall is better, the logo information is more detailed, and more than 180 translators are provided.
Wang Bingnan said that the second Import Expo is an important international event hosted by China and the final work of this year's home diplomacy. He will spare no effort to do all preparatory work to ensure the success of the Expo and the forum.

China brings great opportunities to the world

According to Ren Hongbin, the turnover of the first fair reached US $57.83 billion. From the preliminary investigation, most of the trading groups completed more than 90% of the contracts.
Ren Hongbin said that the first Import Expo played a more significant role in promoting trade and investment cooperation. First, a large number of advantageous and characteristic products have entered the Chinese market through the Import Expo, meeting the needs of China's domestic consumption upgrading. Second, on the basis of the US $57.83 billion cooperation agreement, after one year of exchange and cooperation, some enterprises of the transaction group added orders. Third, the driving effect of the first Import Expo on investment is constantly emerging. Fourth, a number of domestic enterprises have improved the competitive advantage of domestic products by introducing the technology and equipment of enterprises participating in the Import Expo.

At the same time, the participation in the fair also provides a huge opportunity to enter the Chinese market. "At present, the number of registered purchasers has greatly exceeded that of the first fair. I believe that the exhibitors of the second Fair will be happy and satisfied." Ren Hongbin said.

Ren Hongbin said that China's holding of the fair and actively expanding imports is not a stopgap, but a long-term consideration of facing the world, the future and promoting common development. Since the Expo, China has successively introduced a series of policies and measures to expand imports, stabilize the growth of foreign trade and stimulate the vitality of market players. The space of import market continues to expand, and the growth of China's import has become an important engine of global economic growth. Mainly in the following three aspects:
First, we have introduced measures to expand imports and measures to stabilize foreign trade and promote imports. In recent years, the proportion of China's consumer goods imports to imports has been between 8.2% and 8.4%. After the first Import Expo held last year and the introduction of a series of import expansion policies by the Chinese government, the growth of China's import of consumer goods has increased significantly, "the first three quarters of this year increased by 1.5 percentage points over the same period last year, which is also the embodiment of Import Expo driving import and promoting the growth of domestic demand.".
Second, we will promote steady growth in consumption. The Ministry of Commerce, together with relevant departments, has issued a series of measures to develop circulation and promote commercial consumption. In the first three quarters of this year, the total retail sales of social consumer goods reached 29.7 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.2%; the contribution rate of final consumption expenditure to economic growth reached 60.5%, and the basic role of consumption in economic growth continued to be consolidated.

Third, we will continue to improve the business environment. The Chinese government has vigorously promoted the reform of "deregulation services" and comprehensively implemented the policy of tax reduction and fee reduction. The State Council recently promulgated the regulations on optimizing the business environment, which will come into force on January 1, 2020. According to the latest report released by the world bank, China's overall ranking of business environment jumped to the 31st place in the world, up 15 places from last year.

Reporter Feng Qiyu