Sharing the Chinese market and co creating new opportunities for development - Written on the occasion of the opening of the 8th China International Import Expo
The Eastern wind blows, and hundreds of rivers converge into the sea. The 8th China International Import Expo (CIIE) will be held in Shanghai from November 5th to 10th.
The China International Import Expo is the world's first national level exhibition with import as its theme, and is a major innovation in the history of international trade development.
Eight year commitment, the CIIE is like a window, where the world witnesses China's opening door getting bigger and bigger, and the vast opportunities in the Chinese market; Here, goods and trade, technology and markets collide and blend, gathering a steady stream of driving forces for the development of the world economy.
The recently held Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China outlined a blueprint for China's development in the next five years. A China that strives to create a new situation of Chinese path to modernization and unswervingly expands its high-level opening up will continue to inject more stability and certainty into the world economy in a century of change.
Opening up opportunities for China to the world
The National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai) welcomes guests with the rejuvenation of the "four leaf clover". The floral design with the letters "CIIE" and "2025" and the number "8" is particularly eye-catching.
L'Oreal, also known as "Quanqin Sheng", will showcase its 25 brands at the exhibition, bringing the strongest lineup of "debut" new products in history; The "first-time customer" Peruvian Argo brand brings "foreign specialties" such as cocoa powder and quinoa cereal, and prepares AR glasses to lead the audience to experience the fields of Peru; 290 Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders gather for CIIE
New and old friends have come from afar, as scheduled. The 8th CIIE will have 155 countries, regions, and international organizations participating, with 4108 overseas enterprises exhibiting. The exhibition area exceeds 430000 square meters, and both the exhibition area and the total number of enterprises have reached a historical high.
A promise is priceless, the better it gets.
Over the past seven editions of the CIIE, approximately 3000 new products, technologies, and services have been showcased here, aligning with the constantly evolving consumer demands of over 1.4 billion people and stimulating the market, investment, and production capacity;
In the past seven editions of the CIIE, a total of 23000 overseas exhibitors have been attracted, with an intended transaction volume exceeding 500 billion US dollars. Chinese and foreign enterprises that are highly integrated into the global industrial value chain communicate, understand, and cooperate here, explore innovative directions, and jointly cope with international market fluctuations and difficulties.
Mutual communication leads to progress, while mutual closure leads to retreat. This is a profound enlightenment that history has brought to the world economy, and also a valuable experience for the development of contemporary China. The proposal for the "15th Five Year Plan" approved at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China specifically deploys the expansion of high-level opening up to the outside world, sending a clear signal that China adheres to open cooperation and mutual benefit.
As the first important economic and diplomatic event held by China after the plenary session, this year's CIIE will continue to serve as four major platforms for international procurement, investment promotion, cultural exchanges, and open cooperation, carrying the expectations of all parties.
The CIIE is a 'big stage' for closely observing China's high-level opening-up to the outside world, and also an 'experience area' for immersing oneself in the advantages of China's super large market. Vice Minister of Commerce Sheng Qiuping said that in the face of profound changes in the global landscape, this year's CIIE will inject more certainty into the world through practical actions.
Tighten the bond of win-win and share the opportunities of the Chinese market with the world.
In 2018, Dortmund, a company from the United States, came to the first CIIE with a trial run mentality and unexpectedly received orders worth 380 million yuan. Nowadays, China has become the second largest market for Dortmund worldwide.
The company's goal is to make China the largest market by 2030, "said Maiowen, President of Dortmund China. Dortmund has established its first overseas research and development center in Shanghai, and the area of the CIIE exhibition area has expanded from the first 9 square meters to 300 square meters.
The exhibition area of American companies has remained the first for seven consecutive years, and the scale of participating companies from countries such as Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, and Peru has reached a historical high. Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Georgia, Sweden, Colombia, and six other countries have been the guest countries of honor at this year's CIIE
Backed by the large Chinese market, the CIIE's growing circle of friends reflects the common aspiration of enterprises from various countries to open up and share opportunities.
Build a bridge of cooperation together and expand the market cake through open cooperation.
This year, Standard Chartered continues to appear in the service trade exhibition area. Through the CIIE, Standard Chartered has established strategic partnerships with nearly 40 enterprises, institutions, and industry associations, expanding the scope of cooperation from commodity trade to sustainable finance, technological innovation, and other fields.
