The 135th Canton Fair kicks off
On April 15, the 135th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) kicked off in Guangzhou. On the basis of last year's exhibition area and number of exhibitors reaching new highs, the scale of the Canton Fair has grown significantly again this year, with a total of 29,000 exhibitors, continuing the overall trend of becoming more lively year by year. According to media statistics, more than 20,000 overseas buyers poured in just one hour before the museum opened, 40% of which were new buyers. At a time when the turmoil in the Middle East has caused concerns in the international market, the grand and lively opening of the Canton Fair has brought certainty to global trade.
With the theme of "serving high-quality development and promoting high-level opening up", this year's Canton Fair will hold offline exhibitions in three phases. As a barometer and weathervane of China's foreign trade, the first thing the outside world perceives from the Canton Fair is China's strength and determination to develop and open up. In fact, since 1957, the Canton Fair has been held twice a year in spring and autumn without interruption. This is unique among the world's major countries. China's constant goodwill and sincerity towards the world can be seen and touched.
Today, the Canton Fair has grown from a window for manufacturing in China to a platform for manufacturing in the world. In particular, the first phase of this Canton Fair takes "Advanced Manufacturing" as its theme, highlighting advanced industries and technological support, and demonstrating new productivity. There are more than 5,500 high-quality and characteristic enterprises with national-level high-tech, manufacturing individual champions, specialization and new "little giants" titles, an increase of 20% over the previous session. This is not only a natural manifestation of China's manufacturing moving up to the middle and high end of the global industrial chain and value chain, but it will also feed back to the world and create more opportunities and dividends. This is the real interaction between China and the world.
The Canton Fair has opened a door for mutual achievement between the world and China. No matter from any perspective, it is undoubtedly quite successful. It is completely expected that the transaction volume of this year's Canton Fair will have a growth worth looking forward to. This is not only due to internal logic, but also an inevitable result of the current international political and economic situation. In the transformation of global industrial structure, China has the greatest driving force for the upgrading of the national economy. This is not difficult to see.
Similarly, for the world, especially at a time when local conflicts and turbulence are ongoing, such a comprehensive international trade event with wide sources, good transaction results, and considerable credibility is also an important public good contributed by China. The more precarious the world situation becomes, the more valuable this trade event becomes.
