CIIE hailed as vote of confidence in Chinese market

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning praised on Friday the just-concluded 9th China International Import Expo in Shanghai, saying record participation and signed deals reflect growing global confidence in the Chinese market.

As the world's second-largest consumer and import market, China has hosted the CIIE for nine consecutive years, firmly keeping its door open and sharing development opportunities with the world, Mao said at a regular news briefing.

"At this year's CIIE, businesses from around the world once again cast a vote of confidence in the Chinese market, demonstrating their willingness and resolve to take root in China," she said.

"The appeal of the Chinese market comes from its enormous scale and potential. It also comes from China's institutional strengths — stable policy expectations, an improving business environment and steadily strengthened legal safeguards, which together serve as the most effective reassurance," Mao said.

China will continue to host the CIIE well, uphold openness and win-win cooperation, and turn the certainty of China's high-quality development into shared momentum for global common development, she added.