The 126th Canton Fair ended successfully in Guangzhou on November 4. Xu Bing, spokesman of the Canton Fair and deputy director of China Foreign Trade Center, introduced the general operation of the fair.



Xu said that the 126th Canton Fair is held on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and is of great significance. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the Canton Fair has adopted a series of practical measures to support enterprises in facilitating foreign trade, expanding markets and creating brands, so as to promote high-quality development of foreign trade and inject more stability and positive energy into the current complex and severe foreign trade situation. Under the kind care of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, under the great importance and strong leadership of the Ministry of Commerce and the People's Government of Guangdong Province, under the strong support of the commerce departments of all parts of the country, and with the joint efforts of all participants, the Canton Fair has run smoothly and successfully completed all tasks.



In 2018, China's top 10 trading partners accounted for 61.62 percent of the total attendees. There were 85,445 buyers from One Belt And One Road countries, up 1.03% year on year, accounting for 45.93%, up 1.37 percentage points year on year.



The top 20 countries and regions accounted for 60.56% of the total attendees. The top 10 countries and regions in attendance were: Hong Kong, China, THE US, India, Thailand, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, China, Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia.



In 2019, 107 of the world's top 250 retail companies were present, and five of the top 10 were wal-mart, Schwartz, Amazon, Walgreens and CVS Health.



International famous chain enterprises, such as German Ade company, American Shengpai Company, Oushang GROUP of France, Korea Lekuo Lekou GROUP, Spain TAURUS GROUP, Finland KESKO GROUP and Indonesia Changyou GROUP, continue to participate in the procurement activities of transnational corporations at the Canton Fair.



Among buyers attending the meeting, 40.71% are for electronics and home appliances, 31.93% for daily consumption, 28.34% for home decoration, 27.23% for gifts and 26.48% for machinery.



Xu Bing said that the current Canton Fair export transaction overall stable, the pace of high-quality foreign trade development accelerated. A total of 207.09 billion yuan (us $29.288 billion) was exported, down 1.9% year on year.



Mechanical and electrical goods are still ranked first in transactions. The turnover of mechanical and electrical commodities reached 15.941 billion US dollars, accounting for 54.43% of the total turnover. The turnover of light industrial products reached 7.22 billion US dollars, accounting for 24.65% of the total turnover. Textile and garment turnover reached us $1.683 billion, accounting for 5.75% of the total turnover.



The transaction volume of private enterprises reached us $22.164 billion, up 0.28%, accounting for 75.67% of the total transaction volume.



Good deal in the brand exhibition area. A total of $9.246 billion was traded, or 31.57 percent of the total.



Exports to countries along the Belt and Road reached us $11.056 billion, up 14.81%, accounting for 37.75% of the total turnover.



The volume of exports to BRICS countries reached US $3.65 billion, up 4.17%. The turnover of exports to ASEAN reached US $3.435 billion, up 39.22%; Exports to Africa totaled us $2.813 billion, up 10.72%.



Xu Bing said that this session of the Canton fair expands the service function and the connotation, give full play to the "selling global, global, hui" all-round opening up to the platform, polished business card made in China, support enterprises to exploit international market diversification, to build China's foreign trade upgrade, make better quality, better design, more powerful product to benefit the world. First, we will better serve the high-quality development of foreign trade. In accordance with the concept of "innovation, professionalism, precision and precision", the Canton Fair will carry out accurate global marketing and promotion to ensure the quality of buyers and diversified sources. A total of 74,722 new buyers attended the meeting, accounting for 40.17% of the total number, helping enterprises to effectively develop emerging markets and optimize international market layout while consolidating traditional markets. Although the export channels are increasingly diversified, Canton Fair is still the most important platform for Chinese enterprises to expand the global market, and it is also the "ballast" and "anchor" to promote the development of China's foreign trade. This session of the Canton fair to support enterprise's quality, creates the brand, the power, the producers confidence, positive, from scale expansion to improve the shift quality benefit, from the price advantage to technology, standard, brand, quality, service as the core of comprehensive advantage, transparent TV, refrigerator, central air conditioning, intelligent housekeeper robot wisdom and other high-tech, high value-added products, significantly improve product quality, shows the transformation and upgrading of the latest achievements made in China, for global buyers to build up a "feast" of China's manufacturing industry. The Canton Fair will further enhance the function of design and trade promotion, and guide enterprises to extend to the higher end of the value chain. 111 design agencies from 16 countries and regions participated in the design exhibition, providing 14,070 design promotion services for exhibitors. A total of 106 products from 74 enterprises won this year's Canton Fair Export Product Design Award. This year's Canton Fair has a new layout of the CF Award exhibition hall, which plays a more significant catalytic role in the market and receives more than 1,500 visitors per day, playing a better demonstration role in encouraging independent innovation of enterprises. Second, let overseas companies share opportunities in the Chinese and global markets. A total of 642 high-quality enterprises from 38 countries and regions will take part in the import exhibition of this year's Canton Fair, setting up an international public platform for overseas enterprises and products to quickly enter the Chinese market and explore the global market. Third, we will effectively encourage local governments to open up. For more than 40 provinces (regions) of seven regions, 39 countries foreign trade transformation and upgrading of industrial cluster base and characteristic industrial base has held more than 70 games show and promotional activities, not only strongly promoted the place characteristic industry visibility and influence, help the excellent enterprise and brand to the world, and effectively promote the local open economy development, is well received in the local government, enterprises and purchasers. Fourth, tailor-made high-end information services for enterprises. The Canton Fair has organized 112 activities, including 29 theme forums, focusing on regional markets, foreign trade situation, international bulk commodities, supply chain and distribution, fashion trends and other contents, attracting more than 3,000 people. The 2019 Canton Fair International Trade Development Forum is themed "Welcoming the New Era of Economy and Trade". Over 300 representatives from global think tanks, finance, commerce, trade and other fields gathered here to discuss new forms of business and new opportunities in international finance and trade. The Forum released a special report entitled "Creating Value for the World: China's Path to Economic And Trade Upgrading in times of Great Changes", which provides a precise guidance for Chinese enterprises to carry out economic and trade cooperation. Conferences BBS in combination with the current hot spots, and the characteristics of the industry, not only for enterprise to bring the proactive and strategic value of high-end information and practical solutions, but also provides all parties with a communication platform to discuss international economic and trade issues, in the international economic and trade development in the new period Canton fair sound, contribution to the Canton fair.



