President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the second China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Tuesday. He announced the opening of the expo and delivered a keynote speech.

Xi extended warm welcome to all guests to the second CIIE and said he believes that all friends could come with pleasure and return with satisfaction.

China makes major progress in expanding import, cutting tariffs

China has made major progress in expanding import to promote consumption and cutting tariffs as part of the country's efforts to further open up its market, Xi said.

All of the five measures to expand opening-up announced at the previous CIIE have been generally implemented, Xi said.