Expo to spur China-CEEC trade By ZHONG NAN | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-13 08:55 Share CLOSE An exhibitor (right) introduces a light aircraft made in the Czech Republic during China-Central & Eastern European Countries Expo & International Consumer Goods Fair in Ningbo, East China s Zhejiang province, June 8, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Officials: Ningbo exhibition to foster greater cooperation between two sides
The second China-CEEC Expo will help China to share its market opportunities with the 17 Central and Eastern European countries and assist the recovery and growth of the global economy, senior government officials said on Wednesday.
The second edition of the expo will be held in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, from June 8 to June 11 and will have trade shows in three categories: the CEEC exhibition, the international consumer goods exhibition and the permanent exhibition of imported commodities, said Zhu Congjiu, vic
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BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) Trade between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) jumped 50.2 percent to 30.13 billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2021, an official said Wednesday.
Ren Hongbin, assistant minister of commerce, told a press conference that China s imports from CEECs reached 8.17 billion dollars in the period, up 44.7 percent year on year.
The country also plans to import goods worth 170 billion dollars from CEECs in the next five years, according to Ren.
Bucking a global downturn, the China-CEEC trade expanded 8.4 percent year on year to 103.45 billion dollars last year, Ren said, adding that the bilateral trade maintained an average annual growth of 8 percent between 2012 and 2020.