hosting the china international import expo (ciie) is an important step for china to further open up and a concrete action china took to build an open world economy, china's foreign ministry spokesperson lin jian said at a regular press conference in beijing on friday.
the seventh ciie will kick off next week, and the preparations are almost completed. according to statistics, the number of participants will hit a new record, with 297 fortune global 500 companies, industry leaders and nearly 800 trading groups from various countries set to attend the event.
as a response for these numbers above, lin said that these showcase the appeal of china's mega-sized market, speak volumes about the strong confidence of the international community in china's economic outlook, and demonstrate the common aspiration of all sides for win-win result through open cooperation.
lin noted that since the first ciie in 2018, the event has been upgraded and expanded into a window for china to forge a new development paradigm and a platform to advance high-standard opening up. the ciie has an expanding network of friends and growing significance as an international public good. this year's ciie provides support for 37 least developed countries to participate in country exhibition and business exhibition, and further expands the exhibition area for african products in the food and agricultural products exhibition, in an effort to help more developing countries take part in the universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization.
"openness is the core value of the ciie and a defining feature of today's development in china. china is striving for high-quality development by advancing high-standard opening up. we stand ready to work with all sides through the ciie to make the pie of opening up bigger and the list of cooperation longer, so that the opportunities of china's huge market can be shared by all countries and benefit people across the world." lin said. (by ma ziqian/china youth daily)
來源：中國青年報客戶端
