The 135th Canton Fair came to a successful end on May 5 in Guangzhou, with the online platform continuing to operate on a regular basis. This year's Canton Fair further innovated the mechanism, enriched the mode of business and expanded the function, which made a positive contribution to promoting the quality, quantity and stability of foreign trade and opening up to the outside world at a high level.
The number of overseas buyers attending the conference hit a record high.
As of May 4, a total of 246,000 overseas buyers from 215 countries and regions attended the conference offline, an increase of 24.5% over the previous session, setting a new record. Among them, there were 160,000 buyers from countries building the “Belt and Road”, an increase of 25.1%; 61,000 buyers from RCEP member countries, an increase of 25.5%; 52,000 buyers from BRICS countries, an increase of 27.6%; and 50,000 buyers from Europe and the United States, an increase of 10.7%. Overseas buyers spoke highly of this year's Canton Fair, believing that China has the best supply chain and that Canton Fair is the best platform for them to realize one-stop purchasing.
The export turnover showed a restorative growth trend.
As of May 4, the current Canton Fair offline export turnover of 24.7 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 10.7% over the previous session. Online platform transactions are becoming more active, export transactions of 3.03 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 33.1% over the previous session.
New quality productivity stimulates new momentum of foreign trade.
Exhibitors at this year's Canton Fair displayed more than 1 million new products on-site and organized 334 new product debut events. Enterprises uploaded a total of 2.54 million pieces of exhibits on the online platform, including 660,000 pieces of new products, 100,000 pieces of intelligent products, 400,000 pieces of green and low-carbon products, and 210,000 pieces of products with independent intellectual property rights.
Import exhibition for overseas enterprises to expand new space.
A total of 680 enterprises from 50 countries and regions participated in this year's Canton Fair Import Exhibition. Many international famous enterprises focused on displaying intelligent manufacturing and high-quality household consumer products at the Canton Fair, which attracted global buyers to negotiate and cooperate.
Comprehensive functions continue to manifest.
This year's Canton Fair endeavored to build a multifunctional and comprehensive platform integrating trade, information, design and services. A series of 264 “Trade Bridge” Canton Fair global promotion and supply and procurement docking activities were held, of which 249 activities attracted 420 buyers and 1,420 suppliers for “one-on-one” docking and negotiation, and the intended procurement amount exceeded 340 million U.S. dollars.
The 136th Canton Fair will be held in three phases in Guangzhou from October 15 to November 4 this year, and we look forward to meeting again.