Ningbo: Leveraging Exhibitions To Raise The Level Of Opening Up

< p > May is a busy season for Ningbo, Zhejiang.

All kinds of business exhibitions will be launched in Ningbo. Hotels and other reception venues are undergoing intense training.

Hong Jiaxiang, vice mayor of Ningbo, said that important exhibitions will bring huge business opportunities to Ningbo. Ningbo will rely on exhibitions to promote the development of an open economy and enhance the level of international cooperation.

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< p > reporters learned that the sixteenth China Zhejiang investment and Trade Fair hosted by the Ministry of Commerce, the State Oceanic Administration and the Zhejiang Provincial People's government, the third China marine economic investment fair, the thirteenth China International Consumer Goods Fair and the 2014 central and Eastern European special products exhibition will be held in Ningbo in June this year.

As of May 19th, 8251 overseas businessmen and 102 overseas groups in 58 countries and regions have signed up for the exhibition.

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< p > Ningbo mayor Lu Ziyue said that the most fundamental advantage of Ningbo is port superiority, and the open economy based on the advantages of port is the leading economy of Ningbo.

At present, in addition to more than 10 thousand registered enterprises with foreign trade achievements, Ningbo has a large number of shipping, freight forwarding and third party service providers associated with foreign trade, with an average of 4 people working in the open economy.

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< p > the upcoming China Zhejiang investment and trade fair and so on have identified 47 important business activities.

These high level, deep and wide range of business activities will enhance the open economy level of Ningbo and even Zhejiang province.

For the first time, Ningbo also held the "central and Eastern Europe special products exhibition" to strengthen economic and trade cooperation with central and Eastern European countries.

Not long ago, representatives from 16 embassies in central and Eastern European countries came to Ningbo for business expedition.

At present, 13 central and Eastern European countries have decided to participate in the "central and Eastern Europe special product exhibition".

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< p > Ningbo woteng International Trade Co., Ltd. mainly exports high-grade woolen sweaters and other products. Europe has been the main export market of the company.

But the Eastern European countries are no stranger to them. The company sends people to Poland every year to participate in the a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" target= "_blank" > textile < /a > a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" target= "_blank" > clothing > //www.sjfzxm.com/ > exhibition.

Zhu Xudong, general manager of the company, said: "Poland is the place where foreign trade companies with good quality but small brand influence can expand their business opportunities.

The company is now fully preparing to discuss with the exhibitors in Poland.

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Yu Danhua, director of the Ningbo Municipal Bureau of foreign trade and economic cooperation, said that Ningbo and the central and Eastern European countries have strong complementarity in terms of economic structure and products, and there is much room for improvement. Strengthening cooperation with central and Eastern European countries to conduct in-depth cooperation in import and export trade, exhibitions, investment, engineering infrastructure, tourism, education and friendly cities is very beneficial to the development of Ningbo's open economy.

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