<ul><li>Beijing and Shanghai trade councils are in a dispute over who has the rights to run Auto China 2025 in Shanghai.</li><li>The government-backed organisers, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shanghai (CCPIT Shanghai), have clashed over running this year's edition.</li><li>Both councils have sued each other in a Shanghai court, with CCPIT claiming the right to produce the show based on a contract signed in 2002.</li><li>The Shanghai court ruled that the contract expired in August 2024, leading to CCPIT appealing the verdict which was upheld.</li></ul>

Beijing and Shanghai trade councils tussle over who has the rights to run Auto China 2025 in Shanghai

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