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Hainan Expo: promises for the future – without German interest

Luftaufnahme des Hainan International Convention and Exhibition Center mit geschwungenem weißem Dach
Aerial view of the Hainan International Convention and Exhibition Center: It hosts the second edition of the new trade exhibition on the tropical island
The country presentations at the Consumer Products Hainan Expo show the status of German-Chinese relations – and how other countries deal with China. German exhibitors are not even mentioned by the exhibition and are only active on the sidelines. France, on the other hand, is the guest of honor.
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Frank Sieren
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The Hainan Expo is still a young Chinese trade exhibition. But it is definitely important and exciting. That is because the southern Chinese tropical island of Hainan is currently being established as a center of the world’s largest free trade zone, RCEP. In addition to China, 14 other countries have joined forces in this zone, which overall account for 30 percent of the global population and generate 30 percent of global value added.

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