The ninth China-Eurasia Expo, held in Urumqi from Thursday to Monday, recorded a total of 329,300 visits, including 9,812 visits by overseas audiences, according to Xu Yeping, Party secretary of the Xinjiang International Expo Administration.
The event was hosted by the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and the government of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
For the first time, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretariat, the secretariat of the China-Central Asia Mechanism, and the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Institute served as co-organizers. Kazakhstan and Pakistan were invited as guest countries of honor.
The event attracted participation from 49 countries, regions, and international organizations, 27 of which set up pavilions. The United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Russia, and Thailand established pavilions for the first time. Over 3,100 domestic and foreign institutions and enterprises took part in exhibition, with more than 2,000 overseas exhibitors and business representatives and 23,700 domestic buyers and professional visitors in attendance.
At a news conference in Urumqi on Tuesday, Li Hongqi, secretary of the leading Party members group of Xinjiang's regional department of commerce, said the event demonstrated a higher level of openness, stronger technology-driven empowerment, greater eco-friendliness, and more substantial economic and trade exchanges. It was fully powered by green electricity and achieved carbon neutrality across the entire event, making it a zero-carbon expo.
He noted that the expo has become a core platform for deepening practical cooperation between China and Central Asian countries, bridging the region in connectivity, trade, and innovative business development. It established a high-level platform for mutual trust and dialogue, while strengthening the institutional foundation for regional cooperation.
With a focus on precision matchmaking and tangible outcomes, the expo organized a series of economic and trade negotiations centered on Central Asia, based on an assessment of the cooperation needs of both Chinese and international participants.
Li added that the expo has also pursued digital empowerment, broadened the scope of partnership, and created new space for trade expansion.
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