Auto industry gearing up for import expo

High-end and cutting-edge will be the key words at the first China International Import Expo to be held in Shanghai in early November.

During the two matchmaking meetings for exhibitors and buyers specializing in the service trade and automotive industries on Thursday, which were the last two of their kind before the CIIE, more than 200 companies expressed their procurement demands and heralded their latest technology breakthroughs to be shown at the exhibition.

Startup company Aeromobil from Slovakia will make its debut in China at the CIIE. Its key product - the flying car, which can be converted from a car to a plane - is now ready for preorders.