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China International Import Expoi

China's inaugural trade fair for boosting imports to close the nation's trade surplus with trading partners, and restructure the economy's growth from an export-driven to consumption-led model.

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  • 350 Japanese exhibitors attended this year’s China International Import Expo (CIIE), showing an eagerness to explore the Chinese market despite ongoing tensions
  • Trade and investment between China and Japan has slackened amid strained bilateral ties, but some Japanese firms still say it ‘would make no sense’ to exit the vast market
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The Fosun Group is looking to make another major leap in the healthcare industry as it prepares to deliver locally-made surgical robots to hospitals.

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China is a world leader in terms of shipbuilding capacity and trade volume, but it is seen to lag behind in terms of services surrounding the industry, including arbitration to resolve disputes.

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The value of deals at the six-day CIIE rose 6.7 per cent year on year, according to the organiser CIIE Bureau. Exhibitors at the American Food and Agriculture Pavilion signed US$505 million worth of deals.

Despite bickering over the South China Sea – and clashes that have only made things more contentious – the China-Philippines trade relationship has remained largely unaffected.

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H&M launched a design hub at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai this week amid efforts to improve the localisation of its products.

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Potential import agreements could lead to a broader and more definitive relationship between China and Afghanistan, as the latter country struggles to pull itself out of a war- and disaster-induced economic slump.

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Vice-Premier He Lifeng will begin his five-day visit to the US on Wednesday ‘at the invitation of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.

Southeast Asian countries are looking to cash in on China’s growing love for durian, and new agreements with the Philippines and Malaysia could be a boon for the tropical fruit trade.

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China’s middle class has ‘colossal purchasing power’ with ‘huge’ potential for foreign businesses, Li says at world’s biggest import fair in Shanghai.

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The six-day China International Import Expo (CIIE) begins in Shanghai on Sunday, with the US set to send its strongest-ever delegation amid improving relations between Beijing and Washington.

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Beijing has mobilised 39 business delegations to ensure the purchase of goods and services at the China International Import Expo, in its latest effort to maintain strong economic ties with foreign businesses and head off any chance of a decoupling with the West.

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The value of deals signed during the six-day China International Import Expo in Shanghai rose 3.9 per cent year on year to US$73.5 billion. There were 100 fewer exhibitors and 19,000 less visitors versus last year.

Ocean shipping rates for goods leaving China are likely to fall next year when freight operators take delivery of new vessels, according to carriers at a major trade fair in Shanghai.

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While sustainability seems to be the predominant theme at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, not everyone is on board with the idea of green living.

The electric car giant drew large crowds at the China International Import Expo on Sunday, indicating soured relations between Beijing and Washington have not undermined demand in the mainland.

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Among participating Hong Kong enterprises this year, 47 are led by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the government’s official exhibition organiser.

The president was speaking at the start of the China International Import Expo, where some 3,000 foreign companies will display their latest products and technologies, up 3.4 per cent from last year.

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The World Trade Organization authorised Beijing to impose the compensatory tariffs against America following a decade-long case centred on alleged subsidies.

Exhibitors from the city were representing the services, equipment, science and education, lifestyle, food, health care and medical devices industries at the event, which kicked off on Friday last week and ended on Wednesday.

Tesla’s made-in-Shanghai electric vehicles are stealing the show at the China International Import Expo (CIIE), but a surge in orders could put pressure on its production capacity.

The Canton Fair will allow exhibitors to return in person after holding the past three events online. But with few overseas buyers likely to attend, some exporters are wondering if it’s worth it.

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The third annual China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai concluded on Monday, with US$72.62 billion worth of deals signed during the six-day event.