On the morning of August 7th, the Information Office of the Linyi Municipal People's Government held a press conference. The reporter learned from the press conference that the third RCEP Regional (Shandong) Import Commodity Expo will be held in Linyi from August 18th to 20th. As of now, the preparation work for the Expo has been basically ready, with a total of 515 registered exhibitors, a total of 1164 standard booths, involving over 1000 categories of goods from 36 countries.
One is the investment and exhibition situation. At present, there are a total of 515 registered exhibitors with a total of 1164 standard booths, covering over 1000 categories of goods from 36 countries. 11 Fortune Global 500 enterprises including Nestle Group, Chia Tai Group, Metro AG, Starbucks, FedEx, JD, Amazon, Google, Porsche, BMW, Tesla, etc. participated in the exhibition; Famous import associations such as Weihai Import Chamber of Commerce, Tianjin Import Chamber of Commerce, Wenzhou Import Chamber of Commerce, South Korea Small and Medium Enterprise Revitalization Association, Home of Central and Eastern Europe, and Japan Shandong General Chamber of Commerce organized groups to participate in the exhibition.
The second is the situation of guest invitations. Invite the authoritative organization of China's exhibition economy - China Exhibition Economy Research Association - to host a themed forum activity, and invite leaders from the Ministry of Commerce, provincial government, provincial department of commerce, and provincial foreign affairs office to attend the opening ceremony of the expo. The opening ceremony also invited envoys and heads of agencies from countries such as Japan, South Korea, Australia, and Vietnam to China.
The third is the invitation situation of the purchaser. This year, we have increased the invitation efforts for buyers. Starting from early July, we have launched sinking precision invitations for 74 prefecture level cities in Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, Hebei, and Anhui provinces. As of now, the buyer invitation team has distributed more than 18000 flyers and invited more than 2200 domestic buyers; Actively inviting government leaders from other provinces and cities within the province, as well as professional procurement teams, to participate in the exhibition through the Provincial Department of Commerce, and inviting major buyers to participate in procurement through professional wholesale markets. It is expected that the number of visitors to this Expo will exceed 30000. At the same time, we actively invite overseas buyers. As of now, we have invited about 216 overseas buyers, including about 20 from Russia, 20 from Ireland, 18 from South Korea, 20 from Japan, 50 from Mongolia, 27 from Singapore, 35 from the Philippines, and 26 from Thailand. Inviting associations and institutions from Nigeria, Singapore, Pakistan and other countries to form a group for on-site procurement.