Smooth trade veins nourish the forest of the world economy; The abundant sunshine brought by openness has enabled the flourishing growth of the world economy.
We have carefully crafted six exhibition areas for medical equipment and healthcare, automotive and smart transportation, technological equipment, consumer goods, agricultural and food products, and service trade, as well as an innovation incubation zone. For the first time, we have established a "Cross border E-commerce Preferred Platform" and a "Cross border E-commerce Service Area" - the global industrial ecosystem is concentrated here, and new opportunities are intertwined and growing like vines.
Here, the potential customers of all our service solutions are almost truly standing in front of us, "said the person in charge of a foreign-funded electromechanical equipment enterprise. The CIIE is not only a bridge for supply and demand docking, but also a fertile ground for the integration of smart collision magnetic fields and capabilities.
Amplify spillover effects and enable more enterprises to grow together with the Chinese market.
We come from Germany, take root and sprout in Shanghai, and walk with China all the way. As a leading global specialty chemical company, Winco will join the New Materials Zone of the 8th CIIE.
Xia Fuliang, President of Yingchuang Greater China, said that this year Yingchuang has taken a series of measures to expand local production scale and increase innovation investment in China.
Exhibits become commodities, exhibitors become investors ", and many companies that ride the" fast train "of CIIE are accelerating in the Chinese market.
This year, Xinrongmao's second largest hub warehouse in the central China region settled in Jingzhou, Hubei; In June, the electronic packaging division of Schott Group completed and put into operation a new production line in Suzhou; As of July 31 this year, Muji has opened a total of 421 stores in 81 cities in Chinese Mainland, with 43 new stores in fiscal year 2025
An exhibitor expressed their understanding of the China International Import Expo and the Chinese market, saying, "After eight years of participation, we are not 'repeating appointments', but' growing together '.
The Source of Innovation in China
The world's first small diameter controllable expandable vascular stent and new pharmaceutical specific X-ray machine, Asia's first fast drying coating and artificial intelligence hearing aid that can cope with harsh corrosive environments, China's first exhibition of lithium-ion battery conductive additives
The 8th CIIE will showcase 461 new products, technologies, and services, and more leading companies in specific fields will participate for the first time, bringing their debut new products.
Leading new supply with new demand, creating new demand with new supply. At the CIIE, the global innovation force resonates with the super large scale market on the same frequency.
Expanding the new track of modern industries: This year's CIIE will showcase new industries such as low altitude economy and humanoid robots, and global leading enterprises in the fields of new generation information technology and artificial intelligence, green and low-carbon will showcase their latest achievements;
Continuously introducing new supply: introducing new themes such as silver economy, ice and snow economy, sports economy, automobile culture and tourism, introducing new platforms such as digital consumption and health consumption, helping to expand the consumption of goods and services, and developing new types of consumption.
Some exhibitors have expressed that this place gathers global attention and demand, allowing products and services to skip the long cycle required to expand the market in the traditional sense, and complete the transition from "exhibits" to "goods" in the shortest possible time.
The innovative "bipedal walking+wheeled sliding" mode supports high-speed movement of over 2 meters per second... This humanoid robot, which can perform tasks including object manipulation, part detection, reality capture, and operator assistance, is the AEON industrial scene humanoid robot that Hexagon is about to launch globally.
This Swedish company, which participated in the exhibition for the first time in 2019, was moved by the enormous potential and open determination of the Chinese market, and decided to establish a research and development headquarters in China. Nowadays, Hexagon has research and development centers in multiple cities such as Qingdao, and has 5 production bases across the country.
Previously, we brought foreign technology into the Chinese market, but now we are able to export the technology cultivated by companies in China to the world, "said Zhou Qing, Operations Director of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence East China Business Group. At the CIIE, companies can directly touch the pulse of the global market and quickly show the world the power of Chinese innovation.
The CIIE is not only a bridge for global innovation and technology to enter China, but also a "booster" for the development of new technologies.
The Medtronic intraoperative neural monitoring system, which made its debut in China at the 7th CIIE, was approved by the National Medical Products Administration about one month after the CIIE and officially put into clinical use in March 2025. Nowadays, this product manufactured in Medtronic Kanghui Changzhou Science Park has entered the Japanese market and expanded to markets such as Southeast Asia and Europe.
By leveraging the CIIE, we have successfully achieved a strategic upgrade from 'exhibitors' to' investors', witnessing a crucial leap in innovation achievements from 'bringing in' to 'going out', "said Gu Yushao, Senior Vice President and President of Greater China at Medtronic.
