Special Supplement: Gala opens import zone

The upcoming CIFIT will, for the first time, devote 2,000 sq m to an import commodities exhibition in a bid to boost trade balance.

Huang Ling, vice mayor of Xiamen and a top official of the CIFIT organizing committee, said the allocation of 2,000 sq m for the import exhibition in this year's CIFIT, to be held from September 8 to 11 in Xiamen, aims at establishing two-way investment in order to seek trade balance.

The move is expected to introduce good-quality foreign goods to the Chinese market and boost their ability to tap it, thus balancing China's imports and exports, according to an official of the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), sponsor of the trade gala.