By Yin Jianhua
The 6-day 3rd China International Import Expo (CIIE) came to an end. The reporter learned from the District Commerce Committee that 11 purchasers of the Hongkou trading branch group reached the purchase intention, with the transaction amount increasing by 34.27% year-on-year and the number of purchasers increasing by 37.5% compared with the previous one, realizing the "double growth". The purchase of goods involved food and agricultural products, technical equipment, medical equipment and health care, among which the purchase amount of high-quality imported food increased by more than 100%.
Under the background of the global epidemic, the 3rd CIIE exerted the strong “magnetic field” effect as the world's largest offline international exhibition in the world. The Hongkou trading branch group seized the opportunity to fully serve exhibitors and professional visitors through the "360 degrees+ 365 days" service system, deeply explored and docked with exhibitors in the area, and strived to reach the purchase intention. The Hongkou trade branch group has new members such as Lanjie Energy Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Lanjie Energy) and Shanghai Sinodrink Trading Co., Ltd. at the expo, and they all performed well.
On the first day of the CIIE, Lanjie Energy, which participated in for the first time, signed a letter of intent of over RMB10 million with Elpanneteknik, an imported brand from Sweden. According to news, established in August 2018, Lanjie Energy is a Sino-foreign joint venture whose main business is technology development, transfer, consulting and other services in the field of new energy, as well as industrial product design and mechanical and electrical product maintenance. The company has introduced the world's leading clean energy heating technology with immersed high-voltage electrode boiler as the core of special equipment which has been widely used in the fields including civil central heating in northern China, flexible transformation of thermal power plants and photoelectric absorption of abandoned wind. Elpanneteknik is the world's leading high-pressure electrode boiler brand. The cooperation between the two sides will promote China's haze control and further launch the "blue sky defense war".
During the CIIE, the district officials came to the site to express their care for the enterprises and staffs of the Hongkou trading branch group, and help the enterprises actively expand business and improve business efficiency relying on the CIIE’s platform. At the same time, the officials had in-depth exchanges and discussions with enterprises in key exhibition areas and booths, promoted the Hongkou business environment and the historic development opportunities of the North Bund, encouraged the enterprises to invest in Hongkou and draw blueprints together.
The epidemic prevention and control was never relaxed to ensure the smooth progress of the CIIE. The Hongkou trading branch group insisted that it needed to strengthen the requirement of "better and better" in the special period. It adhered to the all-rounded, full chain and full coverage of the epidemic prevention and control work. During the exhibition, it carried out the daily inspection on the epidemic prevention and control work to the booths of the Hongkou trading branch group, timely discovered problems and supervised the rectification. The anti-epidemic measures were strictly implemented at all booths on the site. The service personnel wore masks, provided disinfectant hand sanitizer and alcohol cotton balls, and kept a safe distance from customers in business talks. Through the efforts of all parties, the success of the CIIE was fully guaranteed.