Envisaged as a major platform to demonstrate China's determination to deepen its economic globalization, the China International Import Expo, or CIIE, has received a warm welcome in foreign countries.

The CIIE not only helps foreign exhibitors better understand the Chinese market but is also changing people's buying habits. After the second CIIE, over 8,000 kinds of imported commodities from more than 80 countries and regions are on display at the Hongqiao Import Commodities Exhibition and Trading Center.

Houston businessmen and entrepreneurs who attended the second China International Import Expo 2019 last month said they had achieved great success in the event, highlighting the growing momentum of Houston's economic and trade ties with China.

China's import expo is a phenomenon event, said Joseph Romanelli, senior vice-president of MSD, a pharmaceutical and healthcare products provider.

Compared with the first CIIE, the scope, category and amount of procurement of the second CIIE has reached a record to meet increased domestic energy demand resulting from China's economic growth.

Opportunity is the buzzword for owners of small-and medium-sized companies who have come from across the world to the second China International Import Expo in Shanghai.

International carmakers took home big orders at the China International Import Expo that concluded on Sunday, vowing to deepen their commitment to the Chinese market.

As host of an annual expo helping global exporters trade with one of the world's largest markets, China is playing a key role in preserving multilateralism, said a leading economist.

The 2nd China International Import Expo (CIIE) made 71.13 billion U.S. dollars of intended deals, a 23-percent increase from the last expo, according to the CIIE bureau at Sunday's press conference.

when global growth forecasts are being lowered almost every month. Given this fact, promoting higher-level opening-up is the best way to spur sustainable development. And that is exactly what President Xi Jinping pledged to do in his keynote speech at the second China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov 5.

The second China International Import Expo (CIIE) concluded on Sunday with the accumulated intended purchase value reaching $71.13 billion, up by 23 percent from the first CIIE.

A total of 181 countries, regions and international organizations attended the expo, and more than 3,800 enterprises participated in the exhibitions.The six-day event, under the theme of "New Era, Shared Future," attracted more than 500,000 domestic and overseas buyers, Sun said.

"They are all very big companies and we are going to have further meetings with their bosses to see how can we proceed the business," he said.Djurovic has met around 20 potential clients in the past week and added them on WeChat to keep in touch.　　"This time, I am just testing the water.

Across the venue of the second China International Import Expo in Shanghai, organizers have posted garbage classification guides and offered three types of trash bins labeled "food waste", "residual waste" and "recyclable" to help mandatory garbage sorting. Volunteers are also ready to explain and help.

Ivy Tsang, director of business development of Macao Yeng Kee Bakery, was surprised that their product sales in the Chinese mainland tripled in the past year, thanks to an agent they found at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai last year.

Rows of robots assembling cars, checking electronic substrates and doing cardboard packaging at the exhibition area of Japanese company Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. are a major attraction at the second China International Import Expo in Shanghai.