President Xi Jinping announced at the first Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in May 2017 that China would hold the China International Import Expo (CIIE) starting from 2018.
China is becoming even more attractive to foreign investors, as the latest figures from the Ministry of Commerce showed that the number of newly established foreign-invested firms in the country hit 12,000 in the first quarter of 2024, up 20.7 percent year-on-year.
The China International Import Expo (CIIE) offers an exceptional platform for businesses to showcase their latest products and technologies and to promote cooperation and exchange.
A symposium for promoting the seventh China International Import Expo and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum, an important part of the CIIE, took place in Tokyo, Japan on May 13.