The Canton Fair and the world are "going in both directions". The ever-expanding "circle of friends" has given birth to new business opportunities, new momentum and new speed

CCTV.com2025-05-13

CCTV News: Communicate the world and benefit the world. The 137th China Import and Export Commodity Fair (Cantonese Fair) was held on April 15. From the 15th to May 5th, the offline exhibition of the Canton Fair was held in Guangzhou in three phases. The first phase focuses on "advanced manufacturing" and set up a special service robot zone. Through the Canton Fair platform of "all businesses gathered", global supply and demand can achieve "two-way rushing".

As of April 14, statistics show that more than 200,000 overseas buyers from 215 countries and regions have pre-registered this exhibition. 255 large-scale buyers such as the top 250 retailers in the world attended the conference, an increase of 5.8% over the same period last year, setting a record high.

The first phase of the Canton Fair focuses on "advanced manufacturing" and displays new quality productivity achievements such as digital technology, intelligent manufacturing, and smart travel. The service robot zone was set up for the first time, with 46 companies participating in the exhibition, and 8 companies from Shenzhen, focusing on displaying the latest achievements of China's service robots and upstream and downstream industrial chains. An industrial robot company in Shenzhen has received millions of intended orders through advance communication and cooperation.

There are many new enterprises and new exhibits in this year's Canton Fair, and the number of exhibitors in the export exhibition exceeded 30,000 for the first time. Among them, there were more than 9,700 high-quality enterprises such as national high-tech enterprises, specialized and innovative, and single champions, an increase of 20% over the previous session. There are both "hard-core old friends" who have participated in more than 50 Canton Fairs, and more and more "new faces" of buyers from all over the world. The development opportunities created by the Canton Fair and innovative products made by China's intelligent manufacturing are their biggest motivation for finding new business opportunities.

The exhibition will also carry out a wealth of trade promotion activities, including 500 "Trade Bridge" docking activities, 18 industry forums, etc. The integration of "Exhibitions and Conferences" will help enterprises explore new business opportunities. This year's Canton Fair focuses on key markets such as the "Belt and Road", RCEP, Europe and the United States. By building a broad trade bridge, connecting China's economic and trade exchanges with all over the world, the ever-expanding "circle of friends" has created new business opportunities and stimulated new momentum and new opportunities.

Fang Yifan, business director of the External Relations Department of China Foreign Trade Center, said: "These data show the trust and confidence of global buyers in the Canton Fair platform and China Manufacturing. As an important international trade promotion platform, the Canton Fair has attracted global buyers to find business opportunities, helping buyers in emerging markets to find high-quality products more efficiently and accurately, and promote industrial upgrading."

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