April 14, 2025

Foreign businesses from a wide range of industries, from vehicles to food and beverages, are flocking to the annual China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) in Haikou, South China's Hainan Province, as they seek to strengthen their ties with the vast Chinese consumer market.

The strong presence of the world's companies at the six-day expo, which is being held from Sunday to Friday, is yet another sign of the resilience and vitality of the Chinese market, with several foreign delegates also rejecting claims by certain Western media outlets about weakened consumer spending in China.

Speaking with a Global Times reporter at the CICPE, Song Guanhua, a person-in-charge of the Singapore pavilion at the expo, said that many Singaporean brands had previously participated in the CICPE individually, but this year marked the first time they were exhibiting as a group, highlighting the importance Singaporean businesses place on the growing Chinese consumer market.

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