Xinhua, Rome :
Italian companies are heading to Shanghai for the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) trade fair with high expectations, trade representatives have said.
The CIIE, which will run from Nov. 5 to Nov. 10, was first announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in May 2017 in a bid to give firm support to trade liberalization and economic globalization and actively open the Chinese market to the world.
“Our expectations are to develop relationships with Chinese importers and distributors, while service companies aim to meet Chinese operators and develop joint projects,” Marco Bettin, the director of operations of the Italy-China Foundation and secretary-general of the Italy-China Chamber of Commerce, told Xinhua.
Along with the Italian Association of Foreign Trade (AICE), these two bodies are acting upon request from China’s Ministry of Commerce as the main intermediary agents for Italian small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) and the CIIE.
“There will be hundreds of thousands of Chinese importers from all over China,” Bettin added, describing the CIIE as “a huge opportunity” and “an absolutely privileged point of departure” for Italian SMEs.
Italian companies are heading to Shanghai for the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) trade fair with high expectations, trade representatives have said.
The CIIE, which will run from Nov. 5 to Nov. 10, was first announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in May 2017 in a bid to give firm support to trade liberalization and economic globalization and actively open the Chinese market to the world.
“Our expectations are to develop relationships with Chinese importers and distributors, while service companies aim to meet Chinese operators and develop joint projects,” Marco Bettin, the director of operations of the Italy-China Foundation and secretary-general of the Italy-China Chamber of Commerce, told Xinhua.
Along with the Italian Association of Foreign Trade (AICE), these two bodies are acting upon request from China’s Ministry of Commerce as the main intermediary agents for Italian small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) and the CIIE.
“There will be hundreds of thousands of Chinese importers from all over China,” Bettin added, describing the CIIE as “a huge opportunity” and “an absolutely privileged point of departure” for Italian SMEs.
