An exhibitor arranges products at the exhibition area of Pakistan at the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 19, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

KUNMING, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The six-day China-South Asia Expo, opened on Thursday in Kunming, features 16 exhibition halls. Nearly 500 enterprises from eight South Asian countries are participating in the event.

An exhibitor arranges products at the exhibition area of Pakistan at the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Peng Yikai)

A visitor selects jade products at the exhibition area of Pakistan at the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Peng Yikai)

People visit the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

An exhibitor promotes products to visitors at the exhibition area of Nepal at the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

This panoramic photo shows people visiting the exhibition area of Sri Lanka at the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

An exhibitor gestures to visitors at the exhibition area of Pakistan at the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

An exhibitor (C) promotes handmade slippers to visitors at the exhibition area of Pakistan at the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

Visitors and an exhibitor communicate at the exhibition area of Pakistan at the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Peng Yikai)

People visit the exhibition area of Pakistan at the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

A visitor tries perfume at the exhibition area of Bangladesh at the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

A visitor (R) experiences a Nepalese singing bowl, a kind of tool for sound therapy, at the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Peng Yikai)