Chongqing Municipality, southwest China - May 22-25, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shot of venue for 7th Western China International Fair for Investment and Trade
2. Various of booth; visitors
3. Various of exhibitors, visitors
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jose Ma. S. Dinsay, vice consul for commercial affairs, Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Shanghai (partially overlaid with shots 5-6):
"It's more of I'm impressed with a lot of the products that I see as I went around yesterday, the whole day, to look at the different companies that are participating here. I saw that this is really a very vibrant region, from SMEs to big companies, especially in the application of new technology."
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5. Various of cars on display
6. Booth, visitors
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7. Various of conference, participants
8. Agreement signing ceremony
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Imran Alam, exhibitor from Pakistan (partially overlaid with shots10-11):
"This is my third time here in Chongqing, and I feel good to be here. I think people are nice. It always surprises me the way they organize it. I would like to join in again and I would like to bring more people from my country who can be part of this exhibition. We have different products and I think it's a great platform."
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10. Various of Alam talking to visitors
11. Various of products on display
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Niloy Md Arif Shahriar, Bangladeshi enterprise representative (partially overlaid with shot 13):
"I am here for business purpose and I am seeing some business products and I talked already with some suppliers. I think it's good because there are lots of products and I am seeing and I am gathering knowledge about varieties of products."
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13. Various of visitors, products
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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Phil (full name not given), exhibitor from Africa (ending with shot 15):
"We got a huge variety of African cultural products. And that is what I'm actually trying to do, promote African cultural products like building bridges. This platform helps us to connect with different types of customers."
15. Various of African products
16. Various of products on display
17. Booths

Showing confidence in the economic development prospects of western China, global businessmen explored new cooperation opportunities at the 7th Western China International Fair for Investment and Trade.

The trade event, running from Thursday to Sunday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, showcased innovative ideas, new opportunities and a diverse range of products,
attracting over 1,300 enterprises from 39 countries and regions across the world.

With the theme "New West, New Manufacturing, and New Services," the trade event featured a major project signing ceremony, a product tour, a multinational company tour, and 34 procurement matchmaking sessions.

The trade fair saw over 200 billion yuan (about 27.8 billion U.S. dollars) in investment agreements for manufacturing and modern service industry projects.

"It's more of I'm impressed with a lot of the products that I see, as I went around yesterday, the whole day, to look at the different companies that are participating here. I saw that this is really a very vibrant region, from SMEs to big companies, especially in the application of new technology," said Jose Ma. S. Dinsay, vice consul for commercial affairs at the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Shanghai.

Chongqing serves as a hub linking Southeast Asian and European markets through the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor.

The development index for the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, which was released during the four-day event, reached 192.3 points, marking five consecutive years of growth. Notably, the trade volume between provinces and cities along the corridor and the ten ASEAN countries has exceeded one trillion yuan, up 18.1 percent from the previous year.

This underscores the corridor's crucial role as a vital link in regional economic cooperation.

"This is my third time here in Chongqing, and I feel good to be here. I think people are nice. It always surprises me the way they organize it. I would like to join in again and I would like to bring more people from my country who can be part of this exhibition. We have different products and I think it's a great platform," said Imran Alam, an exhibitor from Pakistan.

"I am here for business purpose and I am seeing some business products and I talked already with some suppliers. I think it's good because there are lots of products and I am seeing and I am gathering knowledge about varieties of products," said Niloy Md Arif Shahriar, a representative of a Bangladeshi enterprise.

"We got a huge variety of African cultural products. And that is what I'm actually trying to do, promote African cultural products like building bridges. This platform helps us to connect with different types of customers," said Phil, an exhibitor from Africa.

Currently, Chongqing has launched two-way cross-border railway freight trains on the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, linking Laos, Thailand, and Malaysia.

In 2024, Chongqing, the sole municipality directly under the Chinese central government in the central-western region and a significant industrial hub in China, reported a gross regional product exceeding 3.2 trillion yuan, a 5.7-percent year-on-year growth.