Suzhou set to break import expo records

Suzhou in east China’s Jiangsu Province is gearing up for the second China International Import Expo on November 5-10 in Shanghai.

The city’s transaction delegation is expected to have more companies and participants at the expo compared with the first one last year, showcasing the neighboring city’s economic strengths of openness and foreign trade, said Cao Tingyu, vice minister of Suzhou Bureau of Commerce, at a press conference on Wednesday.

A total of 5,936 organizations have registered for the expo, around 200 more than last year. Among them, 5,273 are companies. Also registered are 26,217 professional buyers. 

An international forum on the integration of green science and technologies, a sideline event of the CIIE, will open on November 6 at the Sinar Mas Plaza, also known as the White Magnolia Plaza, in Shanghai’s Hongkou District.

The forum is being organized by the Suzhou New District Administration Committee and the government of Hongkou. It will focus on green innovation, energy conservation and sustainable development and exploring the integration of green technologies with big data, space technologies and financial tools with the help of Internet technology, and how green technologies facilitate integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta region. 

Nobel laureate Mohan Munasinghe will give a keynote speech. Attendees will also share their insights and experiences of green and sustainable cities around the world.

Another forum organized by Xiangcheng District on Suzhou (Xiangcheng) China-Japan Smart Manufacturing Cooperative Innovation will be held on November 7 in the National Exhibition and Convention Center.

The Xiangcheng District government has made every effort to push forward the construction and development of Suzhou (Xiangcheng) China-Japan Smart Manufacturing Cooperative Innovation Zone since last year.