The five-day Third Global Digital Trade Expo kicked off at the Hangzhou Grand Convention and Exhibition Center on Sept 25, with 21 digital trade representative enterprises from North China's Shanxi province in attendance.

The exhibition hall of the Third Global Digital Trade Expo. [Photo/Yellow River News]

Participating companies include Shanxi Cultural Tourism Investment Group Co, Shanxi Tizones Technology Co, Jingying Shuzhi Technology Co, and other leading digital economy enterprises from Shanxi. Key e-commerce platform enterprises like Shanxi Global Leap E-commerce Co, outstanding rural e-towns, and foreign trade enterprises involved in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are also present.

To showcase the province's digital trade achievements, promote the healthy development of new e-commerce models, and facilitate the digital transformation of traditional businesses, Shanxi focuses on showcasing new achievements in BRI e-commerce cooperation at the event.

Exhibitors and participants gather at the expo. [Photo/Yellow River News]

It also highlights smart community management service platforms, digital retail industries, internet platforms, information security, data services, digital operations, and other new scenarios and technologies in digital applications.

During the expo, companies from the province actively engages in communication and exchanges with top domestic and international digital trade enterprises, overseas country trade delegations, industry trade delegations, feature pavilion trade delegations, top exhibition institutions, and more to expand their market presence and seek further cooperation opportunities.

As China's only national and international professional exhibition with a focus on digital trade, this year's expo attracts over 1,500 leading enterprises from 32 countries and regions. More than 30,000 professional buyers have registered to attend, including over 6,000 international visitors. Approximately 400 new products and technologies will debut, with about a quarter originating overseas.

The Shanxi exhibition area. [Photo/Yellow River News]