25500 enterprises participated in the exhibition, with more than 3 million exhibits and about 10 million visitors
At 18:00 on April 24, the official platform of the Canton Fair announced the successful conclusion of the 131st Canton Fair. About 25500 enterprises participated in the exhibition, with more than 3 million exhibits and a total of about 10 million visitors… This is the fifth consecutive “cloud climbing” of the Canton Fair, and the effect of “customers coming up from the cloud” is becoming more and more obvious, reaching many record highs.
“Online exhibition is an inevitable requirement under the general trend and background of the development of digital economy, and it is also a pragmatic choice to deal with the epidemic.” Wang Shouwen, Vice Minister of Commerce and deputy representative of international trade negotiations, said at the opening ceremony of the 131st cloud.
In early 2020, influenced by COVID-19, the fair played a fast response to the spirit of “foreign trade people cut paths through mountains and bridges”. The first Canton Fair’s first trial was “going to the clouds”, opening a new online exhibition mode, breaking through the wider space and opportunities. As of the 131st session, the Canton Fair has been held for fifth consecutive sessions, and the new mode is becoming more mature. “The 127th”
According to statistics, the exhibitors of this Canton Fair have uploaded more than 3 million exhibits, an increase of 50000 over the previous one, including more than 950000 new products. At the same time, they have strengthened the identification of high-quality exhibitors’ exhibits, and added enterprise logos such as “specialized and special new”, “high and new technology”, “China Time-honored Brand”, as well as product logos such as “green and low-carbon” and “intelligent products”.
Hold 50 cloud promotions of “trade bridge” and 8 trade promotion and matching activities of “Haobao and HAONI exploring Guangjiao” around the world, promote domestic key industrial clusters and brand enterprises, and connect with multinational leading enterprises and large buyers; Hold online double cycle promotion activities, invite domestic retailers’ top 100 enterprises and well-known cross-border e-commerce platforms to publish purchasing demand and supply chain management standards; 10 online sharing theme forums were held to help enterprises grasp the market trend around hot topics such as double cycle, RCEP and “double carbon”. With the theme of “connecting domestic and international double cycle”, the trade docking function was comprehensively improved. In addition to accurately carrying out overseas and domestic investment, a series of supporting activities were also held through multiple channels to help foreign trade enterprises increase confidence, take orders and expand the market.
The Canton Fair is the first Canton fair since RCEP came into force. A total of 117 enterprises from RCEP member countries participated in the import exhibition, accounting for 29.1% of the exhibitors in the import exhibition. While helping the enterprises of RCEP member countries to explore the Chinese market, the import exhibition of Canton Fair also shares the huge global purchaser resources of Canton Fair, realizes the “global sale” of products and shares the global market opportunities.