The 2026 CIFTIS has concluded. More than 400 companies exhibited, highlighting 3 new opportunities in Chinese innovation, expansion into overseas markets, and greater openness. Opportunities for foreign companies drew attention.
The 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), which had been held in Beijing since 9 September, concluded on 13 September, with more than 400 companies exhibiting, including companies ranked in the Fortune Global 500. Interviewees speaking to China Media Group (CMG) said they were seeking to seize 3 new opportunities in Chinese innovation, expansion into overseas markets, and greater openness.
Oliveira, the China representative for Johnson & Johnson's medical devices business, said the company had celebrated the 20th anniversary of its Suzhou plant and announced an expansion of production capacity and the introduction of new production lines. Oliveira said this demonstrated the company's long-term commitment to China's innovation environment and capability development.
Li Jing (李菁), a representative of Ernst & Young Greater China, said that from a support perspective, the firm was seeing Chinese companies shift from exporting products and capital to exporting capabilities and ecosystems.
Henning Kristoffersen, commercial counsellor at the Embassy of Norway in China, said China's trade in services was entering a growth phase and that opportunities for Norwegian companies to participate were expanding. He added that the technologies and services Norway could provide were well suited to the Chinese market.