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Shanghai’s Yangpu District and Laos agree to deepen trade ties
Shanghai’s Yangpu District and Laos signed a trade cooperation memorandum at an event in Shanghai on November 7, during the ninth China International Import Expo.
The event also included a promotion session focused on investment in Laos.
Both sides want more two-way investment and business projects, including helping Chinese companies invest in Laos and Lao products enter China.
Yangpu said it would use its business and technology resources to explore cooperation in green development and cross-border e-commerce.
The Laos trade and economic cooperation pavilion in Shanghai, opened in 2023, has hosted 198 visiting groups, according to the event’s organizers.
The pavilion plans to connect Shanghai technology with uses in Laos and markets across Southeast Asia, including through artificial intelligence and technology transfers.
Yangpu’s expo delegation also signed orders in fields including food, consumer goods, medical devices and new materials.
Shanghai’s Yangpu District government and Laos’ Foreign Trade Department signed a memorandum of understanding to advance trade cooperation.
The signing ceremony and a Laos investment promotion event were held in Shanghai on November 7.
Laos said it would encourage two-way investment and help Lao products and projects enter the Chinese market.
Yangpu said it would support Lao products reaching the Yangtze River Delta and explore cooperation in areas including green development and cross-border e-commerce.
The Laos Economic and Trade Cooperation Exhibition Hall has received 3,062 visitors in 198 groups since opening in 2023.
- Who
- The Shanghai Yangpu District government and the Foreign Trade Department of Laos’ Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
- What
- They signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen trade cooperation.
- When
- November 7. The article was published on November 8, 2026.
- Where
- Shanghai, China.
- Why
- To strengthen economic and trade cooperation, including investment, market access and collaboration in new sectors.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Laos Economic and Trade Cooperation Exhibition Hall has received 198 groups, totaling 3,062 visitors.
Yangpu District and Laos’ Foreign Trade Department signed a memorandum of understanding at a ceremony in Shanghai.
- Agreement parties
- Shanghai Yangpu District government and Laos’ Foreign Trade Department
- Signing date
- November 7
- Exhibition hall opened
- 2023
- Visitors to exhibition hall
- 3,062 people in 198 groups since opening
- Proposed cooperation areas
- Green development and cross-border e-commerce
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What people are saying
Laos will promote two-way investment and project cooperation to achieve more practical results.
Yangpu District is willing to work with the Lao side, relying on platforms such as the Laos Economic and Trade Cooperation Exhibition Hall, to support quality Lao products entering the Yangtze River Delta market through Shanghai.
The exhibition hall will explore a cooperation path of “innovation originating in Shanghai, applications implemented in Laos, and outreach to the ASEAN market.