The 8th China International Import Expo will close on the 10th. This global economic and trade event had active transactions, with an intended turnover of 83.49 billion US dollars per year, an increase of 4.4% from the previous session and a historic high.

The exhibition area of this year's CIIE exceeds 367000 square meters, with a total of 4108 companies from 138 countries and regions participating. Both the exhibition area and the number of companies have reached a historical high. Among them, there are 290 Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders, and 180 companies have become "eight year full-time students", fully reflecting the strong "magnetic attraction" of China's super large market.

Several multinational giants have stated that China has become one of their most important markets globally and continues to grow.

The Lululemon booth is themed "Good State Fun Field" and showcases the brand's star products in six categories: yoga, running, training, tennis, golf, and daily travel. Photo provided by the interviewee

The colorful color combination and the playful double layered slide space structure make Lululemon a highlight of this year's consumer goods exhibition area, and it is also a "returning customer" of the second year's exhibition.

Huang Shanyan, managing director of Lulu Lemon China, said, "What we want to pursue here is not only the growth of performance, but also the common growth with the Chinese market."

The staff showcased the da Vinci surgical robot. Photo provided by the interviewee

Surgical robots are a highlight for multinational medical companies to showcase their digital innovation and industrial collaboration. As the "star exhibit" of the annual medical exhibition area, the Da Vinci surgical robot, which went to the CIIE, has gathered a "family portrait" for the first time this year.

Liu Qijun, CEO of Intuitive Fosun, told reporters, "We firmly believe that China will have the opportunity to even surpass the United States as the world's largest market for the application of surgical robots in the future

The internationally renowned spirits group has placed its first Chinese made whisky, Diechuan, at booth "C". Photo provided by the interviewee

Pernod Ricard's booth "C" this year was reserved for the first Chinese made whisky, Diechuan. The Diechuan Malt Whiskey Distillery, located in Emei Mountain, Sichuan, is the first malt whiskey distillery invested and built by an international liquor group in China. Pernod Ricard plans to invest 1 billion yuan in Diechuan Distillery over a period of ten years.

We have great confidence in the future of the Chinese market and will invest in it for the long term, "said Gil Boert, Executive Vice President of Global Markets at Pernod Ricard." The consumption here is very dynamic

Bayer's brand new crop health product line made its debut at this year's CIIE. Photo provided by the interviewee

The rich application scenarios and scale advantages brought by the super large scale market attract global innovation forces to converge here, achieving industrial integration and value co creation. Artificial intelligence, green low-carbon, and biomanufacturing... China is accelerating the cultivation of new quality productivity, bringing new development opportunities to the world.

Bayer's new crop health product line brand made its debut at this year's CIIE, covering three major business areas: nutritional fertilizers, biostimulants, and microbial agents.

Bayer Crop Science's Customer Empowerment Director, Li Yifan, said, "We have two important product launches at this year's CIIE. At the same time, we hope to leverage Bayer's global advantages to help more successful domestic companies go global and enter the world

Schneider Electric's newly upgraded air circuit breaker product made its debut at the 8th CIIE and was officially rolled off the assembly line at its Shanghai Kangqiao factory on the 7th. Photo provided by the interviewee

At this year's CIIE, Schneider Electric showcased its joint innovation achievements in digital transformation, green and low-carbon development with numerous upstream and downstream ecological partners. During the exhibition, it signed contracts with more than 40 key customers from industries such as data centers, buildings, chemical oil and gas, and medical electronics on site.

Yin Zheng, Executive Vice President and President of Schneider Electric in China and East Asia, told reporters, "On the one hand, we are increasing our R&D investment in China because the Chinese market is very large, with many application scenarios and excellent talents, so innovation is the core. On the other hand, we are exploring how to better intelligentize and low-carbon our entire supply chain

As the world's first national level expo with an import theme, the CIIE is a "big stage" for closely observing China's high-level opening-up to the outside world. Having weathered the storms of the pandemic of the century, experienced the difficult recovery of the world economy, and the rising geopolitical impact, the 8th China International Import Expo has proven through actions that China's door to openness will not be closed, but will only become wider and wider.

The mascot of the China International Import Expo, Jin Bao, was photographed on November 10th at the South Square of the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xiang

Overall Planning: Wu Weiling

Reporter: Zhang Mengjie

Director: Zhao Shiyun

Produced by Xinhua News Agency's Audio and Video Department