Tentative deals totaling $73.5b signed at 5th import expo

People take photos of the flower decorations at the entrance of the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, Nov 4, 2022. (ZHANG WEI / CHINA DAILY)

SHANGHAI – The fifth China International Import Expo concluded in Shanghai Thursday, with a total of $73.5 billion worth of tentative deals reached for one-year purchases of goods and services.

The figure represented an increase of 3.9 percent from that of last year, Sun Chenghai, deputy director of the CIIE Bureau, told a press conference.

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