Dongfang Net news on November 4: The 7th Shanghai International Industrial Expo with the theme of "Informatization and Industrialization (Modern Equipment)" was grandly opened at the Shanghai New International Expo Center this morning. Chen Liangyu, member of the political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Shanghai Municipal CPC Committee, attended the opening ceremony and announced the opening of the "Industrial Expo. At the opening ceremony of

, Han Zheng, honorary director of the Organizing Committee of the "industrial fair", deputy secretary of the Shanghai municipal Party committee and mayor, delivered a speech to welcome Chinese and foreign guests, and sincerely thank friends at home and abroad who care about and support the "industrial fair" and Shanghai's development. He said that with the strong support of the leaders of relevant central ministries and commissions and brother provinces and cities, the "Industrial Expo" has become a grand event to promote the Chinese and foreign economies and a platform to promote cooperation. The theme of this "Industry Fair" is "Informatization and Industrialization. For Shanghai, vigorously promoting informatization is an important foundation and support for promoting the transformation of economic growth mode and comprehensively enhancing the city's competitiveness. Shanghai will persist in using informatization to drive industrialization and continuously improve the international competitiveness of advanced manufacturing industries. At the same time, based on informatization, the level, scale and energy level of Shanghai's modern service industry will be continuously improved, and an industrial structure dominated by service economy will be formed as soon as possible. Before the opening ceremony of

, Chen Liangyu, Han Zheng, Chairman of the CPPCC Jiang Yicheng, leaders of relevant central ministries and commissions, and leaders of brother provincial and municipal governments visited the "Industrial Expo" exhibition hall.

Han Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai, Zhang Guobao, Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, Wei Jianguo, Vice Minister of Commerce, Ma Songde, Vice Minister of Science and Technology, Xi Guohua, Vice Minister of Information Industry, Zhao Qinping, Vice Minister of Education, Zhang Zhou, Vice President of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Zhao Qin, Director of the High-tech Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and other eight organizers cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony.

Zhou Yupeng, director of the Organizing Committee of the Expo, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Committee and vice mayor, presided over the opening ceremony. City leaders Fan Deguan, Zhu Xiaoming, Yan Junqi, Hu Yanzhao, Vice Governor of Hebei Province Fu Shuangjian, Vice Governor of Shanxi Province Jin Shanzhong, Vice Governor of Hubei Province Ren Shimao, Vice Governor of Hunan Province Zheng Maoqing, Special Advisor of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Government Ma Xiguang, Vice Chairman of Qinghai Provincial CPPCC Chen Ruizhen, United Nations Asia-Pacific Technology Transfer Center Delegation, Finnish National Technology Bureau, Sino-Russian Science Park, Japan Fukuoka Delegation and other domestic and foreign consulates attended the opening ceremony.

This "Industry Fair" is co-sponsored by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Information Industry, the Ministry of Education, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. Co-organized by the Federation of Machinery Industry and undertaken by Shanghai World Expo (Group) Co., Ltd.

There are 1298 exhibitors in this fair. Among them, there are 240 overseas enterprises, accounting for 19%; 586 enterprises outside the city, accounting for 45%; 472 enterprises in this city, accounting for 36%. Among the participating enterprises, 351 enterprises participated for the first time, accounting for 27% of the participating enterprises. Nearly 20000 professional spectators made appointments and 22 overseas groups, up 29.4 percent from the previous session.

The international and professional characteristics of this CIIF are more obvious. One is the increase in the proportion of internationalization. Overseas exhibitors involve 21 countries and regions, with Poland, Iran, Philippines and other countries added. The net exhibition area of overseas enterprises increased by 310 m2 over the previous year, including world-famous enterprises such as GE, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Siemens, Hitachi, Dexin Technology, Bell-Alcatel, Vitto, Finland F1BOX, Italy GAIRS, Japan Shanwu, etc. The second is to increase domestic coverage. There are 27 fraternal provinces and cities participating in the exhibition, including Guangdong, Anhui and other provinces, including Jianghuai Automobile Group, Shougang Group, Qiqihar second Machine tool Factory, China Aerospace Group, Guizhou Southwest tool Group, Guizhou Aviation Industry Group, China Zhenhua Electronics Group, ZTE and other famous enterprises. Three is to improve the level of professional exhibition. Set up four professional exhibitions, such as electronic information exhibition, manufacturing technology exhibition, power equipment and control technology exhibition, science and technology innovation exhibition.