HAIKOU -- Authorities in South China's Hainan province announced the plans of the 2022 China International Consumer Products Expo on Sunday during an activity upon the 100-day countdown to the expo.

According to the Hainan provincial bureau of international economic development, the event will be held from April 12 to 16 in Haikou, the capital of Hainan.

HAIKOU－The Chinese economy has entered a stage of high-quality development, and the southern province of Hainan is spearheading the country's efforts to establish its new development paradigm.

With the first China International Consumer Products Expo in Hainan, the country is giving full play to the advantages brought by Hainan Free Trade Port. The port has demonstrated China's determination to push ahead with its high-level opening-up, and will set an example for high-quality development nationwide, said Vice-Minister of Commerce Wang Bingnan during the expo, which ended on Monday.

HAIKOU－As the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to online shopping and created a surge in cross-border e-commerce imports in China, e-commerce platforms are bringing global brands closer to the world's most promising consumer market.

On the first day of the China International Consumer Products Expo, Tmall Global, an online marketplace of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, held four livestreaming sessions to promote products, each garnering more than 1 million views.

China's further opening-up efforts, COVID recovery highlighted in expo

HAIKOU－As comprehensive reforms are being deepened and high-level opening-up policies are being put in place, China's southern island province of Hainan is transforming itself into a free trade port for the world.

The first China International Consumer Products Expo concluded on Monday in Haikou, the capital of South China's Hainan province. The expo has provided a new platform for global enterprises to showcase their quality products and share the development opportunities brought by the Chinese market. Let's take a look at some highlights and achievements from the expo.

Total sales at Hainan's offshore duty-free stores in the first quarter of 2021 reached 13.6 billion yuan ($2.1 billion), a rise of 356 percent on the COVID-hit first quarter of 2020, Hainan Governor Feng Fei told guests at the China International Consumer Products Expo opening forum on Friday, according to the Moodie Davitt Report.

Consumer activity has recovered strongly, the governor said, noting that the implementation of Hainan's Free Trade Port project has driven demand as has the introduction of the enhanced duty-free shopping policy last July.

HAIKOU -- The first China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) concluded on Monday in Haikou, the capital of South China's Hainan province.

A total of 70 countries and regions attended the four-day expo, and 2,628 brands of 1,505 enterprises from home and abroad participated in the exhibitions. The expo also attracted more than 240,000 visitors and covered 80,000 square meters. The expo is the first-ever held by China to focus on quality consumer goods at the national level, the organizer said.

HAIKOU - The first batch of companies from home and abroad have signed up for the second China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) on Monday.

A total of 42 enterprises, including US luxury fashion company Tapestry, Italian luxury brand ETRO and international consulting firm Deloitte, have signed up to participate in the second CICPE, with the dates for the event to be announced at a later time.

The China International Consumer Products Expo currently underway in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, formally opens to the public on Monday, People's Daily reported.

A total of 50,000 tickets, priced at 20 yuan each, have been sold out, according to the Secretariat of the Organizing Committee of the expo.

HAIKOU - China's southern resort island Hainan will hold the first Hainan Design Week in November, featuring Italy as the first partner country, according to a launch ceremony of the event held Saturday.

With a theme on the creative economy and business of design, the event aims to lure enterprises and talent, build brands, and boost consumption, the organizer said.

Japanese leading healthcare brand Omron Healthcare will continue to leverage technological innovations to help more consumers in the Chinese market, according to its top executive at the ongoing China International Consumer Products Expo on Saturday.

Zhao Yao, managing director of Omron Healthcare China, said the company will strive to further improve the technology to promote healthcare awareness, as well as digital transformation across the country.

Global food and beverage giant Nestle is debuting 29 products in China at the first China International Consumer Products Expo, demonstrating its continued commitment to the local market.

Highlights include the introduction of Vital Proteins, a brand under Nestle Health Science known for fitness and nutritious food offerings, as well as Nestle International Travel Retail, a business unit providing confectionary brands in limited portfolios and packaging exclusive to travel retail channels, such as airports and cruise ships.

China is turbocharging the pilot use of digital currency nationwide through an array of campaigns to boost consumption.

One latest example is the promotion of digital renminbi at the ongoing China International Consumer Products Expo in Haikou, capital city of Hainan province, where banks encourage the adoption of the new function through various incentives like steep discounts on certain merchandise.

BEIJING - Economists and experts believe that the first China International Consumer Products Expo that kicked off on Thursday offers a platform for companies that seek opportunities in the Chinese market and China's opening-up efforts will help with the global economic recovery.

Covering 80,000 square meters, the expo held in Haikou, China's southern Hainan province, is the largest consumer goods expo in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the organizers.

Hainan plans to build a global center for boutique consumer goods, an "everlasting expo" to serve the needs for display and trade by global boutique producers in Haikou, capital city of Hainan province, said Feng Fei, governor of Hainan at the Global Consumption Innovation & Duty Free and Travel Retail Conference, a main theme meeting at the first China International Consumer Products Expo, on Friday.

Feng said that the Hainan Free Trade Port is a huge attraction for global goods to enter China. It not only gathers global boutique goods for domestic consumers, providing international products and services with more variety, better quality and lower prices but it will also play a greater role in attracting the return of overseas consumption by Chinese tourists and promoting domestic market circulation.

Foreign brands comprise the largest proportion of those at the consumer goods expo which opened Thursday in Haikou, South China's Hainan province, showing the potential of the Chinese market and the consumption upgrading trend, Workers' Daily reported on Thursday.

Covering 80,000 square meters, the China International Consumer Products Expo will be the largest consumer goods expo in the Asia-Pacific region, the organizers said. The international exhibition area of the expo covers 60,000 square meters and has attracted 648 overseas companies and 1,365 brands from 69 countries and regions.

The first China International Consumer Products Expo kicked off in Haikou, South China's Hainan province, on Thursday.

The expo, which will run until Monday, has attracted 2,628 brands from home and abroad, including 1,365 international brands from 69 countries and regions.

The first China International Consumer Products Expo is a trendsetter, in many ways.

The expo, slated from May 7-10 in Haikou, capital city of South China's Hainan province, has attracted 1,365 international brands, covering fashion, jewelry, lifestyle and outdoors, and food, as well as hospitality and professional services.