According to Xu, the Canton Fair has received 440 ipr complaints, with 580 participating enterprises being complained, and 241 of them were eventually found to be suspected of infringement. Compared with the previous year, 63 more cases were accepted, 72 more enterprises were complained about, and 5 fewer enterprises were found to be suspected of infringement. A total of 40 trade dispute complaints were accepted, 22 fewer than the previous year, including 24 successful mediation cases.



Xu said that there were 813 enterprises from poor areas participating in the Fair, involving 15 categories of commodities in 45 exhibition areas. Among them, the exhibition area for special products from poor areas covered an area of about 4,500 square meters, and the number of booths was 228, 38 more than that of the last fair. A total of 207 enterprises from 22 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions participated in the exhibition, 37 more than last year. Display the featured products of food, men's and women's clothing, medicine and health products and medical devices, etc. We successfully held a special promotion activity for food featured in poor areas, which was attended by 32 enterprises from 18 trade groups. Through exhibition promotion, show demonstration and sample interaction, we built a bridge between exhibitors from poor areas and buyers from all over the world. Business transactions of enterprises in poor areas have increased steadily, laying a good foundation for promoting the development of foreign trade and economic cooperation in poor areas and winning the battle against poverty.



Xu Bing said that this year's Canton Fair has pushed forward the construction of smart Canton Fair. The integration of online and offline services, with six new business models as the core, such as smart service, preview, smart business travel, supply and purchase docking, Canton Fair certification, and enterprise promotion, has taken shape, and various intelligent services have been comprehensively optimized and upgraded. According to statistics, there were 234,080 WiFi users at the Canton Fair, up 43% year-on-year. On-site information station queries have been viewed more than 173,000 times. More than 228,000 visitors visited the exhibitor's exhibit inquiry system. The column of "Brand window" has attracted wide attention, and the number of visitors has reached 42,000, effectively promoting brand enterprises to explore the international market. The achievements of the fair show that the Fair is not only the "bulk" of import and export trade, but also has the "great wisdom" of digital construction. We can not only "sell the world and buy the world", but also "enjoy life" and "wisdom" around the world; It is not only committed to building a platform combining online and offline, but also opens a road of high-quality development, writing a vivid footnote for "Digital China".



Xu said that the current session will continue to comprehensively and systematically implement the Green Development 2.0 plan, further consolidate the green development effect of the Canton Fair, improve the quality of green development, and contribute the wisdom of the Fair to the green development of China's exhibition industry. The Guidelines for Green Booth Evaluation have been officially approved by standardization Administration of China, and the compilation work has been carried out in an orderly manner. The Canton Fair held the Green Booth Award ceremony and the "Green space and Time" exhibition, and gave awards to 88 enterprises that won the green booth award of the 125th Canton Fair. A total of 384 exhibitors applied for the green booth Award at the 126th Canton Fair. The environmental protection responsibility of exhibitors and builders will be strengthened, the exhibition solid waste will be further reduced, the environment of the exhibition hall will be further improved, the environmental comfort will be enhanced, the safety coefficient of the green booth structure will be enhanced, and the display effect will be enhanced, thus achieving a virtuous circle of economic construction and environmental friendliness.