Adhering to the theme of "New Era, Shared Future", the 7th China International Import Expo will be held in Shanghai from November 5th to 10th. The State Council Information Office held a press conference on October 23 to introduce the preparations for the CIIE and respond to external concerns. Assistant Minister of Commerce Tang Wenhong introduced that all preparatory work is basically ready, and the overall exhibition area will exceed 420000 square meters. 152 countries, regions, and international organizations will participate in national and enterprise exhibitions. The 7th Hongqiao International Economic Forum, which will be held at the same time, will hold the main forum and 19 sub forums. Since its first hosting in 2018, the CIIE has continued to serve as the "four major platforms" for international procurement, investment promotion, cultural exchange, and open cooperation, becoming a window for building a new development pattern, a platform for promoting high-level openness, and a globally shared international public product. According to Tang Wenhong, this year's CIIE will further enhance its effectiveness by focusing on the above aspects. In terms of further enhancing the window function of building a new development pattern, focusing on developing new quality productivity, many "firsts" and "debuts" are worth looking forward to. The technology and equipment exhibition area focuses on three major themes: technology, industry, and environmental protection. For the first time, a new materials zone has been established in the technology theme zone to further improve the integrated circuit industry chain and upgrade the artificial intelligence experience zone. Upgrade and create an innovation incubation zone, focusing for the first time on the four major tracks of digital economy, green and low-carbon, life sciences, and manufacturing technology for curation. The exhibition area and number of projects are the largest in history. In addition, this year's CIIE will continue to create the world's first place for new product launches, the preferred place for cutting-edge technologies, and the first place for innovative services, showcasing more than 400 representative new products, new technologies, and new services. 39 government trading delegations and 4 industry trading delegations, totaling 780 sub delegations, will be organized to participate in procurement, which is the highest in history. Continuing the super large scale and promoting the role of high-level open platforms will be further leveraged. It is reported that the national exhibition of this year's CIIE will continue to provide an important platform for countries to showcase their comprehensive image and opportunities in the field of trade and investment, with 77 countries and international organizations participating. France, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, and Uzbekistan will serve as guest countries. With the theme of "promoting Chinese path to modernization and seeking global development and prosperity", the China Pavilion will focus on the latest achievements in promoting Chinese path to modernization and high-level opening up. The enterprise exhibition will continue to maintain a super large scale of over 360000 square meters, with a total of 3496 exhibitors from 129 countries and regions participating. The number of countries (regions) and enterprises has exceeded the previous edition, and 297 of the world's top 500 and industry leading enterprises have participated, setting a new historical high. 186 enterprises and institutions have become "all in attendance" for seven sessions. Providing over 120 free booths for exhibitors from the least developed countries, hosting a sub forum on sustainable development in the global South and China Africa cooperation... This year's CIIE will further strengthen the global sharing of international public goods and services. We will provide support for 37 least developed countries to participate in national and corporate exhibitions, and expand the African product zone to help expand unilateral opening up to the least developed countries, and practice the concept of inclusiveness with practical actions Tang Wenhong said. The current Hongqiao Forum, with the theme of "Adhering to High Level Openness and Promoting Inclusive Economic Globalization", will release the "World Openness Report 2024" and the latest World Openness Index, providing suggestions and recommendations for building an open world economy. About 110 supporting activities such as policy interpretation, docking and signing; The exhibition area for cultural exchange activities exceeds 32000 square meters, which is also the largest in history. Continuously releasing the dividends of openness and striving to create a promotion platform that allows the world to share China's new development and opportunities Tang Wenhong said that nearly 2500 representative debut new products, technologies, and services have appeared at the first six CIIE, with a cumulative intended transaction volume exceeding 420 billion US dollars; More than 1130 foreign-funded enterprises and investment promotion agencies have been organized to carry out precise docking in various places, and many exhibitors have opened new stores, factories, and research and development centers in China. Tang Wenhong stated that this year's CIIE will rely on the advantages of China's super large market, continue to promote the transformation of "exhibits into commodities" and "exhibitors into investors", and continue to write vivid "CIIE stories". (New Society)