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What the Ninth Import Expo’s Roundtable Signalled

  • On 4 November 2026 the Ministry of Commerce held a Roundtable with Multinationals in Shanghai ahead of the ninth China International Import Expo, with more than 100 foreign companies and foreign chambers of commerce represented.
    2026 年 11 月 4 日，商务部在上海主持召开进博会参展跨国企业圆桌会，100 余家跨国企业及外国商协会负责人参会。
  • The vice-minister chairing it said foreign-invested enterprises will be guaranteed Government Procurement Equality and other lawful rights, and that the export control system will be continuously improved and optimised.
    主持会议的副部长表示，将保障外资企业平等参与政府采购等合法权益，并不断完善优化出口管制体系。
  • The World Openness Report issued at the Hongqiao forum put China’s openness index at 0.7551 for 2025, 28.18 per cent above its 1990 level, while the world index fell 1.00 per cent.
    虹桥论坛发布的《世界开放报告》显示，2025 年中国开放指数为 0.7551，比 1990 年提高 28.18%；同期世界开放指数下降 1.00%。
  • The Export China Capability Report records China’s share of global exports rising from 3.2 per cent in 2000 to 9.2 per cent in 2025.
    《出口中国能力发展报告》显示，中国吸纳全球出口的比重由 2000 年的 3.2% 上升至 2025 年的 9.2%。
  • The ninth expo drew 4,142 overseas exhibitors from 162 countries, regions and international organisations, with exhibition space above 440,000 square metres for the first time.
    第九届进博会吸引 162 个国家、地区和国际组织的 4142 家境外企业参展，整体展览面积首次突破 44 万平方米。
  • Actual use of foreign capital was RMB 548.81 billion in January to September 2026, with high-technology industries up 33.8 per cent year on year and accounting for 41.6 per cent of the total.
    2026 年 1—9 月全国实际使用外资 5488.1 亿元，高技术产业同比增长 33.8%，占比 41.6%。

What the Ninth Import Expo’s Roundtable Signalled | 第九届进博会跨国企业圆桌会释放了什么：政府采购、出口管制与两份报告

Overview

The ninth China International Import Expo ran in Shanghai from 5 to 10 November 2026. On 4 November the Ministry of Commerce held a roundtable with exhibitors; on 5 and 6 November the Hongqiao forum released two reports as a pair for the first time.

Three events, one architecture: a meeting that restates access, two reports that supply the narrative, an exhibition that supplies the pipeline.

What the roundtable was, and was not

The roundtable was chaired by the Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy China International Trade Representative Ling Ji. More than 100 multinational companies and heads of foreign chambers of commerce attended — among them Omron, Zeiss, Sanofi, Boeing, ArcelorMittal, Mercedes-Benz, Bosch and Ford. Ministries of commerce, industry and information technology, finance, health and the drug regulator also took part.

It was not a policy release. No application window opened, no list of supported projects was published, and no incentive was announced. Companies stated difficulties, ministries stated direction — useful for priorities, useless as a filing basis.

The three signals

Procurement equality. The commitment is that foreign-invested enterprises will be guaranteed equal participation in government procurement and other lawful rights — a guarantee of equal treatment, not a procurement quota. Its operational counterpart is the fair competition review regime: amendments published in October 2026 take effect on 1 December 2026 and target the local-performance, local-branch and local-tax conditions that have excluded outside bidders.

Export controls. The formulation is that the system will be continuously improved and optimised — a statement about the direction of the regime, not a change to any list, licence or end-user rule. It alters no existing obligation and creates no exemption.

Project service. For major foreign investment projects, Shanghai operates a service mechanism covering admission, planning, environmental approval, land, premises, energy, construction, foreign exchange and import-export matters. This is a local arrangement, not a national checklist; groups comparing locations should confirm the equivalent local mechanism.

Reading the two reports

The first, the World Openness Report, measures openness, not sentiment. China’s index rose from 0.5891 in 1990 to 0.7551 in 2025, an increase of 28.18 per cent; the 2025 ranking is one place higher than 2024 and 50 places higher than 1990. The world index stood at 0.7453 in 2025, down 1.00 per cent — the largest annual decline since 2016.

The second, the Export China Capability Report, prepared with a Chinese Academy of Social Sciences institute and a UNCTAD team, tracks what the world sells to China. China’s share of global exports absorbed rose from 3.2 per cent in 2000 to 9.2 per cent in 2025, and the share of Belt and Road partner countries’ exports destined for China reached 59.4 per cent. The report studies ten trading partners each year.

