Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is the point.
The China International Import Expo returns to Shanghai for its eighth installment.
Taking place from November the 5th to the 10th,
the annual expo has generated a total of tentative revenues of 500 billion US dollars and this year is said to be the biggest one ever.
Over 4,100 exhibitors from 155 countries,
regions and international organizations will arrive with their latest products and services as Chinese purchasers probably international purchases as well.
Stand with the check books at the ready.
How does this relatively young expo become one of the major highlights on the international business calendar?
Why does it continue to gain influence each year and what does this reveal about China's commitment to expand a high level opening of and how does it impact?
Global Trade.
Welcome to CIIE Navigating Shared Growth, a special program brought to you by CGTN.
I'm Luxin here in Beijing and I'm pleased to be joined here in the studio by Zhang Xiaoyu,
Associate Professor at the Academy of International Regional Communication Studies of Communication University of China.
from Guangzhou in southern China by Fabienne Parkoury, Executive Vice President of CCI Franz Shin.
from London by Hannah Ryder, a Kenyan economist and CEO of Development Reimagined,
an African-led international development consultancy,
and from Shanghai by Philip Povic, who is from Serbia.
He is now PhD candidate at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs.
of Fudan University, the warmest welcome to all of you both online and here in the studio.