On September 9, the Information Office of the Provincial Government held a press conference for the 18th Western China International Expo (hereinafter referred to as the West Expo) in Chengdu. The 18th West Expo will be held in Chengdu from September 16th to 20th. It is expected that representatives from 50 countries (regions) will participate in the exhibition through a combination of online and offline.

      The theme of this year's West China Expo is "China's New Era · New Opportunities in the West". The country of honor is Singapore, the rotating chairman unit is the Tibet Autonomous Region, and the theme city is Leshan City, Sichuan Province.

      Regarding the invitation of guest merchants, it is estimated that more than 50,000 guest merchants, 66 countries (regions) will participate in the exhibition through a combination of online and offline. At present, several foreign dignitaries (former politicians), foreign ministerial officials, ambassadors to China, representatives of international organizations and other important guests have confirmed their presence online or offline. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and other 7 national ministries and commissions will have ministerial-level leaders leading delegations; Dongfang Electric, China Power Construction and other central enterprises and three types of top 500 vice presidents and above 64 people, Honeywell, Dell 18 people from vice presidents and above of multinational corporations (China), including technology, will attend the conference.

      In terms of overall activities, this year's West China Expo has determined to host 5 main events, 1 guest country event, 2 rotating chairman unit events, 4 theme city events, 15 special events, and 3 branch venue events.

      In terms of investment and exhibition, the exhibition of this year's West Expo includes two parts: the main exhibition hall and the sub-exhibition hall. The main exhibition hall is located in the Exhibition Center of Western China International Expo City, with a planned exhibition area of 200,000 square meters. It is composed of theme exhibition area (10 theme exhibition halls), professional exhibition area (3 professional exhibitions) and outdoor food exhibition area. The business invitation and exhibition work has been basically completed. 48 countries and regions, 22 domestic provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and 21 cities (prefectures) in Sichuan Province have decided to participate. ADEN, BMW, Lafarge, Three Gorges Group and other world top 500 companies and well-known companies in the industry have confirmed their participation. The total number of companies is expected to reach more than 4,000. The country of honor Singapore and 11 countries including Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Czech Republic and Hungary will set up national pavilions. The sub-exhibition venues are the Sichuan Export Commodities Fair, the 3rd Western China International Maternity, Infant and Child Expo and the 2nd Western (International) Children's Culture and Entertainment Exhibition, and the 12th Western China International Hardware, Electrical and Mechanical Expo.

      According to the relevant person in charge of the organizing committee, the West Expo has been successfully held for 17 sessions, and a total of 12,000 investment agreements have been signed; the cumulative exhibition area has exceeded 2 million square meters and more than 60,000 exhibiting companies have strongly promoted the high-quality economy in the western region. develop.

      At this West China Expo, Sichuan will launch more than 1,600 investment promotion projects with a total investment of more than 3 trillion yuan; especially focusing on the five pillar industries of electronic information, equipment manufacturing, food and beverage, advanced materials, energy and chemical industry, and the digital economy. There are more than 600 projects with a total investment of more than 1.4 trillion yuan.