The pair makes a claim about position: China as a demand centre, not only a production centre. A China strategy limited to manufacturing for export addresses a smaller part of the opportunity than described here.

The expo in numbers

The ninth edition drew 4,142 overseas exhibitors from 162 countries, regions and international organisations; total exhibition space above 440,000 square metres and enterprise exhibition space above 370,000 square metres, both firsts; more than 300 Fortune Global 500 and industry-leading companies, also a first; more than 2,000 first-time exhibitors; more than 480 representative debuts; and close to 200 companies and institutions that have attended all nine editions.

The investment backdrop, on the Ministry of Commerce’s figures: actual use of foreign capital was RMB 548.81 billion in January to September 2026, September up 2.5 per cent year on year; high-technology industries took RMB 228.53 billion, 41.6 per cent of the total, 11.9 percentage points higher than a year earlier. More than 560,000 foreign-invested enterprises are registered.

From exhibitor to investor

The conversion mechanism is temporal: six days of exhibition plus a year-round programme, with follow-up matching zones. The design assumes that a first meeting becomes a second, and a second becomes a registration.

That holds only if the company does the work in between. A booth generates contacts; a project needs a legal entity, a site, a foreign exchange registration and a construction schedule, each with its own queue.

Practical steps

  • Run a 90-day conversion list from the close of the expo: intent, entity or scope change, site selection, foreign exchange registration, commencement — with an owner for each step.
  • Prepare procurement credentials before bidding: qualification documents, comparable performance records and credit records are checked at the gate.
  • Keep the export control position current: the direction of travel is optimisation, so rules should be re-checked against the current text.
  • For a major project, ask the local commerce department for the service mechanism in writing, item by item.

Outlook

The next markers are the December entry into force of the amended fair competition review measures, further guidance on major project services, and the 2027 expo. The reports will be repeated; their value lies in the trend, not the level of any index.

Sources

  • 商务部·进博会参展跨国企业圆桌会：https://www.mofcom.gov.cn/syxwfb/art/2026/art_f477ee1343214f67853920b68b7859f5.html
  • 中国国际进口博览会官网·虹桥论坛”双旗舰”报告：https://www.ciie.org/zbh/cn/2024/medium-item1/other/20261107/65764.html
  • 中国国际进口博览会官网·《世界开放报告》相关内容：https://www.ciie.org/zbh/cn/2024/medium-item1/other/20261106/65610.html
  • 商务部·新闻发布：https://www.mofcom.gov.cn/
  • 中国政府网：https://www.gov.cn/

第九届进博会跨国企业圆桌会释放了什么：政府采购、出口管制与两份报告

概述

第九届中国国际进口博览会于 2026 年 11 月 5 日至 10 日在上海举办。开幕前一天的 11 月 4 日，商务部在上海主持召开参展跨国企业圆桌会；11 月 5 日至 6 日，虹桥论坛首次以”双旗舰”形式发布两份报告。

三件事构成一套完整的表达：一场会议重申准入，两份报告提供叙事，一届展会提供项目管道。分开看，每一件都是规定动作；合起来看，才能分辨哪些承诺企业今天就能用，哪些仍然只是方向。

圆桌会是什么，不是什么

圆桌会由商务部副部长兼国际贸易谈判副代表凌激主持。100 余家跨国企业及外国商协会负责人参会，其中包括欧姆龙、蔡司、赛诺菲、波音、安赛乐米塔尔、梅赛德斯-奔驰、博世、福特。商务部、工业和信息化部、财政部、国家卫生健康委、国家药监局等部门与跨国企业互动交流。

它不是一场政策发布会。没有开启申报窗口，没有公布支持项目名单，也没有宣布优惠措施。它是企业提问题、部门讲方向的一场会——用来读优先级很有用，用来当申报依据则不行。

值得提取的三条信号

政府采购平等参与。 官方表述是保障外资企业平等参与政府采购等合法权益。这是待遇上的保证，不是采购份额。它在制度上的对应物是公平竞争审查：2026 年 10 月公布的《公平竞争审查条例实施办法》修改决定自 2026 年 12 月 1 日起施行，指向的正是以本地业绩、本地分支机构、本地纳税社保等条件排除外地经营者的做法。准备投标的企业，应当把两件事放在一起读。

