Names of companies taking part in second CIIE released

The first batch of enterprises to participate in the second China International Import Expo, or CIIE, has been published as the 200-day countdown begins, according to China International Import Expo Bureau on Thursday.

The planned Enterprise and Business Exhibition area will be 300,000 square meters and divided into five parts — equipment, consumption, healthcare, food, and trade in service. There will be seven display areas on science-tech life, automobile, equipment, medical equipment and healthcare products, quality life, trade in service and food and agricultural products.

The science-tech life display area will showcase AR and VR, and technologies companies such as Panasonic, Samsung, Qualcomm, Bosch, 3M, SAP, Delonghi, Infineon, Steinway, Ricoh, SMEG, Schott, and AGC will display their products.

Automobile exhibitors including Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, GM, Toyota, Hyundai, KIA, Ford, Tesla, and Volvo will bring their latest cutting-edge products.

The new technologies in intelligent manufacturing, aerospace and robot will be displayed at equipment showing area, and exhibitors such as Hexago, Boeing and Bombardier will show their products.

Newcomers such as GSK and Siemens Healthcare will display their new products at medical equipment and healthcare products area with Roche, Novartis, Astrazeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, Philips, DH, Thermo Fisher, and Novo Nordisk.

The quality life showing area will set new place to display pregnant woman, baby, and children products, and high-end consumer goods. Enterprises such as L 'Oreal, Unilever, P&G, Lego, Estee Lauder, Shiseido, Amorepacific, and Kao will set booths in the area.

The signed exhibitors at trade in service area are Deloitte, PWC, KPMG, Ernst&Young, UPS, DHL, CMA CGM, HSBC, and VALE International.

The food showing area will be 60,000 square meters showing dairy products, vegetables, fruits, meats, aquatic products, snacks, condiments, liquor and beverages, and the exhibitors will include Nestle, Danone, Fonterra, Theland, Dole, Louis Dreyfus and Cargill.