China International Import Expo


The China International Import Expo is a trade fair held in autumn annually since 2018 in Shanghai, China. It is the world's first import-themed national-level expo. It will feature exhibitions of multiple countries and businesses and the Hongqiao International Economic and Trade Forum. CIIE was proposed and announced by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.
The expo is co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of China and the Shanghai Municipal Government. Its partners include World Trade Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
The import expo has the purpose of replacing US products with products from other countries, and to ultimately upgrade chinese products with technology imported from other countries.