Liverpool, Shanghai to enhance trade link

Shanghai delegates visiting sister city Liverpool this week for the International Business Festival are urging British companies to attend the inaugural China International Import Expo in November.

Xu Kunlin, vice-mayor of Shanghai, said the new expo is a vital move to further open the Chinese market to the rest of the world and will enhance global trade and common prosperity.

The comments came on a busy first day at Britain's flagship biannual trade fair, where 7,000 international businesses gather over three weeks seeking to secure trade deals.