The first China International Consumer Products Expo kicked off Thursday in Haikou, becoming the first international expo held in Hainan since China unveiled a master plan to build the southern island province into a free trade port.
The first China International Consumer Products Expo,slated from May 7-10 in Haikou has attracted 1,365 international brands, covering fashion, jewelry, lifestyle and outdoors, and food, as well as hospitality and professional services.
Hainan plans to build a global center for boutique consumer goods, an "everlasting expo" to serve the needs for display and trade by global boutique producers in Haikou, capital city of Hainan province, said Feng Fei, governor of Hainan at the Global Consumption Innovation & Duty Free and Travel Retail Conference, a main theme meeting at the first China International Consumer Products Expo, on Friday.
China will leverage the advantages of the Hainan Free Trade Port, featuring comprehensive and deepened reform as well as high-level experimental opening-up policies, to deepen bilateral, multilateral and regional cooperation and join hands with all parties to create a better future for mankind, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.
China will leverage the advantages of the Hainan Free Trade Port, featuring comprehensive and deepened reform as well as high-level experimental opening-up policies, to deepen bilateral, multilateral and regional cooperation and join hands with all parties to create a better future for mankind, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.
The inaugural China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) kicked off on Thursday in Haikou, capital of the southern island province of Hainan, pooling global high-end consumer brands to tap into the second-largest economy's market potential.
Hainan, the resort island province in South China, saw increased tourist footfalls at its popular shopping destinations during the five-day May Day holiday, provincial authorities said.
