{"id":23939,"date":"2026-04-21T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/champameuanglao.com\/rcep-expo-bridges-linyi-with-global-markets\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:40:00","slug":"rcep-expo-bridges-linyi-with-global-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/champameuanglao.com\/la\/rcep-expo-bridges-linyi-with-global-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"RCEP expo bridges Linyi with global markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>LINYI, CHINA &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach Newswire<\/a> &#8211; 21 April 2026 &#8211; Known as China&#8217;s &#8220;logistics capital&#8221; and its largest commodity distribution hub, Linyi in East China&#8217;s Shandong province is accelerating its digital and international transformation. The city is now emerging as a hub for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), becoming a key player on the international stage. <\/p>\n<p> In 2025, Linyi organized 267 overseas exhibitions, empowering over 2,500 local enterprises to expand abroad. This proactive approach attracted 49,000 overseas buyers, driving its total foreign trade to over 170 billion yuan ($24.92 billion). Foreign trade with RCEP members accounted for 42.5 percent of the total, while exports to countries involved in the BRI rose 10.3 percent. <\/p>\n<p> On April 20 this year, the 5th RCEP (Shandong) Import Expo kicked off a trade extravaganza for global buyers in Linyi. Themed &#8220;Engaging in RCEP and BRI Cooperation, Aligning with Global Industrial Chains&#8221;, the expo showcased the city&#8217;s openness and offered a premium stage for cooperation. <\/p>\n<p> Spanning a 35,000-square-meter exhibition area with 1,200 standard international booths, this year&#8217;s RCEP expo is the largest to date, which has attracted over 400 global suppliers and more than 5,300 domestic and overseas exhibitors. It also features five sister-city pavilions and a dedicated country zone with 18 pavilions, including one for South Korea, one of Linyi&#8217;s important trade partners and the event&#8217;s guest of honor. <\/p>\n<p> Linyi&#8217;s economic ties with South Korea remain a cornerstone of its trade strategy. In 2025, bilateral trade reached 25.26 billion yuan, accounting for 14.2 percent of the city&#8217;s total. High-value-added exports such as textiles, precision toys, and eco-friendly home products saw rising shares, while exports of high-tech goods grew 27.1 percent and imports of electronic components surged 62.9 percent. <\/p>\n<p> During the expo, Linyi will host a series of important events, including economic and trade cooperation activities between South Korea and Shandong province, international buyer sourcing sessions, and e-commerce livestreaming product selections. Additionally, four major consumption scenarios are set to be launched, featuring time-honored gourmet food and immersive cultural tourism experiences, along with an imported goods shopping festival and various cultural tourism activities. <\/p>\n<p> The expo also features two national-level events: the Foreign Trade Premium Products China Tour and the 2026 &#8220;Overseas Chinese Assisting Thousands of Enterprises and Products to Go Global&#8221; Matchmaking Meeting. <\/p>\n<p>Hashtag: #Linyi<\/p>\n<p>The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/track.media-outreach.com\/index.php\/WebView\/460797\/510435\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"width:1px;height:1px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LINYI, CHINA &#8211; Media OutReach Newswire &#8211; 21 April 2026 &#8211; Known as China&#8217;s &#8220;logistics capital&#8221; and its largest commodity distribution hub, Linyi in East China&#8217;s Shandong province is accelerating its digital and international transformation. The city is now emerging as a hub for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), becoming a key player on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[852],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-media-outreach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/champameuanglao.com\/la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/champameuanglao.com\/la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/champameuanglao.com\/la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champameuanglao.com\/la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champameuanglao.com\/la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/champameuanglao.com\/la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/champameuanglao.com\/la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champameuanglao.com\/la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champameuanglao.com\/la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}