Success Stories

Equipment that sold like crazy at the CIIE

Foreign manufacturers once worried their expensive machines would not sell. Chinese buyers proved them wrong — real deals from the China International Import Expo.

1 hour

High-end equipment sold in one hour

At the first CIIE, talks that began in the morning produced a closed deal in one hour — high-end equipment found no shortage of Chinese buyers.

¥570M

38 medical devices in one day

Shanghai’s 13 hospitals ordered 38 imported large medical devices worth ¥570 million on the spot.

$110M

Jinghai’s $110M deal

A single Tianjin Jinghai enterprise signed a $110 million order at the CIIE.

First order

China Eastern Airlines’ first deal

China Eastern Airlines signed the first central-SOE order of the expo, setting a record for annual booth turnover.

5 years

Tianjin: five straight years of $100M+

Tianjin enterprises have signed orders above $100 million for five consecutive years at the CIIE.

$83.49B

A record year of intended deals

The 8th CIIE closed with $83.49 billion in intended deals — proof that China’s industrial buyers keep spending.