Premier Li Qiang will attend the opening ceremony of the seventh China International Import Expo and related events, and will deliver a speech.

The expo is scheduled to be held in China's economic hub of Shanghai from Nov 5 to 10 (Tuesday to Sunday).

At the invitation of Li, leaders from other countries, including Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene, and Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic, will attend the CIIE opening ceremony and other activities, according to the Foreign Ministry.

The CIIE, the world's first national-level import-focused exposition, has been held annually since 2018.