Release date: October 29, 2019 source: business micro news

The Ministry of Commerce held a briefing on Chinese and foreign media in October 29th. The director of the office of the Organizing Committee of China International Import fair and vice minister of Commerce Wang Bingnan introduced the situation of President Xi Jinping atte

Wang Bingnan said the second China International Import Expo will be held in Shanghai from November 5 to 10. President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony and related activities of the second China International Import fair and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum held in Shanghai in November 5th and deliver keynote speeches. After the opening ceremony, President Xi Jinping will inspect the national pavilion with all the leaders. During the Expo, President Xi Jinping will meet with heads of state and government. President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan will also welcome a banquet for leaders and guests. 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.

Wang Bingnan pointed out that 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, a major initiative taken by China to open its market to the world, which is conducive to promoting the high-quality development of China's economy and better meeting the people's needs for a better life. President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the China International Import Fair for two consecutive years, which fully embodies the high attention of the Chinese government. It embodies China's consistent position in supporting the multilateral trading system and promoting trade liberalization and facilitation, and reflects the actual action of China in promoting the construction of an open world economy and building a community of human destiny. With the joint efforts of all relevant parties, preparations for the second China International Import Expo national exhibition, enterprise exhibition and the second Hongqiao International Economic Forum are basically ready.

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

Wang Bingnan said that with a total exhibition area of 330000 square meters, exhibitors from all over the world will display goods, technologies and services to "buy the world and benefit the world". Covering five major sectors such as equipment, consumption, food, health and service, and seven exhibition areas, more than 3000 enterprises from more than 150 countries and regions signed up to participate in the exhibition, and 500000 professional purchasers and visitors registered.

Wang Bingnan said that the Hongqiao International Economic Forum aims to build a high-end dialogue platform for the international political and business circles to discuss major and cutting-edge hot issues of the world economy, and is an international public product to promote open cooperation. 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". At that time, it is expected that more than 4000 representatives of political, business and international organizations from various countries and regions will attend the conference to discuss, solve problems and seek common development, and make suggestions and suggestions for the revitalization of the world economy.

Wang Bingnan pointed out that in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the first China International Import fair, President Xi Jinping pointed out that the China International Import fair should not only be run year after year, but also be level, effective and better. We will closely focus on this general requirement and strive to make the second Import Expo better.

First, the scale is larger and the attraction is further enhanced. The first enterprise exhibition and national exhibition area has a total area of 300 thousand square meters, reaching 360 thousand square meters this year. Among them, the enterprise exhibition increased from 270000 square meters to 330000 square meters, expanding twice, still "one exhibition is hard to find". The participating countries, regions, international organizations and exhibitors were more than the first.

Two, 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 

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Wang Bingnan said that this year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China. The second Import Expo is an important international event hosted by China, and also the final work of home diplomacy this year. In the final sprint stage, we will spare no effort to do all the preparatory work to ensure the success of the exhibition and forum.