The 10th Silk Road International Exposition opened on Thursday in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, bringing together more than 60 high-quality enterprises from home and abroad for cross-cultural exchange and cooperation.
This year's expo features six exhibition zones covering a total area of 72,000 square meters. It showcases distinctive industries and specialty products from countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, aiming to further deepen all-round economic, trade and investment cooperation.
For the first time, the expo has set up a special exhibition area dedicated to integrated port, trade and industry development. The zone focuses on new quality productive forces in land and air ports and the internationalization of transportation networks, aiming to enhance the strategic role of the China-Europe Railway Express as a major international trade corridor.
"The expo covers a full range of high-tech achievements and educational resources. This event lets us explore potential overseas business opportunities. Overall, it's really rewarding," said Quan Xiaojun, a visitor.
A variety of supporting activities have been scheduled for this year's event, including an opening ceremony, a cooperation and exchange conference on the China-Europe Railway Express Economic Circle, and events focusing on e-commerce cooperation and exchanges.
The exposition also includes online exhibitions and a roadshow area, with a hybrid online-offline format that offers a full-fledged platform for domestic and international exhibitors to display products, interact with visitors, conduct trade talks and hold investment consultations.
"Seeing so many Chinese here, which they are really interested in our culture, Uzbekistan culture. It fascinated me. I really enjoy this event," said Bektosh Norov, exhibitor from Uzbekistan.
The 10th Silk Road International Exposition is scheduled to run through May 25.
10th Silk Road Expo promotes cross-cultural exchange, cooperation
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO China Forum 2026 will be held in Beijing on June 21, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) announced on Friday.
The event will feature an opening ceremony and three seminars to review this year's key outcomes such as the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Statement on Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) and the ABAC Statement on Connectivity, and prepare high-quality policy suggestions from the business community for the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting slated for November in south China's Shenzhen, the CCPIT said.
"The Asia-Pacific business community has released a joint statement on progress toward the FTAAP and called for an upgraded version of the APEC Connectivity Blueprint on the basis of the outcomes of the Beijing summit in 2014. This fully demonstrates the shared aspiration of the Asia-Pacific business community for stable and smooth industrial and supply chains, and for a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization," said Yang Mi, director of CCPIT's general office.
The APEC forum will be closely followed by the 4th China International Supply Chain Expo, which is scheduled for June 22-26 in Beijing.
The expo will feature more than 60 business exchange activities, with foreign provinces serving as guests of honor for the first time, according to the CCPIT.
"At this year's supply chain expo, 48 percent of the foreign exhibitors will be from China's Belt and Road partner countries. During the exhibition, we will hold a Belt and Road trade and investment forum and a roundtable on international chamber of commerce cooperation for the New Land-Sea Trade Corridor. In addition, we will hold an exchange activity for exhibitors, a working meeting of the China International Supply Chain Expo Exhibitors Alliance, the BRICS Women's Leadership Forum, and other exchange activities," said Liu Jiannan, vice chairman of CCPIT.
The expo will also host country-specific promotion sessions, bilateral economic and trade activities, and cross-industry exchanges to facilitate the flow of the resources along industrial and supply chains, according to the CCPIT.
The Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France and the Liguria region of Italy will be foreign guest provinces of honor, which will carry out promotion and exchange activities with Chinese guest provinces of honor, the CCPIT said.
As the world's first national-level exhibition focusing on supply chains, the China International Supply Chain Expo is an internationally shared public product.
First held in 2023, the expo has contributed to building more secure, stable, open and inclusive global industrial and supply chains, according to the CCPIT.
Beijing to host APEC CEO forum next month
Beijing to host APEC CEO forum next month
