Sports, food, music, dance, high tech, trade deals and business opportunities -- all these and more add up to the ongoing second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai.

Garbage sorting robot, "nutritional diet" for tomatoes, wearable health devices -- a future with artificial intelligence can be seen and touched at the ongoing second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai.

With the world economy mired in sluggish growth, China's increasingly prosperous market of 1.4 billion and greater opening steps are what global businesses cannot afford to miss.

China and France, representatives of Eastern and Western civilizations, sent a strong message to the world at the ongoing China International Import Expo (CIIE) of firmly safeguarding multilateralism and free trade, and building an open world economy.

From hair to heart, global medical companies at the ongoing second China International Import Expo (CIIE) are taking thorough care of visitors from around the world.

A Brazilian trade official said Chinese investment is welcome in Brazil, especially in infrastructure construction.

The grand import fair being held in Shanghai is "very important because it's a great sign that China is opening to the world economy," Jean-Paul Agon, CEO of L'Oreal, one of the world's biggest cosmetics companies.

The ongoing China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai has provided an opportunity for Latin American countries to boost their presence in the increasingly important Chinese market.

The second Hongqiao International Economic Forum on China’s 70-Year Development and the Building of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind convened in Shanghai on November 5-6. Distinguished guests, including foreign politicians, diplomats, and experts from different countries around the world lauded Chinese President Xi Jinping’s proposal in his keynote speech, calling on all nations to work together to build an open world economy through cooperation and innovation for mutual benefits. In their views, the new measures China has taken to open its door wider to the world, not only embody China’s confidence and determination to deepen economic globalization, but also manifest China’s great vision as a responsible major power to build a community with a shared future for mankind.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the second China International Import Expo on Tuesday showed China's firm determination to further open up and expand multilateral economic cooperation to benefit more, foreign researchers and China observers have said.

The China International Import Expo (CIIE) is a landmark measure of the Chinese government to strengthen and promote the opening-up policy, German pharmaceutical giant Bayer said Tuesday.

The United Nations (UN) agencies have played an important role in supporting China's development, especially in addressing the issue of multidimensional poverty reduction, said Zhang Shaogang, Director General of the Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs of China's Ministry of Commerce.