China Import Expo 2025 Shatters Records: $40B Deals, US Firms Return After Xi–Trump Summit – Experts Sound Off
Expo Highlights & Speeches The CIIE is China’s flagship trade fair to demonstrate “free trade credentials” and attract imports reuters.com scmp.com. Premier Li stressed high-level opening-up, promising to keep China’s economy “fairer and more transparent” reuters.com. Reuters notes Li said rising tariffs “are seriously undermining international economic and trade rules” reuters.com. He repeated China’s commitment to increase imports of “high quality products” and let global companies expand with confidence reuters.com. This year’s expo will coincide with dozens of Hongqiao Economic Forum conferences on global economic governance. Shanghai’s Liu Liang (social sciences researcher) calls the expo a chance to see “innovative technologies”