This will be the third year Shanghai is hosting the expo, and the exhibition, which will cover a total space of 54,000 square meters, is expected to attract more than 1,000 institutions and corporations from Shanghai and the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui.
This year's CIIE will take place on Nov 5-10 in the city of Shanghai. China has announced import-duty exemptions for foreign goods sold at the third CIIE.
Those measures have brought real benefits. Over the past five years, 69 percent of administrative approvals were streamlined. In 2017, 40 billion yuan (.9 billion) was saved to make it easier to run businesses in the capital, said Wang Hong, vice-mayor of Beijing.
This year's G20 Summit, the 12th such meeting, will be held on July 7-8 in Hamburg.
Those attending the event include Kim Heidemann, Iowa Sister States executive director, and board members Luca Berrone, Grant Kimberley and Will Zhang, Rick Kimberley and representatives from companies and groups involved in China-US trade and relations, such as Cozen O'Connor, China-Iowa Group, Diamond V, TransOva, Sukup Manufacturing, Hy-Line International, Principal Financial, Syngenta, John Deere, Monsanto and DuPont Pioneer.
This was Zijin Mining's second overseas acquisition in 2019. On Jan 1 last year, it disclosed a plan to offer additional shares to public to raise no more than 8 billion yuan (.15 billion), which will go toward the 9.53 billion yuan needed to acquire the outstanding shares of Canada-based miner Nevsun Resources Ltd.
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Those who attended included Zhang Ming, ambassador the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the EU, Gunnar Wiegand, managing director for Asia Pacific at the European External Action Service (EEAS) Directorate for Asia and the Pacific, Chi Fulin, president of the China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD), Jiang Ruiping, vice-president of China Foreign Affairs University, Zhao Jinping, former director-general of Research Department of Foreign Economic Relations of Development Research Center of the State Council, Chang Xiuze, professor at the National Development and Reform Commission's (NDRC) Academy of Macroeconomic Research and so forth. Shada Islam, director of Europe and Geopolitics at Friends of Europe moderated the forum.
This year, Chinese developers earned .19 billion from their self-designed online games in overseas markets, up 16.7 percent year-on-year, according to Gamma Data.
This year's Government Work Report emphasized ensuring stability on six fronts, including employment, the financial sector, foreign trade, foreign investment, domestic investment, and expectations. It also stressed maintaining security in six areas, including job security, basic living needs, operations of market entities, food and energy security, stable industrial and supply chains and the normal functioning of primary-level governments.
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