The 3-day China Machinery and Electronic Products Exhibition Brand Show (Chile) was inaugurated in the capital of Chile San Diego on July 27. Chinese Ambassador in Chile Li Baorong, the Minister of Economic Affairs of Chile Philips Cespedes, Chairman of China-Chile Entrepreneurs’ Committee of National Institute of Industrial Property of Chile Francisco Silva and Vice-Chairman of CCCME Wang Guiqing attended and addressed the opening ceremony. Attending the opening ceremony were more than 140 representatives from the All-Chile Federation of Industry and Commerce, the Chile Exporter’s Association, the Chamber of Commerce of San Diego, the Electronic Industries Association of Chile, the Automobile Components Association of Chile, the Chile-China Chamber of Commerce, the government of Bio-Bio region and the Development Association of Artakama region of Chile.
This exhibition was hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and jointly organized by the Foreign Trade Development Bureau of MOFCOM and CCCME, marking the first state-level business activity since Premier Li Keqiang successfully visited Chile in May. It is also one of the important activities of the MOFCOM to accelerate transforming the development mode of foreign trade and cultivating the new advantages of export competition, to increase the publicity and promotion efforts of the self-owned band commodities and to support enterprises to deeply tap the Latin-American market. The exhibition won the strong support of the Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office of the Embassy of China in Chile and commercial executives of Guangdong, Zhejiang and Shandong. The exhibits included products such as home appliances, consumer electronic, lighting fixture, fitness equipment, automobile accessory, gardening articles and tools.
During the exhibition, CCCME held three forums with the chambers of commerce and associations of Chile and the governments of regions of Chile, carrying out the in-depth discussion on deepening China-Chile trade and economic exchanges, promoting the establishment of unions between enterprises of China and Chile, constructing the industrial chain of globalization, jointly facing the challenges of the global competition and further developing the trade and economic relationship between regions of Chile and Chinese friendly cities. At the same time, the Foreign Investment Promotion Center of Business Bureau of Dongguan conducted the special promotion of the investment environment and the development situation of industries of Dongguan. Local media such as National Journal of Chile, Strategic Business Daily and famous TV stations of Chile reported the opening ceremony and the exhibition site.
This exhibition marks the second China Machinery and Electronic Products Exhibition held in Chile by the CCCME. The CCCME first held the China Machinery and Electronic Products in November 2014, obtaining favorable fruits and the speciality and pertinency of present merchants gained unanimous high praise from the exhibitors. This year the overall scale of the exhibition increases 30% with richer product categories and stronger targeted merchants. The CCCME actively coordinated with the embassy of Chile, the governments of regions of Chile and local chambers of commerce and associations in vigorous publicizing and promoting so that the exhibition and all kinds of activities have gained favorable effects. These efforts are important in setting a brand image of Chinese enterprises and products and in promoting enterprises to deep exploit the market of Chile.
