City launches new one-stop trading services platforms
Shanghai has launched a new batch of 18 platforms offering "6+365 days" one-stop trading services to support the China International Import Expo.
In order to help develop the six-day event as a "permanent expo," the city launched 31 platforms offering such trading services, including the Hongqiao Import Commodity Exhibition and Trading Center, before the first expo last year.
The platforms have become important connecting channels for expo exhibits to enter the Chinese market. and important carriers of the spillover effect of the CIIE, according to Shang Yuying, head of the city's Commission of Commerce as well as deputy secretary general of the Shanghai Government.
After the first import expo, the platforms brought in more than 20,000 exhibits from nearly 800 exhibitors, with a total value of over 9 billion yuan, and have imported about 75.2 billion yuan worth of goods, an increase of 108 percent compared with that before the first expo.
Among the 18 platforms newly licensed as "6+365 days" trading services platforms are the Share&Cheers Partner (SCP) International Healthcare Industry Innovation Center, Yangshan Global Import Products Exhibition Platform, Donghao Lansheng Group's new retail platform for import commodities, Waigaoqiao International Horologe and Jewelry Exhibition and Trading Center, and Zhen Kun Hang, a one-stop platform providing MRO (maintenance, repair and operations) industrial products.