The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) International Investment and Trade Expo opened on Friday in Jiaozhou, a county-level city under Qingdao of East China's Shandong province on Friday.

More than 400 companies and institutions are exhibiting their products at the three-day event, ranging from food, handicraft to healthcare and communications.

With a net exhibition area of 4,000 square meters, the expo comprises three main parts:  an exhibition on the planning and progress of the China-SCO Local Economic & Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area, national pavilions for countries within the SCO framework, and pavilions for SCO's Chinese enterprise partners.