Thousands of Merchants Gather Canton Fair

On April 15, the 133rd China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) opened in Guangzhou. This year's Canton Fair is the first time that it has been held offline since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic. The total exhibition area has increased to 1.5 million square meters, the number of offline exhibitors has increased from 25,000 to about 35,000, and there are more than 9,000 new exhibitors. Nearly 40,000 exhibitors have uploaded more than 3 million exhibits, and hundreds of thousands of buyers from more than 220 countries and regions have signed up to participate.

According to Tu Xinquan, a professor at the University of International Business and Economics, the grand occasion of "thousands of merchants reuniting on the banks of the Pearl River" is the most intuitive reflection of the charm of the Canton Fair. China is the only country in the world that has all the industrial categories listed in the United Nations industrial classification. A large number of companies will use the platform of the Canton Fair to display themselves. International buyers can basically buy all the products they want at the Canton Fair, which is equivalent to "one-stop" "Buy all; in addition, offline face-to-face communication is more direct and in-depth. Many international buyers are eager to know what new technologies and products China has launched in the past three years. It is these needs and expectations that make this Canton Fair a The largest session in history.

As the "weather vane" and "barometer" of China's foreign trade, the Canton Fair is known as "China's No. 1 Exhibition" because of its longest history, largest scale, most complete range of commodities, the largest number of visitors, and the best transaction results. Liu Ge, a financial commentator of CCTV, believes that the Canton Fair is still an important window for enterprises to go to the world today. Behind this is the resilience of China's supply chain. Whether it is a manufacturer or a distributor, efficient demand matching can be achieved at the Canton Fair, and after the order is placed, the sufficient, continuous and stable supply and output that the Chinese supply chain can provide is difficult in other places achieved.

Over the past 60 years, from the participation of buyers from 19 countries and regions in the first Canton Fair to the current Canton Fair attracting buyers from more than 220 countries and regions, the Canton Fair has continued to grow.