The closing ceremony of the 138th Canton Fair saw over 310000 overseas buyers reach a new high

Guangzhou, November 4th (Xinhua) -- The 138th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) closed in Guangzhou on the 4th. This exhibition attracted over 310000 overseas buyers from 223 countries and regions, an increase of 7.5% compared to the previous edition and setting a new historical high. The on-site intended export transaction volume reached 25.65 billion US dollars.

According to the organizer's statistics, there was a significant increase in buyers from the European Union, the Middle East, as well as the United States and Brazil at this exhibition. Among them, 214000 purchasers from the "the Belt and Road" co construction countries attended the conference, an increase of 9.4%. The proportion of export transactions between the exhibitors and the countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" exceeded 60%, and the transactions in the traditional market remained stable.

This exhibition held a total of 632 new product launch events. New products, green products, and products with independent intellectual property rights account for over 20% of the 4.6 million exhibits. Embodied robots, brain computer interface devices, biobased materials, AI intelligent rehabilitation equipment, 3D printing, and more have become popular exhibits.

The 138th Canton Fair has innovatively upgraded and adopted the form of QR code certificates for the first time, achieving the fastest 30 second rapid certificate production, which is 6 times faster than before; For the first time, a booth level navigation system using "Bluetooth+5G+Beidou" technology has been launched, upgrading facilities such as AI exhibition and intelligent guidance, achieving "one click navigation and one code exhibition", attracting a total of 477000 users.

The Canton Fair was founded in 1957 and is currently the longest, largest, most comprehensive international trade exhibition in China, with the widest variety of goods, the largest number of attendees, and the best transaction results. It is known as the "First Exhibition in China" and is regarded as the "barometer" and "wind vane" of China's foreign trade.