An activity was held on the Bund yesterday to introduce and promote the upcoming business invitation road show for the second China International Import Expo (CIIE), which will be held in November.

According to Sun Chenghai, deputy director of the CIIE Bureau, exhibition-invitation work for the second CIIE has been basically completed. This year, the scale of the expo will be bigger and it will have more exhibitors.

The business invitation work will focus on privately-owned and medium- and small-sized enterprises in order to optimize the structure of purchasers and improve the expo’s professional level.

Domestic medium- and small-sized enterprises can directly make online applications at the official website of CIIE and trade groups in the corresponding region will examine their qualifications.

Besides, the registration of purchasers for the CIIE will be extended to the end of September, a month later than last year. The first business invitation road show was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, today.