(CIIE) 5th China Int'l Import Expo opens in Shanghai

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) director-general Gerd Muller speaks via video at the opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai on Nov. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

SHANGHAI, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo kicked off in Shanghai on Friday.

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali speaks via video at the opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai on Nov. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Jing)

World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks via video at the opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai on Nov. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks via video at the opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai on Nov. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

Manasseh Sogavare, Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, speaks via video at the opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai on Nov. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani speaks via video at the opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai on Nov. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Jing)

Mozambican President Felipe Nyusi speaks via video at the opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai on Nov. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Jing)

The opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo is held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai on Nov. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Gao Jie)

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks via video at the opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai on Nov. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Jing)

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe speaks via video at the opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai on Nov. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Jing)

The opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo is held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai on Nov. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Jing)

The opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo is held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai on Nov. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)