(Yicai Global) April 9 -- More than 1,000 firms have signed up for the third China International Import Expo, which will take place in November despite the worldwide spread of Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.

These firms make up 60 percent of the total planning area, spokesman Gao Feng said at a press briefing today, adding that the medical equipment and healthcare sectors will double their exhibition area from the last CIIE. These include manufacturers of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ventilators and other pandemic prevention products.

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