CCTV News:Yesterday (October 23rd), the second phase of the Canton Fair was launched as scheduled. According to official statistics, as of 17: 00 yesterday, the cumulative number of overseas buyers attending the meeting exceeded 129,000, a substantial increase over the same period last year. At the same time, this figure has exceeded the total number of overseas buyers attending the three exhibition periods of the last Canton Fair.
Starting this year, three import exhibitions will be held to invite the whole world.
Canton Fair is known as "the first exhibition in China" and is held twice a year in spring and autumn. Since the 101st session in 2007, the Canton Fair has set up its first import exhibition area, and changed its name from "China Export Commodities Fair" to "China Import and Export Commodities Fair". The word difference indicates that the Canton Fair has changed from a one-way export to a two-way trading platform for import and export, and invited countries and regions. Until this spring, the 133rd Canton Fair held import exhibitions for the first time in three exhibition periods.
The Import Exhibition of the Canton Fair attracted more than 600 enterprises from 40 countries and regions. During the five days of the second exhibition, 202 enterprises from 29 countries and regions participated in the import exhibition, with six national pavilions from Turkey, Egypt, India, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia. The exhibits involved household products, gifts and decorations, building materials and furniture.
Exhibitors and merchants gather to expand and build the "Belt and Road" market.
At the ongoing second exhibition, many buyers from countries that have jointly built the "Belt and Road" kept walking, showing strong interest in building materials and household products and strong enthusiasm for "sweeping goods". Domestic exhibitors also seize the opportunity to provide more quality products for consumers who are building the "Belt and Road" countries.
In the furniture exhibition area of the second phase of the Canton Fair, merchants communicate with exhibitors and experience furniture products for themselves. Many foreign businessmen told reporters that the "Belt and Road Initiative" has brought more development opportunities to their countries, while the Canton Fair has provided them with opportunities to communicate face to face with China enterprises. At the same time, many China enterprises also rely on the Canton Fair to go abroad and explore overseas markets.
In the booth of a ceramic enterprise, exquisite underglaze colored ceramics attracted many merchants to inquire.
Exhibitor Feng Xinyi:In the morning, several guests came, including many from Russia and two or three from South Africa. Our products are still well received by (co-constructing) the Belt and Road countries. Through the construction of the Belt and Road, more and more of our products are exported to (co-constructing) the Belt and Road countries, with the South African market increasing by 20%.
In the horticultural exhibition area of the second phase of the Canton Fair, the reporter saw that products such as simulated environmental lawn were favored by many foreign merchants. Zhu Jiangfeng is the head of a Guangzhou enterprise. He has been deeply involved in the field of foreign trade for more than ten years and told reporters that the simulated lawn has a very broad market prospect.
Exhibitor Zhu Jiangfeng:In the next step of market expansion, we may take the opportunity of "One Belt, One Road" (initiative) and do a lot of brand promotion work with such a good platform as the Canton Fair.
Domestic products seek new machine exhibitors to accelerate the "Belt and Road" layout
This year’s Canton Fair, a large number of buyers from countries that have jointly built the "Belt and Road" have paid attention to and demanded, which has also brought layout ideas to domestic exhibitors.
Wu Meimiao, reporter of the General Desk:This is the exhibition site of the second phase of the 134th Canton Fair. Kitchen, furniture, handicrafts, decoration, renovation and new gifts … … Gather all the large and small objects closely related to a better life.
We found at the scene that although the products in the second phase were exhibited in traditional industries, there was no shortage of exquisite product design, rich functions, innovative patent research and development, and more colorful and visually conflicting displays. Exhibitors constantly bring forth the new and seize the global market, and even many exhibitors will launch differentiated products and services according to different target markets.
In front of a booth, exhibitors told us that in the past three years, the market procurement share of countries that have jointly built the "Belt and Road" has increased from 5% to about 20%, and new and broader market opportunities are infinite.
From online to offline, exhibitors are constantly seeking innovation and change. Faced with many uncertainties in the foreign trade environment, the brand "Made in China" is constantly taking a more active stance to seize the opportunities and show its tenacity and vitality.
The Canton Fair has attracted so many exhibitors from countries that have jointly built the Belt and Road Initiative. This is not only a dazzling achievement of the Canton Fair itself, but also a clear evidence of the steady development of China’s international trade, and it also shows China’s determination to share development opportunities and common prosperity with the world. We also expect the Canton Fair to continue to share business opportunities with the world.