出口管制。 官方表述是”不断完善优化出口管制体系”。这是关于制度走向的表述，不是对任何清单、许可或最终用户规则的改变。这句话不改变任何既有义务，也不构成任何豁免。

项目服务。 对重大外资项目，上海设有覆盖准入、规划、环保、用地、用房、用能、建设、外汇、进出口等事项的服务机制。需要说清的是：这是地方做法，不是全国统一清单。在比较选址的集团，应当向拟落地城市确认当地对应的机制，而不是假定各地一致。

两份报告怎么读

第一份是《世界开放报告》，测量的是开放度，不是情绪。中国开放指数由 1990 年的 0.5891 上升至 2025 年的 0.7551，提高 28.18%，升幅位居全球前列；2025 年排名比 2024 年上升 1 位，比 1990 年上升 50 位。2025 年世界开放指数为 0.7453，同比下降 1.00%，为 2016 年以来最大降幅。

第二份是《出口中国能力发展报告》，由中国社会科学院世界经济与政治研究所与联合国贸易和发展会议团队参与编制，观察的是世界向中国卖什么，而不是中国向世界卖什么。中国吸纳全球出口的比重由 2000 年的 3.2% 上升至 2025 年的 9.2%；”一带一路”共建国家对华出口占比升至 59.4%。报告每年选取 10 个贸易伙伴展开研究。

两份报告合起来，主张的是一种位置判断：中国不只是生产中心，也是需求中心。对外资集团而言，实际含义是——把中国战略限定为”在中国制造、再出口”，所覆盖的机会比报告描述的要小。

展会的数据面

第九届进博会共有 162 个国家、地区和国际组织的 4142 家境外企业参展；整体展览面积首次突破 44 万平方米，企业展面积首次突破 37 万平方米；世界 500 强和行业龙头企业首次超过 300 家；首次参展的”新面孔”企业超过 2000 家；全球首发、亚洲首展、中国首秀代表性展品超过 480 件；近 200 家企业和机构连续 9 年”全勤”。

投资面的背景数据（商务部口径）：2026 年 1—9 月全国实际使用外资 5488.1 亿元，9 月当月同比增长 2.5%；高技术产业实际使用外资 2285.3 亿元，同比增长 33.8%，占比 41.6%，较上年同期提升 11.9 个百分点；存量外资企业超过 56 万家。

从展商到投资商

展会的转化机制是时间性的：6 天展期加 365 天常年展销，并设专区对接。这套设计假定第一次见面会带来第二次见面，第二次见面会带来一次登记。

这个假定只有在企业把两次见面之间的事情做完时才成立。展位带来的是名片；项目需要的是一个法律实体、一处场地、一次外汇登记和一张建设排期，而每一项都要排队。把进博会当成获客活动、除此之外什么都不做的企业，转化率就是它后续工作应得的水平。

落地步骤

  • 从闭馆日起排一张 90 天转化清单：意向、主体或经营范围变更、选址、外汇登记、开工。每一步都要有责任人，而不是给清单指定一个责任人。
  • 投标资格材料要在投标前准备，而不是投标后：资质文件、同类业绩、信用记录都在资格环节被核查。
  • 出口管制立场要保持更新；制度方向是”优化”，这意味着适用规则应对照现行文本复核，而不是沿用上一年的理解。
  • 涉及重大项目的，向当地商务部门书面索取服务机制说明，包括哪些事项由哪个部门办理。

展望

接下来的节点是：修改后的公平竞争审查实施办法于 12 月施行，重大外资项目服务的部门指引，以及 2027 年的下一届进博会。报告会继续发布；它们的价值在于所描述的趋势，而不在于某一个指数的绝对水平。

来源

  • 商务部·进博会参展跨国企业圆桌会：https://www.mofcom.gov.cn/syxwfb/art/2026/art_f477ee1343214f67853920b68b7859f5.html
  • 中国国际进口博览会官网·虹桥论坛”双旗舰”报告：https://www.ciie.org/zbh/cn/2024/medium-item1/other/20261107/65764.html
  • 中国国际进口博览会官网·《世界开放报告》相关内容：https://www.ciie.org/zbh/cn/2024/medium-item1/other/20261106/65610.html
  • 商务部·新闻发布：https://www.mofcom.gov.cn/
  • 中国政府网：https://www.gov.cn/