On the evening of March 15 local time, CeBIT 2015 opened in Hannover, Germany. China is a partner country of the Expo. Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China delivered a congratulatory video message to the Expo. Angela Merkel, German Chancellor attended the opening ceremony.
On March 1, Yao Jian, Spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, made a speech on China becoming the world’s largest trading country in goods in 2013.
