HANGZHOU, China, Nov. 27 -- In a see-through soundproof chamber, a young Nigerian was selling colorful sportswear to his American customers via a Chinese livestreaming platform. Booths away, two Pakistanis were using Chinese mobile payment apps to get bags of Kopi Luwak from an Indonesian trader. Right next door, a crowd of Finns were grooving to a piano piece played live by a Chinese-designed robot.

These were not at all unusual sights for the participants in the second Global Digital Trade Expo running from Nov. 23-27 in eastern China's Hangzhou city, an event China has recently announced would be held annually so that people around the world could gather around more often and benefit from China's dedication to a high-standard opening-up.

From the debuts of avant-garde products and services to the inking of business deals, and to all the forums and roundtables organized in the meantime on digital economy, the five-day expo attracting people from 63 countries and regions bore witness to not only the unique advantages of China's digital trade development, but also its contribution to building an open world economy and improving global economic governance.