French political circles are looking forward to the second China International Import Expo after attending the first China International Import Expo.
“China International Import Expo is not only a window for China to open up products imported from all over the world, but also to play an active role in promoting trade globalization,” L’Oreal China CEO Stephane Rinderknech told Xinhua.
“Participating in the first World Expo will play a positive role in the development of L’Oreal. At the second session, we plan to expand the booth area,” he said.
On January 22nd, the second China International Import Expo 2019 roadshow was held in Paris. More than 100 people from the political and business community attended the second China International Import Expo Bureau, the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai) and the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
L’Oreal and the Lesaffre Group, which specialize in yeast and fermentation, shared their experiences and said they hope to further explore the Chinese market at the next show.
This year marks the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. China and France are committed to building an open global economy.
The two countries have made further progress and have demonstrated new opportunities for strengthening pragmatic cooperation in the economic field between the two countries.
On the fast track of consumption upgrades, China is expected to import more than $30 trillion worth of goods and $10 trillion in services over the next 15 years. This is not only a stable source of global economic growth, but also an important opportunity. The development of national companies.
In his opening speech, Wang Bingnan, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced the second China International Import Expo initiative and invited French entrepreneurs to participate in the exhibition with their high-quality competitive and specific products, technologies and services to share the prizes. China’s development has brought more and better consumption choices to the Chinese people.
Gu Shusong, deputy minister of the Chinese Embassy in France, said that through second China International Import Expo, China will increase the level of liberalization, trade facilitation and the scale of world trade. He added that it will also open up new channels to promote trade and cooperation between China and other countries, and will accelerate the economy and trade of all countries and make them prosper.
Expected the second China International Import Expo
Former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said that he had fond memories of the first World Expo. “This is one of the most important trade activities in the world and will be an indispensable event in future world trade,” Raffarin said.
He expects that French companies participating in second China International Import Expo will be able to achieve better turnover and export more quality goods to China.
In 2018, the bilateral trade volume between China and France exceeded US$60 billion for the first time, a year-on-year increase of 15.5%.
France played an important role during the first CIIE. On behalf of French President Emmanuel Macron, Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume led a delegation of about 100 people and 69 French companies to participate in the exhibition, with a booth area of over 10,000 square meters and a total turnover of $1.55 billion.
French participants found great business opportunities after the success of the first CIIE. Christophe Boris, representing the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, said that the two countries will further strengthen market cooperation in finance, agriculture and aviation on the basis of mutual trust.
Stephane Meulemans, general manager of Fermentis, a subsidiary of Lesaffre Group, told Xinhua that CIIE “is a very good platform to increase visibility on the one hand, and also allows us to enrich our communication in innovation and we hope to produce in the Chinese market. The dynamic aspect of the impact.”
Meulemans expressed optimism about the success of the second China International Import Expo. He said: “We decided to expand our participation and contribution to CIIE.”
Meuleman’s sunshine outlook for the second China International Import Expo was endorsed by other Expo participants. The goal of FIWA SAS’s head of tension is to develop wine in China, and she expressed her willingness to have a more important influence in the next CIIE. “Of course we need to increase the space of our booth by three,” she said.
News Source: China Daily
