A Sharing Mindset
The China international import Expo reiterates its commitment to shared market opportunities
As a pioneering step in the history of international trade, the China International Import Expo (CIIE) is the world’s first ever importthemed national-level expo.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and leaders from governments, businesses, and international organizations from 172 countries and regions attended the expo, which ran from November 5 to 10. Over 3,600 global businesses were represented, of which over 200 are Fortune 500 companies.
The CIIE, held in Shanghai, was planned to proactively open China’s market, firmly support trade liberalization and economic globalization, and to pursue win-win cooperation for common development with the world.
These goals are perfectly aligned with a year that marks the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up. Over the past 40 years, China has achieved rapid increase in GDP growth, averaging an annual growth rate of 9.5 percent. China’s foreign trade volume has been growing at 14.5 percent per year. The life of the nearly 1.4 billion Chinese people has been transformed from austerity to moderate prosperity, lifting over 700 million out of poverty, and enabling over 400 million to successfully