First China International Import Expo
China is the world's most populous country, second largest economy, and second largest importer and consumer. Its consumption is expanding, creating great space for import growth. This offers other countries an unprecedented opportunity to enter the huge Chinese market. President Xi Jinping announced, at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation held in May 2017, that "China will host the China International Import Expo (CIIE) starting from 2018."
The first CIIE was held in Shanghai in November 2018, involving 172 countries, regions and international organizations, and more than 3,600 enterprises attended the event. The expo attracted more than 400,000 domestic and overseas customers. Deals worth a total of $57.8 billion were agreed.
Against resurgent trade protectionism and a backlash against globalization, this grand import fair displayed China's resolution to pursue a new round of high-level opening- up. It was a concrete action to promote an open world economy and support economic globalization.
The CIIE was the world's first import expo held at the national level - a first and an innovation in the history of global trade.
首屆中國(guó)國(guó)際進(jìn)口博覽會(huì)
中國(guó)擁有全球最多的人口，是全球第二大經(jīng)濟(jì)體、第二大進(jìn)口國(guó)和消費(fèi)國(guó)。目前，中國(guó)已經(jīng)進(jìn)入消費(fèi)規(guī)模持續(xù)擴(kuò)大的新發(fā)展階段，消費(fèi)和進(jìn)口具有巨大增長(zhǎng)空間，這為世界各國(guó)企業(yè)進(jìn)入中國(guó)大市場(chǎng)提供了歷史性機(jī)遇。2017年5月，習(xí)近平在“一帶一路”國(guó)際合作高峰論壇上宣布， 中國(guó)將從2018年起舉辦中國(guó)國(guó)際進(jìn)口博覽會(huì)。2018年11月，首屆中國(guó)國(guó)際進(jìn)口博覽會(huì)在上海成功舉辦。本屆進(jìn)博會(huì)共吸引了172個(gè)國(guó)家、地區(qū)和國(guó)際組織參會(huì)，3600 多家企業(yè)參展，超過(guò)40萬(wàn)名境內(nèi)外采購(gòu)商到會(huì)洽談采購(gòu)，累計(jì)意向成交578.3億美元。在當(dāng)前貿(mào)易保護(hù)主義和逆全球化抬頭的背景下，舉辦進(jìn)博會(huì)是中國(guó)推動(dòng)新一輪高水平對(duì)外開放的鄭重宣誓，也是中國(guó)推動(dòng)建設(shè)開放型世界經(jīng)濟(jì)、支持經(jīng)濟(jì)全球化的實(shí)際行動(dòng)。此次博覽會(huì)也是迄今為止世界上第一個(gè)以進(jìn)口為主題的國(guó)家級(jí)博覽會(huì)，在國(guó)際貿(mào)易發(fā)展史上是一大創(chuàng)舉，在當(dāng)今世界貿(mào)易促進(jìn)領(lǐng)域也是獨(dú)一無(wú)二的。
