The First China International Import Expo will be Launched on March 29, in Shanghai

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Mar 05, 2012, 08:45 ET

SHANGHAI, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- In the wake of the global financial crisis, governments are piling with varied measures to encourage their exports in order to draw employment and stimulate growth. China's import policy has long attracted international attention. Differing from those countries that take protectionist measures and one-sidedly protect their own enterprise's interests, the Chinese government more than once has announced that it will expand imports continuously, which has got affirmation from business circles around the world.

Yu Ping, the vice-president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the China International Chamber of Commerce, indicated in the China Import Policy Interpretation Seminar and Shanghai Import Products Show & Trade Center Introduction Meeting speech that governments have introduced measures to expand exports, reignite growth and secure jobs, while the Chinese government and enterprises continue to maintain a responsible attitude. They not only take measures to stabilize exports, but also take active measures to expand imports.

With the macro backdrop, the China International Import Expo (CIE), launched by the China Chamber of International Commerce, will be grandly held at the Kunshan Convention & Exhibition Centre on March 29, 2012.

The China International Import Expo is the only such trade show of China, and is also set to be the largest specialized import expo in China. The China International Import Expo sets four professional pavilions, including a machinery and equipment section, information technology section, environmentally-friendly technology equipment, new materials and other high-tech products section and brand consumer goods section. All of these provide a good opportunity for foreign enterprises entering the Chinese market.

As the national professional import expo, the China International Import Expo has an extensive participant list that includes of over 40 Councils for the Promotion of International Trade, Trades Guild and overseas enterprises. Now, there are nearly 500 exhibitors from 36 countries, including the U.S., Canada, Germany, the U.K., Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Japan and Australia.

The expo has attracted a substantial number of Fortune 500 companies that include U.S.-based Rohm and Hass, Germany-based company's BASF, Siemens and Gebr. Brasseler GmbH & Co. KG, Switzerland's ABB Group, Japan's Mitsubishi and Toyota Tsusho and South Korea's Samsung have also become participants of the Expo. In addition, over 10 government delegations from Ontario, Canada; Belgium's Limbaugh, Baden - Wurttemberg Pliezhausen; Essex, England; Victoria, Australia, Japan's Ishikawa, Yamanashi and Aichi prefectures will participate.

The exhibition's dimensions amount to 50,000 square meters. It perfectly provides one-on-one communication opportunities and before and after exhibition-matching services, which will drive the transaction efficiency and improve the quality of the Expo.

The Expo, as the first China International Import Expo, has received the strong support of the media. Broadcasting and TV media include CCTV-2, Shanghai Media Group and JSTV; newspapers and magazines include China Daily, Economic Daily News, 21 Century Network, China Business News, Shanghai Securities, Southern Weekly, China Information News, China Machinery and Electrical Industry; while websites include Imp-Exp Executive, Easy Exhibition Industrial Exhibition Nets, China Machine, China Industrial Supply Register, China Machine Nets, International Machinery Information Nets, China International Bidding Net, JSChina, Europe and the Hydraulic Nets, Automation Information Nets and byf net, etc.

For more information, please visit: http://www.importexpo.org

About CIE
China International Import Expo, or simply CIE, is an import international expo. It will be held in Kunshan, Jiangsu, in March 2012. China International Import Expo is the only one trade show of China, and also the largest specialized import expo in China.

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