Consumer expo expected to be biggest ever

Mid-April event in Hainan to draw more than 1,700 firms, 4,100 brands

The upcoming fifth China International Consumer Products Expo, to be held from April 13 to 18 in Haikou, Hainan province, is expected to attract the highest number of participants compared with past editions, which points to the confidence of global consumer enterprises in China, the Ministry of Commerce said.

The event, the largest consumer goods expo in the Asia-Pacific region, will become China's first significant international expo this year, and an important platform for the country to further boost consumption and expand high-quality development, said the ministry, the co-organizer of the expo.

In the recently delivered Government Work Report, boosting consumption was listed as a top priority among this year's tasks.