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Kinling Lo

Sidney Leng

Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Monday morning. See our live coverage of his speech below.




Xi Jinping promises greater opening up  at China International Import Expo, warns against winner-takes-all mentality

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening ceremony for the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters

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Jinbao, the mascot for the first China International Import Expo, stands at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai. Photo: Xinhua

(181031) -- SHANGHAI, Oct. 31, 2018 (Xinhua) -- A technician guides the installation of exhibits at an exhibition hall in the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in Shanghai, east China, on Oct. 30, 2018. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe) (wyl)

CCTV cameras are seen in front of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), the main venue to hold the upcoming first China International Import Expo (CIIE), in Shanghai on October 31, 2018. - Chinese President Xi Jinping opens a huge Shanghai import fair next week at which armies of Chinese companies will shop for billions of dollars in foreign goods as China seeks to counter charges that its markets aren't open. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP)

(181031) -- SHANGHAI, Oct. 31, 2018 (Xinhua) -- Workers are seen on an assembly line at SAIC-Volkswagen workshop in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 30, 2018. SAIC's new cars will make debut at the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) which runs from Nov. 5 to 10 in Shanghai. The CIIE is the latest move of China to promote trade liberalization and further open up its market. (Xinhua/Ding Ting) (wyl)

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Chinese president Xi Jinping stressed his country’s commitment to globalisation and opening up in his speech to a Shanghai trade event


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