On September 8th, Zhang Xu, president of CNTIC, and Li Zhengli, vice president of CNTIC, attended the Innovative Integration of Global Procurement and Digital Trade Summit Forum at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS). At the forum, President Zhang Xu signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Secretary-General Wang Xunan of the China Association for Promoting UN Procurement (CAPUNP) on behalf of CNTIC to advance in-depth cooperation in the international public procurement projects. During the forum, President Zhang was also invited to be interviewed by CCTV, with the interview clips broadcast via Xinwen Lianbo, one news program of CCTV, on the same day.

Also present at the forum and the signing ceremony were relevant personnel from the Enterprise Development Department, the Supply Chain Logistics Department and the Renewable Energy Division.