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The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce is organizing an information session on the opportunities to participate in the China International Import Expo (CIIE), which will take place from 5 to 10 November 2018 in the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai.

In May 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation that China will hold the first China International Import Expo (CIIE).

The CIIE is hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government and supported by the World Trade Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
China is the second largest economy, as well as the second largest importer and consumer in the world. China has entered a new development stage at which consumption keeps increasing, indicating an enormous potential for the growth of consumption and import. In the next five years, China is expecting to import products and services valuing more than USD10 trillion, which provides a historic opportunity for enterprises across the world to enter the large Chinese market.

This information session will take place on Friday 16 March 2018 at 9h30 at Tangla Hotel, Avenue E. Mounier 5, 1200 Woluwe Saint-Lambert. His Excellency Mr. Qu Xing, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Belgium, and Mr. LI Jinqi, Director General of the China Foreign Trade Center will both give you a better understanding on the opportunities for your company to participate in the CIIE. The session will also contain other speeches from Mr Ari Epstein, CEO, Antwerp World Diamond Center and Mr Johan Verstraete, Vice-President Weaving Machines – Marketing, Sales & Service as well as from Belgian and Chinese representatives. The session will be followed by a networking lunch hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Belgium.

The information session is hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Belgium and supported by the Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce.

The following sectors will be represented in CIIE:
• High-end intelligent equipment;
• Consumer electronics & appliances;
• Apparel, accessories & consumer goods;
• Automobile; food & agricultural products;
• Medical equipment & medical care products,
• Trade in services (tourism, education, emerging technologies, culture, creative design, and service outsourcing).

If you are interested to participate in this Information session, we kindly invite you to register via this link.

Participation is free of charge.

For questions concerning the Fair, you can contact FIT Shanghai: shanghai@fitagency.be and also our Chamber: info@flanders-china.be.