Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, July 26 - Question: unusual event, "two-cycle" window - write in the third import 100-day countdown on the occasion of Expo
Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhou Rui and He Xinrong
There are still 100 days to go before the third China International Import Expo. Although the epidemic is still spreading globally, as the world’s first import-themed national-level expo, the China International Import Expo has made it clear that it will be held in Shanghai in November this year. Held in the next way.
"Gradually form a new development pattern with the domestic big cycle as the main body and the domestic and international double cycles mutually promoting each other"-under the epidemic, the CIIE will become a window to build a "double cycle" pattern. Through a series of innovative measures, China will continue to amplify the spillover and driving effects of the CIIE and bring more opportunities for mutual benefit and win-win to the world.
Unusual exhibition preparations
Affected by the epidemic, the world economy is facing severe challenges, and trade protectionism continues to rise. The scheduled holding of the third CIIE is itself a major policy announcement with extraordinary significance.
Many top companies feel strongly about this. "The average exhibition area of the world's top 500 and leading companies in the industry will increase by 14% compared to the second. The larger exhibition area reflects the full recognition of exhibitors for the China International Import Expo and the Chinese market." Deputy Director of China International Import Expo Bureau Sun Chenghai said.
The exhibition scale is bigger-
The planned area of the 3rd CIIE is 360,000 square meters, an increase of 60,000 square meters over the second. The enthusiasm of global companies to participate in the exhibition is unabated, and the exhibition area of contracted companies has reached the planned target. Among them, the contracted area of the three exhibition areas of consumer goods, medical and service trade has exceeded the planned area, reappearing "one is hard to find."
Karl Crus Welding Technology Co., Ltd. is a "century-old shop." Shearer, the company’s technical and sales director in Asia, said that China is its largest market outside of Germany. The company participated in the second CIIE last year. The meeting was full of rewards and decided to expand the third exhibition area from 60 square meters to 100 square meters.
The exhibition area is set up better——
Combining global hot spots and industry development trends, the 3rd CIIE will set up four new zones, including public health and epidemic prevention, energy conservation and environmental protection, smart travel, sporting goods and competitions.
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Machine (ECMO), ventilators, protective equipment, kits, testing and analysis instruments, medical imaging equipment... The "Public Health Epidemic Prevention Zone" set up for the first time has an exhibition area of over 10,000 square meters, in addition to focusing on global epidemic prevention With new achievements, supporting activities will also be held to invite all parties to discuss the development trend of the public health and epidemic prevention industry.
Exhibitors are of higher quality——
The world's top 500 and leading companies in the industry actively participated in the exhibition, and the number has reached the previous scale. Many companies will carry new products, new technologies, and new services for the "world premiere, China first exhibition".
At the 3rd CIIE, Varian Medical Systems of the United States will bring the Asia-Pacific premiere of a high-end linear accelerator integrated with the "Optical Body Surface Imaging Intelligent Monitoring System", and will be used for interventional chemoembolization of liver cancer, arteriovenous malformations and blood vessels The first Chinese launch of the drug-loaded microspheres such as tumor.
The extraordinary exhibition corresponds to extraordinary preparations.
Under the epidemic situation, the preparations for the CIIE are "non-stop". Beginning in February this year, the third CIIE introduced cloud registration, cloud signing, cloud roadshows, etc. The "non-contact preparation" allows global enterprises to communicate "screen-to-screen" in the cloud.
Even during the closed management period of the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai), the venue is still brightly lit late at night. With the help of information technology such as video conferences, "Jinbo people" negotiate and connect with each other in a 24-hour "world time" .
In the past few months, thousands of companies around the world have participated in the cloud road show in front of the screen. The major trading groups across the country have received the list of exhibitors half a year in advance. The high-end dialogue event of the Hongqiao International Economic Forum was held in Shanghai... Third Various supporting activities and preparations for the CIIE are proceeding as scheduled.
The epidemic can't stop the enthusiasm of new and old friends coming
Old friends resolutely renewed their contracts, even "signing for three years at one go"; new friends came in droves, and a large number of global giants announced that they would participate for the first time-the epidemic could not stop the enthusiasm, and "Jinbo magnetism" rose instead of falling.
Fast Retailing Group, the parent company of Uniqlo, won a 1,500-square-meter booth in one fell swoop; Richemont Group will bring a group of luxury brands such as Cartier, Piaget, and Vacheron Constantin to make a collective appearance; French Michelin Group will choose after two consecutive visits to the Expo Continue to sign... a large number of "new faces" appeared, and the circle of friends in the Expo continued to expand.
What they are after is the debut effect on the "Jinbo Platform".
L'Oréal China President and CEO Fei Bori said: "This year, L'Oréal will not only bring new products, but will also showcase new technologies for the transformation of beauty technology and more green applications aimed at sustainable development."
What they are after is the consumption potential in the "Expo Window".
