The third China International Import Expo (CIIE) will go ahead this week
with no sign of the global coronavirus pandemic slowing down, although
there will be fewer exhibitors and visitors at the event in Shanghai
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The expo, which runs from November 5-10, was started in 2018 by Chinese
President Xi Jinping as a way of boosting imports to close China’s trade
surplus with partners and showing its commitment to an open economy at
the onset of a bruising trade war with the United States.
While several of China’s top international trade expos this year have
been held virtually or postponed because of the pandemic, the CIIE will
be a physical event that underlines the country’s strong rebound from
the coronavirus.
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“The holding of the CIIE represents a triumph for China and Shanghai in
containing the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Sun Lixing, a researcher at
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. “Nobody could have expected it to
be held on schedule at the beginning of this year.”The Shanghai
government said on Friday 400,000 people had registered for the event,
although it did not provide a breakdown of foreign visitors. In 2019,
more than 500,000 people registered for the trade fair with 6,000 from
overseas.
Though the number of attendees will be down on last year, Sun said
Beijing could use the fair as a bargaining tool in future trade
negotiations.To meet the rising demand from the country’s rising
consumption, Chinese importers are certain to spend heavily to buy,” he
said. “As an import powerhouse, China should have a bigger say in the
global economy.”
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