The third Global Digital Trade Expo will be held in Hangzhou, capital city of east China's Zhejiang Province from September 25 to 29, said officials at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.
Tang Wenhong, China's Assistant Minister of Commerce, said that the ministry focuses on enhancing openness in expanding international cooperation and regards the Digital Trade Expo as an important platform to showcase high-level openness.
"In terms of exhibitions, leading enterprises from 32 countries and regions participated in the expo, and the number and floor space of international enterprises accounted for more than 20 percent. In addition to the national pavilions of the guest countries Kazakhstan and Thailand, we will also set up an International Friendship City Pavilion and Overseas Industry Pavilion for the first time. Cities such as Boston in the United States will organize enterprises to participate in the exhibition," Tang said.
"In terms of premiere shows, about a quarter of the more than 400 new products and technologies come from abroad, a much higher proportion than the previous session. For trade consultation and matchmaking, a digital free trade zone industry matchmaking conference will continue to be held during the event. And for the first time, we will hold activities such as the Investment in China-Development Zone Dialogue with Fortune 500. The number of international merchants attending the expo shows s three-fold rise over the previous session," he said.
Focusing on the digital trade segment, the third Global Digital Trade Expo will set up one comprehensive exhibition area and eight special digital industry exhibition areas, including Silk Road e-commerce, data and finance, artificial intelligence, and smart cities, to fully showcase new technologies and products in the field of digital trade.
The expo will set up a future industry zone for the first time, focusing on displaying cutting-edge technologies in fields such as intelligent robots and low-altitude economy.
In the future industry zone, digital humans and naked-eye 3D technologies will be used to enhance on-site interaction with visitors, and a digital human debate competition and an AI electronic music composition competition will be held for the first time.
The expo will make a "digital portrait" for each exhibitor to promote accurate matching of supply and demand.
Third Global Digital Trade Expo to kick off in Zhejiang
China is to impose a matching 34 percent tariffs on all U.S. imports, plus export controls, and trade restrictions, in response to the U.S. move to impose a 34 percent "reciprocal tariff" on Chinese imports, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce announced on Friday.
The spokesperson said that the U.S. imposition of so-called "reciprocal tariffs" seriously violates WTO rules, harms the legitimate rights and interests of the WTO members, and undermines the multilateral trade system and global economic order.
Calling it a typical act of unilateral bullying that threatens global trade stability, China has filed a complaint against the U.S. move under the WTO dispute settlement mechanism, the spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced on Friday that the imposition of the 34-percent tariffs on all products imported from the United States would take effect on 12:01, April 10, while the U.S. imposition is set to take effect on April 9.
Also on Friday, the Ministry of Commerce issued announcement No.18 of 2025, imposing export controls on seven types of middle-heavy rare earth elements, including samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium, and yttrium.
The Ministry of Commerce also issued announcement No.21 of 2025, adding 16 U.S. military-related entities to the export control list, prohibiting the export of dual-use items to these entities.
The work mechanism for the unreliable entity list issued announcement No.7 of 2025, which added 11 U.S. companies on the unreliable entity list, prohibiting them from engaging in import and export activities related to China, and prohibiting them from making new investments in China.
The Ministry of Commerce issued announcements No.19 and No.20 of 2025, launching an anti-dumping investigation into imported medical CT tubes originating from the U.S. and other regions, and initiating China's first industry competitiveness investigation into imported medical CT tubes.
Also on Friday, the General Administration of Customs issued announcements No.54 and No.55, stating that in order to protect the health of Chinese consumers and ensure the safety of China's livestock production, it has decided to suspend the qualification of one U.S. company for exporting sorghum to China, suspend the qualification of three U.S. companies for exporting poultry bone meal to China, and suspend the export of poultry products to China from two U.S. companies, as their imports are found problematic in the inspection and quarantine.
China to control export, restrict trade with US plus tariffs