Taking the CIIE as a window, an innovative and open China provides a larger market and more opportunities for global innovation.
We will share the fruits of innovation and promote the Chinese market to become a testing ground, profit field, and application field for global innovation, "said Sheng Qiuping.
China's needs and the world's expectations
China has become the world's second largest consumer and import market, the only developing country to host a national level international import expo and continue to open its market to the world. It has a large market space and good growth expectations. Walking with China is walking with opportunities, believing in China is believing in tomorrow, and investing in China is investing in the future.
To meet the needs of China's development and the expectations of the world's development. As an important platform for China to promote high-level opening-up and build a new development pattern, the CIIE provides opportunities for a large number of new products, technologies, and services to enter the global market.
This is a two-way journey across the Pacific!
On October 15th, Shanghai Yangshan Deepwater Port welcomed a special "guest" - the first batch of exhibits from Peru's Qiankai Port for the 8th CIIE were successfully unloaded from the "COSCO Prince Rupert Port" ship.
Pottery inlaid with the code of Inca civilization, soft alpaca wool products and many South American specialties debuted for the first time. Relying on the key project of the "the Belt and Road" jointly built by China and Peru - "Qian Kai - Shanghai" direct sea route, it will take only 23 days to arrive in Shanghai, and will soon start the Oriental adventure in "four leaf clover".
From the small shop in Arequipa, Peru, to the exhibition booth at the CIIE, and to the hands of global consumers, when it comes to the changes brought by the CIIE, Isabel Seaa, co-founder of "Warmth Camel", can't help but exclaim, "I never thought that a small alpaca toy would weave my global dream
Saia told reporters that the booth area of "Warm Camel" has expanded from 9 square meters at the first CIIE in 2018 to 54 square meters, and has opened 6 stores in Shanghai, Xiamen and other places. The "Warm Camel" order originating from the China International Import Expo not only helped more than 200 families in Peru lift themselves out of poverty, but also forced a "quality revolution", making alpaca doll production benchmark against world standards.
The past and the future intersect here——
Entering the China Pavilion, the "14th Five Year Plan" technological achievements such as the CR450 high-speed train model, lunar research station sand table, Chang'e-5 lunar soil sample, 6G application scenario naked eye 3D display, and brain computer interface platform are eye-catching; Open measures such as cultivating international consumption center cities and building national import trade promotion innovation demonstration zones focus on presenting the great opportunities provided by China's large market to the world.
The consumption rate of residents has significantly increased, and the level of technological self-reliance and self-improvement has greatly improved... The development trend of China during the 15th Five Year Plan period has attracted much attention. The website of the World Economic Forum states that the choices made by China in the coming years will shape the global industrial development path, investment flow, and innovation network for decades to come.
At this Expo, enterprises from 123 countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" participated in the Expo, with a year-on-year growth of 23.1%. There were 163 enterprises from the least developed countries, a year-on-year increase of 23.5%. In order to expand unilateral opening up to the least developed countries, the African product zone will be expanded to support African countries with diplomatic relations to fully utilize the zero tariff policy for 100% taxable products. The number of African companies participating in the exhibition has increased by 80% year-on-year.
Many participating companies have expressed that China's openness is open to both developed and developing countries, covering manufacturing and service industries. China is committed to promoting modernization and will provide new opportunities for the world.
For 16 consecutive years, it has remained the world's second largest import market. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, the import of goods and services is expected to exceed $15 trillion, and its contribution to world economic growth remains stable at around 30%. In the next decade, the middle-income group will exceed 800 million people
An open and developing super large scale market will bring enormous opportunities to the world; A responsible major country is a powerful support for the sustained and stable development of the world.
Schneider Electric's newly upgraded air circuit breaker will make its debut at this year's CIIE and officially go offline at its Shanghai Kangqiao factory, meeting the needs of the Chinese market faster and better.
Yin Zheng, Executive Vice President of Schneider Electric, said that Schneider Electric has witnessed the development process of the Chinese market from "introduction" to "optimization". Nowadays, China's strong industrial foundation, diverse application scenarios, and abundant innovation resources have become a key part of the global innovation strategy layout of many multinational corporations. We will continue to strengthen our investment in China, promote the deep integration of 'Chinese wisdom' and 'world resources', not only' serving China in China ', but also achieving' benefiting the world in China '