The 15th China-Northeast Asia Expo kicked off in Changchun, Jilin province, on Wednesday, attracting more than 18,000 business representatives from 45 countries and regions across the world as well as 27 provincial and municipal areas across the country.

With an area of 73,000 square meters, the exhibition area is divided into four exhibition halls — the Modern Industry Hall, the Opening-up and Cooperation Hall, the New Consumption and New Services Hall, and the International and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Specialties Hall as well as two distinctive exhibition zones — Ginseng and Sika Deer Special Zone, and Jilin Cuisine Culture Experience Zone.

With the theme of "Joining Hands in Northeast Asia, Opening Up for a Brighter Future", 12 themed events will be held during the five-day expo.

The province has set up the Modern Industry Hall for the first time, bringing together Fortune Global 500 companies, China's top 500 companies, as well as specialized, refined, and innovative enterprises to showcase examples of revitalized traditional industries.

The event focuses on advancing new industrialization, gathering leading products from "Jilin Manufacturing", and comprehensively displaying exemplary cases of traditional pillar industries achieving high-end breakthroughs through intelligent and green transformations.