Pairing up key Import Expo firms

Source: Xinhua | 2018-08-09

A MATCHMAKING meeting was held in Shanghai yesterday for exhibitors and buyers in the high-end intelligent equipment segment to connect ahead of the first China International Import Expo in November.

The session brought together 81 overseas exhibitors in the sector from countries or regions including the US, Germany, Japan, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

To meet the needs of exhibitors and improve the effectiveness of matchmaking, the China International Import Expo Bureau invited 269 purchasers from 23 local trading groups.

The meeting aims to help exhibitors and buyers advance their understanding and strengthen communications to lay a good foundation for cooperation at the expo, the bureau spokesman said.

More than 160,000 purchasers from over 80,000 domestic and foreign companies have registered for the fair as of Tuesday, the bureau said yesterday.

Over 40 companies from countries including the US, France, Germany, and Japan have already signed up for the second CIIE in advance to secure exhibition booths.