疫情下的进博会:当中国市场成为世界市场

CIIE amid COVID-19:When the Chinese market becomes the world market

“It’s amazing!”(这太神奇了!)跨国食品巨头亿滋大中华区总裁范睿思(Joost Vlaanderen)在第三届中国国际进口博览会(下称“进博会”)上对《中国经济周刊》记者说,他认为,在新冠肺炎疫情重创全球经济的特殊时期,中国的进博会还能按时举办,本身就是个巨大的惊喜,释放了令世界鼓舞的信息。被中国市场吸引的跨国巨头远不止亿滋一家,西门子大中华区总裁兼首席执行官赫尔曼(Lothar Herrmann)在进博会上接受《中国经济周刊》采访时说:“我们已经植根中国,成为一家中国企业。”由于疫情原因,今年绝大多数大型国际展会都已延期或取消,全球跨国企业经营活动都因此受挫严重。作为世界上首个以进口为主题的大型国际展会,11月4日至10日在上海如期举行的第三届进博会成为年内最大的机遇,甚至是唯一的机遇。

This year’s CIIE had an exhibition area of 360,000 square meters,almost 30,000 square meters larger than last year’s event.Notwithstanding the COVID-19 pandemic,business opportunities at the CIIE have attracted more than 3600 global exhibitors from more than 150 countries.Over 80%Fortune Global 500 companies and leading enterprises made their continuous participation at this year’s expo.The value of deals reached at the third CIIE came in at$72.62 billion,up 2.1 percent year-on-year.