The Ministry of Commerce holds an on-site meeting on the construction of an internationalized consumer environment.

On March 26, the Ministry of Commerce held a on-site meeting in Shenzhen to promote the construction of an international consumer environment, in order to implement the decisions and arrangements made by the Party Central Committee and the State Council. The meeting aimed to solidly advance the pilot work of building an international consumer environment, optimize the inbound consumption environment, and continuously build the "Shopping in China" brand. Vice Minister of Commerce Sheng Qiuping attended the meeting and delivered a speech. The meeting pointed out that promoting the construction of an international consumer environment is an important way to boost consumption, expand high-level opening up, and create the "Shopping in China" brand. Each pilot city should tailor the construction of international consumer gathering areas to their local conditions, enrich the supply of high-quality goods and services, innovate in commercial, tourism, cultural, and sports integrated consumer scenarios; vigorously develop duty-free shopping, increase duty-free shops, enrich duty-free goods, and optimize duty-free services; improve the level of international services, and create a more convenient and comfortable consumer environment. It is necessary to strengthen overall coordination, manage funds well, enhance publicity and promotion, and ensure that the pilot work achieves real results.