In the "6 days + 365 days" perennial exhibition and trading service platform of the International Import Expo across the street from the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai)-Greenland Global Commodity Trade Port, the CIIE exhibits "transformed" into commodities that have entered thousands of households.
"From overseas to Shanghai, from Shanghai to all parts of the country, this is the spillover effect of the CIIE." said Xue Yingjie, general manager of the Greenland Global Commodity Trading Port Group. The trading port continues to bring CIIE commodities to more cities across the country. The locations of Harbin, Xi'an, Guiyang, Chengdu, Kunming, Ningbo and other places have accelerated the Expo effect throughout the country.
What they fancy is the anti-epidemic cooperation in the "Bond of China".
On the 26th, the 3rd CIIE Exhibitors Alliance established the Public Health and Epidemic Prevention Committee for the first time, and a group of "CIIE Enterprises" started to work together to fight the epidemic.
Qiu Jianping, general manager of Abbott’s rapid diagnostics business in Greater China, vice chairman of the third CIIE Public Health and Epidemic Prevention Committee, said that in the next step, Abbott will work with more industry partners to explore new solutions and cooperation models to help China And the world is fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic. "Abbott will showcase innovative products and solutions covering all stages of life on a 600-square-meter booth, and will appear in the public health and epidemic prevention zone set up for the first time."
The exhibitors were enthusiastic, and the organizers responded with sincerity. A package of safeguards has been launched, and a series of innovative measures are being launched to help global exhibitors better explore opportunities in China.
As the host location, Shanghai will continue to make a fuss about the word "good" and work hard on the word "jing" to further promote the institutionalization, refinement and intelligence of service guarantee. According to the epidemic situation, Shanghai is studying and formulating a "fast channel" plan for overseas exhibitors. At the same time, it will also pay more attention to online and offline integration, and actively explore new models such as "cloud exhibition" and "cloud forum".
According to Dang Xiaohong, deputy director of the Port Supervision Department of the General Administration of Customs, on the basis of continuing the support measures of previous CIIEs, the third CIIE will transfer new tax guarantee insurance guarantees and exhibits to special supervision zones for cross-border communication. The convenience measures of the merchants will accelerate the realization of "exhibits become commodities".
Constructing a "double cycle" window to inject new momentum into the global economy
Faced with the impact of the epidemic, my country continues to break the pattern of "domestic and international dual cycles", and the CIIE is one of the most important windows. While stabilizing China's economic fundamentals, it also injected new momentum into the global economy.
"In the context of this year's epidemic, holding the third CIIE, continuing to expand imports, and insisting on opening up to the outside world fully demonstrates China's responsibility as a large country and is of special significance to the recovery of global economic growth and the construction of an open world economy." Said Shang Yuying, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Municipal Government and Director of the Office of the Leading Group for Urban Service Guarantee of the CIIE
Trade promotes investment to accelerate the implementation. Shiseido, Danone, Boehringer Ingelheim and others have successively announced the construction of R&D centers in Shanghai, and Panasonic has successively launched two new factories in Zhejiang and Guangdong...During the epidemic, the "commitment to the Expo" remains unchanged, giving foreign companies a "reassurance" ".
"The CIIE is a'reassurance', giving us strong confidence in continuing to take root in China's development. Now, what we import is not just products, but the entire production line." Senior Vice President and President of Greater China of Warri Safety Ball Zhang Xiao said that companies are still investing more in China during the epidemic. The high-end linear accelerator production line exhibited at the second CIIE was officially launched in March this year, and Beijing has become Varian's R&D and production base with the most complete product line in the world.
New measures for expanding trade and consumption have emerged one after another. Affected by the epidemic this year, many exhibitors paid more attention to the CIIE and changed their participation strategies. At the Greenland Global Commodity Trade Port, the South African Import Pavilion will display the new South African beef, which will be displayed at the third CIIE, in the pavilion, attracting consumers to stop by.
At the Shanghai “Five-Five Shopping Festival” held not long ago, 12,000 copies of this South African beef have been sold. Wang Junling, head of the South African Import Pavilion, believes that this approach can help South African products enter the Chinese market at a lower cost and higher efficiency.
More spillover effects will accelerate the landing. In the bonded logistics center of the Hongqiao Business District near the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai), a large number of import exhibitions such as Italian wine, Belgian ice cream, and Greek olive oil have entered the customs ahead of schedule. Cai Jun, general manager of Shanghai Hongqiao International Import Commodity Exhibition and Sales Co., Ltd., said that in the past, exhibitors could only transport goods in small batches by air, and they had to return them out of the country after the exhibition. Later transformed into goods.
"Under the new situation of the normalization of the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the uncertainty of global economic and trade development and the instability of the global industrial chain and supply chain have increased significantly. All countries need to work together to promote greater openness and better cooperation. "Said Edwin, chief representative of the World Economic Forum in Greater China.
Wang Xinkui, director of the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consulting Center, believes that the CIIE, which gathers global companies, can serve as a "stabilizer" of the global supply chain and help the world economy to resume growth.