(The 5th CIIE) Prospects | How do overseas Chinese and CIIE "achieve each other"?

The Determination and Confidence of the "Overseas Chinese See" China Covenant

  China News Agency, Shanghai, November 4th: Prospects | How do overseas Chinese and China Import Expo "achieve each other"?

The Determination and Confidence of the "Overseas Chinese See" China Covenant

  Author Fan Yubin

  Shanghai in the golden autumn belongs to the time of the China International Import Expo.

In this international metropolis, the world's first import-themed national-level exhibition has been held as scheduled for five consecutive years, inviting global guests to share opportunities.

  On the stage and behind the scenes of the CIIE, the overseas Chinese are particularly special. They come from all over the world and support and participate in this global trade event in various ways. The CIIE has also become a stage for them to show their talents.

  Over the past five years, the CIIE has shared the opportunities for China's development with the world.

Behind the success of the CIIE, overseas Chinese and CIIE "achieve each other". What remains unchanged is China's determination to actively open its market to the world and its confidence in jointly building an open world economy.

Aerial photography of the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai).

Photo by Yin Liqin

Really sharing the "China Opportunity"

  "The China International Import Expo will make China's big market a great opportunity for the world. Now the world needs to overcome barriers, increase communication and deepen cooperation more than ever." Li Jiachun, chairman of the Thai Chinese Youth Chamber of Commerce and chairman of Thailand Yongtai Jewelry Group, said that participating in the exhibition The expo allowed him to "learn a lot".

  The five-year CIIE has allowed overseas Chinese to find new business opportunities and make new friends.

  It has been deeply cultivating the Chinese market for 30 years and has participated in the CIIE for five consecutive years.

"We have not only reached a number of cooperation with partners in various industries, but also the cumulative intention of cooperation orders for ace products has reached nearly 500 million US dollars." Zhai Jingli, vice president of the China Federation of Overseas Chinese Businessmen and vice president of APP (China) of Sinar Mas Group, said.

  Shi Xueli, executive vice president of the China Federation of Overseas Chinese Businessmen and chairman of Shanghaojia (China) Co., Ltd., who once "moved" Chinatown in the Philippines to the CIIE, said that participating in the CIIE strengthened his confidence in taking root in China.

They also became associated with Uzbekistan at the China International Import Expo, and the new factory in Uzbekistan was officially put into operation this year.

  Lu Chengquan, president of the Malaysian Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that the Chinese Chamber of Commerce has never been absent from the CIIE.

"The CIIE is an important symbol of China's high-level opening to the outside world in the new era, and it will play a huge role in helping Malaysian companies go to the international market and promote economic recovery."

  For Cao Peiqing, honorary chairman of the Sydney-Shanghai Chamber of Commerce in Australia and chairman of the Australian CPG Group, the CIIE is an excellent occasion for the release of new products.

This year, CPG will focus on the concept of green environmental protection and integrate Australian cultural and creative design into China's intelligent manufacturing.

  The CIIE is welcoming many "rookies".

Shi An, Vice President of Shanghai Overseas Economic and Technological Promotion Association and President of Rockwell Automation (China) Co., Ltd. is participating in the CIIE for the second time. He will describe the new opportunities and achievements of Rockwell Automation in China, and lead the way The future is infinite.

The landscape decoration of the venues of the 5th CIIE has been fully finalized.

Photo by Chen Mengze

Matchmaking and sing "Global Play"

  From 5 days to 365 days, the CIIE has changed from a "global exhibition" to a "world platform". Overseas Chinese are actively matching, promoting the CIIE, and narrowing the distance between countries and China.

  "We are both 'foreign guests' and 'hosts'." Zhai Jingli said that participating in the Expo every year has a very deep emotional resonance with overseas Chinese companies. They have been with the Expo all the way, symbiotically grow, and use their own The successful experience of the CIIE tells a good story about China and enhances the confidence of the international market in China.

  This confidence can be delivered.

The CIIE helped Li Linguo, president of the Southern Africa Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce, to expand his "circle of friends", and Li Linguo invited more South African small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in the grand event for the CIIE.

  Driven by overseas Chinese, the spillover effect of the CIIE has been continuously released.

  Gao Xiang, President of the British Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, initiated the organization of the Hongqiao Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce Import Expo and Trade Promotion Center, united 9 overseas business associations, and accelerated the gathering of global high-level trade platforms and entities; Jin Lin, CEO of Argentina (Shanghai) Innovation Center, is a small and medium-sized Argentine. Enterprises enter China to provide one-stop service; Cao Xingzhi, executive chairman of the South Africa-Chinese People's Friendship Association, initiated the establishment of the South Africa-China Cross-border E-commerce Association, and landed in the South African Import Pavilion in Shanghai to explore the new trend of smart retail of South African products in China...

Make each other's achievements and play "Open New Song" together

  In the past five years, the overseas Chinese and the CIIE have achieved each other's achievements, and they look forward to open cooperation and a shared future.

  "The CIIE is a window for China to understand the world, and it is also a window for the world to understand China." said Wu Yue, the winner of Shanghai "Magnolia Memorial Award" and President of LVMH Greater China, "Our participation in the CIIE is not a In order to do business, we embrace the spirit of the CIIE and pay tribute to this spirit."

  For overseas Chinese, the CIIE carries multiple meanings.

In Wu Yue's eyes, the CIIE is a bridge for cross-cultural exchanges, creating more opportunities for cultural exchanges, conceptual collisions, and emotional communication.

  Shan Lina, winner of the Shanghai Magnolia Memorial Award and China's only foreign non-genetic inheritor, who has exhibited the art of clasping at the China International Import Expo three times, said that using the art of clasping to tell Chinese stories can help you understand China better. .

The CIIE is a good bridge to help excellent Chinese culture "go overseas" and exchange and learn from each other.

  "When people from all over the world rush to this year's 'Eastern Covenant', they are also working together for an open, innovative and shared spring." Li Jiachun believes that China's future opening door will only open wider and wider.

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