The first China-CEEC Expo & International Consumer Goods Fair opened in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, on June 8. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The first China-CEEC Expo & International Consumer Goods Fair opened in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, on June 8, with the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Lithuania, the two guest countries of honor, raising the curtains of their national pavilions in the Central and Eastern European Countries Exhibition Hall.

Running until June 12, the expo has so far attracted over 6,700 buyers from 22 countries and regions to display their featured products at the 110,000 square-meter expo. 

Three exhibition halls – one each for Central and Eastern European Countries, European products and international consumption, and Chinese cities – are included.

"The exhibition shows Ningbo as a symbol of development in China and the future home of new opportunities because countries all around the Europe are coming here to understand and get familiar with the Chinese market," said exhibitor Gavrilovic Ljubomir from the Czech Republic.

Aside from friends from 17 CEE countries, this year's exhibition also welcomed European exhibitors from Germany, France, Austria, Russia and Moldova seeking potential business opportunities.