People visit the 4th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in east China's Shanghai, Nov. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
BEIJING, June 10 (Xinhua) -- More than 250 Fortune Global 500 companies and industry leading companies have signed up for the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE), reported stcn.com Wednesday quoting the China International Import Expo Bureau.
According to the Bureau, the fifth CIIE is to be held offline as scheduled from November 5 to 10, and currently, the contracted area has exceeded 75 percent of the planned exhibition area.
The expo has recently announced to provide special support such as reduction and exemption of construction fees for eligible exhibitors, and to extend the deadline for registration to July 31.
In addition, the fifth CIIE has also pioneered two-way information disclosure of the purchasers' demands and exhibitors' supplies. So far, information on 53 exhibits or services has been made public, and more than 400,000 purchasers that have participated in the previous four CIIEs have received accurate information on the exhibits through e-mails, text messages and other means.
(Edited by Zhang Yao, Gu Shanshan with Xinhua Silk Road, gushanshan.1987@163.com)