The 14th Hangzhou Cultural & Creative Industry Expo will open in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, on Oct 29 and will run until Nov 1.

This year's gala, which is one of China's largest events in the cultural and creative industry, will be held at the Whitehorse Lake International Exhibition Center and feature six exhibition areas covering an area of about 70,000 square meters.

An online expo will also be launched simultaneously for overseas exhibitors who cannot attend due to COVID-19.

To date, around 1,000 overseas enterprises from 40 countries and regions have signed up for live streams. About 300 of them have found Chinese agencies to showcase their brands and products at the main venue.