On July 22, the overseas promotion meeting of the Western China International Fair (hereinafter referred to as the "WCIF") was held in Madrid. More than 80 government representatives, including the Business Counselor’s Office of the Chinese Embassy in Spain, the Spanish Foreign Trade Development Agency and representatives of Spanish Airlines, the Madrid Business Federation, the Spanish Association of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (UATAE), the Spanish Association of Overseas Chinese and other foreign business associations and business circles participated in the presentation.
7月22日，中国西部国际博览会（简称“西博会”）海外推介会在马德里举行。中国驻西班牙大使馆经商参处、西班牙外贸发展署等政府代表及西班牙航空、马德里商业联合会、西班牙中小企业协会UATAE、西班牙华侨华人协会等境外商协会和企业界代表共80余位嘉宾参加此次推介会。
Yang Qinglong, Secretary-General of the Organizing Committee of the WCIF and Chairman of the Sichuan International Expo Group, introduced the situation of the 18th WCIF in 2020 at the promotion meeting, indicating that the expo would be more innovative on the basis of previous sessions. Javier Serra, Director of International Affairs, Spain's Foreign Trade Development Agency. Juan Nunes, President of the Madrid Business Federation, and Mao Feng, President of the Overseas Chinese Association of Spain, made speeches respectively, introducing the economic and trade cooperation with China and their business development plans in China, and expressing their desire to further expand business in China through the Western Expo.
西博会组委会秘书处秘书长、四川国际博览集团董事长杨庆龙在推介会上介绍了2020年第十八届西博会有关情况，表示大会将在往届基础上有更多创新。西班牙外贸发展署国际事务总监哈维尔·塞拉致辞。马德里商业联合会主席胡安·努涅斯、西班牙华人华侨协会主席毛峰分别发言，介绍了其与中国的经贸合作，以及在中国业务发展规划，表达了通过西博会进一步加强在华业务的愿望。
Although Sichuan and Spain are located at both ends of the Eurasian continent, the ties of civilization enable the friendship between the two peoples to cross the mountains and rivers since antiquity. As a national comprehensive international exposition to promote the "One Belt and One Road" and the development of the western region, the Expo has been committed to promoting the opening and development of the western region and Sichuan for many years, and has made remarkable achievements. The level of internationalization, professionalism and branding has improved significantly, and has been attended by people from home and abroad.
四川与西班牙虽分处亚欧大陆两端，但文明的纽带让两地人民的友谊跨越巴山蜀水，源远流长。作为推进“一带一路”建设和西部大开发的国家级国际性综合博览会，西博会多年来一直致力于推动西部及四川的开放发展，取得了积极成效，国际化、专业化、品牌化水平明显提升，受到国内外各界高度关注和热情参与。
The 18th WCIF is scheduled to be held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, in September 2020. The exhibition scale will be more than 200,000 square meters and there will be also a guest of honor country at the fair. The exhibition will be held in the West China International Expo City, the fourth largest exhibition center in China. It is expected that nearly 10,000 enterprises from more than 80 countries (regions) will participate in the exhibition. The 18th Western Expo will have two major sections: comprehensive exhibition and industrial exhibition. The comprehensive exhibition section includes a global cooperation hall, highlighting the cooperation achievements and products in the industrial projects, service trade, commodity trade and other areas among the "one belt one road" countries and the provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in the country; the industrial exhibition section highlights artificial intelligence, digital economy, civil military integration, energy conservation, environmental protection, cultural innovation and so on. In addition, during the expo next year, exhibitions will be held in the areas of digital economy, new industrial kinetic energy, emergency equipment technology, age-care industry and circular economy. At the same time, the West China International Cooperation Forum, the West China International Purchaser Conference, the West China Investment Promotion Conference and the signing ceremony of economic cooperation projects, as well as some professional forums will be held.
第十八届西博会计划于2020年9月在四川成都举办，展览规模继续保持20余万平方米，继续设立主宾国。在中国第四大展览中心——中国西部国际博览城举办展览，预计将有80个以上的国家（地区）近万家企业参展。第十八届西博会将设综合展示、产业展示两大板块。综合展示板块设全域开放合作馆，突出“一带一路”沿线国家及国内各省（区、市）在产业项目、服务贸易、商品贸易等方面的合作成果和产品；产业展示板块突出人工智能、数字经济、军民融合、节能环保、文创等产业的前沿科技、最新产品和发展趋势。此外，明年西博会期间，还将举行数字经济、产业新动能、应急装备技术、养老产业、循环经济等方面展中展。同时，还将继续举办中国西部国际合作论坛、中国西部国际采购商大会、中国西部投资说明会暨经济合作项目签约仪式，以及一些专业论坛。
The promotion of the 18th WCIF in 2020 and the opening-up of Sichuan and Western China will help Spain's relevant institutions to better understand the expo and Sichuan, which will effectively promote the participation in the exhibition, and further promote bilateral investment, trade, science and technology, education, cultural exchanges, tourism and other fields.
本次推介会宣传推广2020年第十八届西博会和四川、中国西部对外开放，让西班牙相关机构更加了解西博会和四川，将有力促进当地政商代表参会参展，推动双方在投资贸易、科技教育、文化交流、旅游观光等领域更深层次、更富成效的交流与合作。
