SSACEIF to highlight digital economy, B&R investment

The 2019 South and Southeast Asia Commodity Expo and Investment Fair (SSACEIF) will make 5G technologies visible and see more displays regarding digital economy, said a presser in Kunming, Yunnan province on May 15.

With the 2019 SSACEIF to open in Kunming less than one month later on June 12, Yunnan is gearing up for the coming grand fair, and the exhibits from Pakistan, India and other countries are said to be arriving in the spring city soon.

With the theme of “gathering in the forefront and co-building a powerhouse of opening-up for common development”, the SSACEIF will cover an exhibition area of 170,000 square meters.

Around 7,500 booths will be set up in 17 pavilions at this year's trade fair, including the Pavilion of Culture and Tourism, the Southeast Asia Pavilion, the South Asia Pavilion, the Pavilion of Other Countries, the Taiwan Pavilion, and others.

Of these, the Pavilion for Belt and Road (B&R) Investment and Cooperation, the Pavilion of Green Energy, the Pavilion of Green Food, the Pavilion of Forest Eco-product, and the digital Yunnan exhibition area belong to the new ones this year. 

The Yunnan area will provide visitors with 5G network experiences, focusing on the “Travel in Yunnan” app and other apps that allow people to buy Yunnan teas and access government service on line.

The B&R investment and cooperation pavilion will show Yunnan's active service and integration into the Belt and Road Initiative in recent years. The province aims to be China’s pivot of opening up to South and Southeast Asia, and the B&R pavilion is expected to be a major platform to facilitate international investment activities at the SSACEIF.

Around 1,500 volunteers for the SSACEIF will be recruited from 16 universities and communities in Kunming. All of them will go through strict training sessions in late May.

Reporting by Han Chengyuan and Chu Donghua (Yunnan Daily); trans-editing by Wang Shixue