On June 16, 2026, the 10th China-South Asia Expo and the 30th China Kunming Import and Export Fair concluded successfully.
This year’s CAEXPO continues to deepen the theme of “Unite, Collaborate, and Seek Common Development”, based on its positioning as a radiation center, adhering to the development direction of “internationalization, specialization, marketization, and branding”, and building five major functional platforms for open cooperation, economic and trade exchanges, industrial collaboration, cultural exchanges, and consumption promotion.
This event attracted 68 countries, regions and international organizations to participate in the exhibition, achieving full coverage of South Asia, Southeast Asia and RCEP member states.
31 domestic provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and 5 cities under separate state planning participated in the exhibition, achieving full coverage of domestic provincial exhibitions for the first time.
112 of the Fortune Global 500, China’s Top 500 and industry leading companies made their appearance, and 2,301 domestic and foreign companies gathered at the exhibition.
As of June 15, actual contracted domestic and foreign trade projects amounted to 10.251 billion yuan, and investment cooperation projects amounted to 17.489 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.9% and 28.5% respectively.
During the exhibition period, approximately 500,000 people entered the museum.
In terms of openness and cooperation, Yunnan uses the China South Asia Expo as a link to deepen high-level interaction and policy communication, holds the China-South Asia Cooperation Forum, and reaches more than 50 exchange and cooperation items, deepens friendly relations at the local level, and effectively serves the country’s overall diplomacy.
The embassies and consulates of seven countries in China, including Italy and Uruguay, organized national pavilions to participate in the exhibition for the first time. Enterprises from 45 countries, including Germany, Brazil, and Egypt, participated in the procurement process for the first time, and the scope of international cooperation continued to expand.
The professional level of the economic and trade exchange platform has been significantly improved, and a two-wheel drive pattern of “goods trade + service trade” has been established.
Adhere to the “comprehensive exhibition and professional organization” and set up specialized exhibition halls such as modern agriculture, manufacturing, green energy, and service trade.
For the first time, an independent service trade pavilion was set up to focus on displaying achievements in artificial intelligence, digital trade, green trade, cross-border computing power channels and other fields, and simultaneously launched the South Asia and Southeast Asia Animation and Esports Festival.
Upgrade the worry-free trade platform and strengthen functions such as trade matching and commercial services.
Nearly 800 free booths are open to South Asian countries, relying on the RCEP tariff policy and Yunnan Province’s “three exemptions and three conveniences” measures to reduce cross-border trade congestion.
Comprehensively promote market-oriented operations and carry out brand cooperation with many leading companies.
Focus on industrial chain and supply chain collaboration to cultivate new productivity.
Continue to polish the “Invest in Yunnan” investment brand, and innovatively adopt the “provincial promotion + 16 state and city linkage + global live broadcast” model.
Yunnan, Guangxi, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang and other border free trade pilot zones have released 40 cross-border institutional innovation results, and signed multiple industrial cooperation projects such as artificial intelligence, smart digital parks, and agricultural product processing.
The Manufacturing Pavilion displays more than 500 advanced technologies and products, and organizes local companies such as Yuntianhua and Yunnei Power to launch products suitable for the Southeast Asian market.
The Green Energy Pavilion signed 18 projects on-site, including cross-border energy projects such as 100MW photovoltaic in Bokeo Province, Laos and the second phase of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Laos wind power.
The smart logistics exhibition area displays the results of the construction of the multimodal transport international gathering center and promotes the improvement of the collaboration level of the industrial chain and supply chain.
In terms of cultural exchanges, the Nanbo (Dali) International Photo Festival was held for the first time, exhibiting 556 South Asian-themed photography works; the Silk Road Yunshang·Nanbo Fashion Week was held to showcase Chuxiong Yi embroidery and other intangible cultural heritage brands; Lancang-Mekong Audiovisual Week and other activities were carried out.
Carry out activities such as “Changing Together, Mountains and Seas Youth” civilizational dialogue and youth cultural and creative exchanges.
Establish an RCEP international education cooperation demonstration zone to showcase the achievements of “Chinese + vocational skills” overseas.
The consumption promotion platform is also very diversified, releasing consumption potential.
A total of 2 million yuan of coupons for CAEX-themed beauty products have been issued, superimposed on the “CNEX + 618” e-commerce coupons, special coupons for accommodation and food.
As of June 15, Meisu consumer vouchers had driven consumption by 23.135 million yuan, and food vouchers had driven consumption by 52.7 million yuan.
During the exhibition, a total of 769 live broadcasts were carried out online, with an online transaction volume of 578 million yuan and more than 469 million views on the entire network.
The on-site transaction volume at the exhibition hall is expected to exceed 55 million yuan.
