Canton Fair Kicks off 126th Exhibition

October 17, 2019  by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry   

Xu Bing, spokesperson of the Canton Fair and deputy director general of the China Foreign Trade Centre, noted that Canton Fair had witnessed a change in trade throughout the 70 years since the founding of People’s Republic of China, and the 126^th exhibition is of considerable significance to achieving the stable and quality growth of foreign trade.

Under the framework of “Canton Fair Global Partnership Program,” Canton Fair has developed 128 partners in 72 countries and regions. With 11 national delegations coming to the International Pavilion, the fair welcomes new product demonstrations from Japan and Canada for the first time. 642 overseas companies will demonstrate their products, among which more than 60 percent are from Belt and Road countries. Along with Chinese exhibitors from the National Pavilions that cover 16 product categories, the Canton Fair will enable a multi-functional integrated platform to help promote regional openness and industrial development. 

The 126 Canton Fair made innovation in marketing, stuck to the principle of “innovative, specialized, targeted and delicate” and focus on key sections and target markets, to provide a more convenient attending experience, more secure transactions and higher return for buyers. 

To provide a more comprehensive insight into the current trade market, the Fair will also host more than 20 themed forums covering risk control, trade friction, currency, supply and demand matching and trade trends. One of the highlights is the 2019 Canton Fair International Trade Development Forum, which will gather experts in the field to discuss shifting global economic and trade contexts and how to respond to Sino-US trade friction. The forum will also form a dialogue on opportunities along the Belt and Road Initiative. 

 For more information, visit www.cantonfair.org.cn/en/index.aspx