On November 5, the 9th China International Import Expo (CIIE) opened at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). For the first time, the exhibition floor area exceeded 440,000 square meters, drawing crowds from all directions. Within this “global marketplace”, Anhui participants are busy with two things: buying and selling.

Inside the China Pavilion, the booth of iFLYTEK was thronged with visitors. Staff member Li Jiajia wore a pair of glasses that looked no different from ordinary eyewear — yet text appeared on the lenses, with subtitles scrolling in sync with the wearer's speaking pace.

“Weighing only 40 grams, these glasses pack powerful features,” Li Jiajia explained. Beyond the smart teleprompter function, they support face-to-face interpretation. Capable of translating 122 languages, they can even “read lips”. Amid the noisy exhibition halls, the device leverages self-developed lip-motion recognition and noise reduction technology to lock onto the speaker, delivering accurate translations to your sight and ears.

Alongside the AI glasses, iFLYTEK also showcased its dual-screen translation devices, AI translation earbuds, 3D industrial endoscopes and other products at the booth. “Our solutions well serve the needs of Chinese enterprises going global and foreign businesses entering China,” a staff member commented.

For the CIIE, selling goes hand in hand with sourcing.

At the booth of Wuhu Qingshui Food Group Co., Ltd., General Manager Zhai Duqi was busy receiving wave after wave of business partners. The stand was fully stocked with products including black pork sausages. “This marks our ninth consecutive CIIE — we joined right from the very first edition. We are a full-attendance participant,” Zhai Duqi said with a smile. This year, the company takes on dual roles: exhibitor and buyer.

As an exhibitor, it brings Anhui's meat products to the world. Its black pork sausage, crafted with Italian black truffles and southern Anhui black pork, is now sold across multiple countries and regions at home and abroad. As a buyer, it comes to source technology. Zhai Duqi shared that the company is seeking leading global suppliers of AI smart equipment and digital production lines, aiming to deploy AI epidemic identification systems, intelligent meat processing lines and co-production lines for blood products, and build a domestically leading smart processing and quality control system.

Anhui's delegation to this edition boasts a strong lineup: nearly 1,300 registered entities and more than 5,000 registered participants. Since the inaugural CIIE in 2018, Anhui has sent a delegation every year without exception. Over the first eight expos, Anhui has mobilized more than 17,000 enterprises and 50,000 purchasers, with a cumulative transaction volume exceeding 17 billion US dollars.

Anhui booths at the CIIE feature cutting-edge technologies as well as vibrant, down-to-earth local specialties. They carry sincerity in sourcing from the world and ambition in selling to the world. The CIIE serves as a window. Inside the window lies a confident, open Anhui; outside stretches a boundless world. Anhui’s story of opening-up continues to unfold.

Source: Anhui Daily