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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
NINGBO, May 23 (Xinhua) — The 4th China-Central and Eastern European Countries (CEE) Expo and International Consumer Goods Fair kicked off in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province, on Thursday.
The event, which takes place from 22 to 25 May, is attended not only by companies from 14 CEE countries, but also by exhibitors from Western European countries, including the UK, France, Germany and Italy, etc.
It is worth noting that the exhibition area, number of participants and products within the event broke the historical record. In particular, the exhibition area for enterprises from the Central and Eastern European countries is about 20 thousand square meters, where more than 8 thousand names of goods from these countries will be presented.
The exhibition will be visited by more than 15,000 people, including more than 3,000 overseas buyers from 72 countries and regions. It is expected that the volume of import purchases from CEE countries may exceed 10 billion yuan.
According to the data, since 2012, China’s trade with CEE countries has grown by an average of 8.8 percent per year, while imports from these countries have grown by an average of 7.4 percent per year, outpacing the growth rate of China’s foreign trade over the period.
In addition, in 2024, trade volume between China and CEE countries increased by 6.3 percent year-on-year to reach a record high of US$142.3 billion.
The China-CEEC Expo & International Consumer Goods Fair, jointly organized by the Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government and the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, was first launched in 2019 with the aim of introducing products from CEECs to the Chinese market, expanding exports of products from CEECs to China, and promoting mutual understanding and cooperation between China and CEECs. -0-