Import exposition will boost global competitiveness

Shanghai is looking to enhance its global competitiveness and facilitate its economic transformation as it prepares for China's biggest import exposition in November, experts said.

Since President Xi Jinping announced that the country would host a China International Import Expo from 2018 in his keynote speech at the opening of the Belt and Road forum in May, Shanghai, as this year's host city, has been making every effort to ensure it will be a world-class exposition.

During his government work report, Ying Yong, mayor of Shanghai, noted that the whole city will work at full capacity to prepare for the event, and build an online and offline combined trading service platform not only for the six-day expo, but for the whole year.