Embroideries, porcelain plates, wood-carved decorative products and stamp albums were once given by China as state gifts to the UK and collected as part of the British Royal Art Collection. Now during the first China International Import Expo, a modern-day state gift from the UK to China - a pair of breathtaking candle holders - has been showcased to the attendees.

As a top-line football league with 1.4 billion fans worldwide, the English Premier League announced yesterday at the UK National Pavilion in the CIIE that it has launched its official App in Mandarin named “English Premier League”.

Yesterday, the second day of CIIE, WaterWipes baby wipes were showcased at the Irish Pavilion in the Shanghai National Convention and Exhibition Center, where a signing ceremony for a strategic partnership was held between the brand and JD Worldwide, the cross-border e-commerce platform of JD.com, China's largest retailer.

China plans to increase its service-sector imports over the next five years in a bid to satisfy ever-increasing domestic demand and contribute more to global trade, according to a government report issued on Tuesday. China's total services imports are expected to reach $2.5 trillion over the next five years, according to the report.