A Dominican public private delegation will be participating in the CIIE 2018, the China International Import Expo in Shanghai that opens on 5 November. President Danilo Medina is expected to visit the Shanghai Expo after his official agenda is completed in Beijing, China. His agenda in Beijing includes the opening of the Dominican Embassy in Beijing and a meeting with President Xi Jinping of China. The China International Import Expo seeks to show the rest of the world that China is not only a country that exports, but also one that imports.
The first CIIE 2018 is designed to be a world-class event on par with the world’s leading exhibitions, combines country exhibitions, company exhibitions and forums to promote free trade and an open global economy. The event, to be held at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre from 5-10 November 2018 was first announced in 2017 by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who called it “an important policy statement and action demonstrating China’s embrace of greater openness”.
The organizers say the China International Import Expo will host 2,800 companies from all the G20 member states, as well as 50 countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.
The National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai is the world’s largest single-block exhibition complex with a total floor area of nearly 1.5 million sq m.
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1 November 2018
