A total of 155 countries and regions as well as 26 international organizations are attending the second China International Import Expo (CIIE), which is held in Shanghai from November 5 to 10.

The exhibition area covers around 360,000 square meters. Sixty-four countries host country exhibitions and 3,893 companies are attending the business exhibitions.

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the opening of the second China International Import Expo on Tuesday, Nov. 5.  

China has made major progress in expanding import to promote consumption and cutting tariffs as part of the country's efforts to further open up its market.  China will adopt five measures to promote higher-level opening up, pledged by President Xi:

Continue to expand market opening up; Continue to optimize the framework of opening up; Continue to improve business environment; Continue to deepen multilateral and bilateral cooperation; Continue to jointly build the Belt and Road.