With the theme of "Sharing New Opportunities and Seeking New Development", the South China Expo was held in Kunming, Yunnan Province from November 19 to 22. Some netizens asked: What is the South Expo? What's new this year? What are the highlights of this year? Xinhua News Agency reporters answered questions for everyone at the South Expo.
Netizen: What is the South Expo?
Reporter: The South China Expo is the abbreviation of China-South Asia Expo and China Kunming Import and Export Fair, which is an international commodity expo jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and the People's Government of Yunnan Province approved by the State Council, and invited by the commercial departments of South Asian countries. Since 2013, the Expo has been successfully held for 5 sessions, this year is the 6th, the theme country is Bangladesh, and the guest country is Laos. This year's South Expo has a total of 13 pavilions.
This is the Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center in Kunming, where the South Expo was held on November 19. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Xinbo
On November 19th, exhibitors in the Chuxiong exhibition area of the South Expo demonstrated Yi embroidery skills on site. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Chao
Netizen: What kind of commodities are mainly traded at the South Expo?
Reporter: The main commodities traded at the South Expo are mainly imported goods from South Asia and Southeast Asia, and there are many characteristic commodities from various countries, such as jute products and leather from Bangladesh; Vietnamese mahogany furniture, coffee; beer and rice in Laos; Handmade carpets and leather goods in Pakistan; Indonesian snacks; Ceylon black tea from Sri Lanka; Thai Tom Yum soup, green herbal ointment, etc. On November 20, the signing ceremony of economic and trade cooperation projects was held in Kunming, and 169 investment agreement projects were signed, with an agreed investment of more than 400 billion yuan.
This is a corner of the overseas pavilion of the South Expo taken on November 19. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Chao
Netizen: What are the highlights of this year's South Expo?
Reporter: This year's South China Expo has newly set up an open cooperation pavilion, an international freight thematic pavilion, an advanced manufacturing pavilion and a digital economy pavilion. The biggest highlight is that online empowers offline, and e-commerce empowers products. The South Expo platform provides free online exhibition display, live broadcast goods, signing and negotiation services for all exhibitors, and live broadcast experts cooperate with product selection and bring goods to help enterprises trade goods.
In addition, the "Never-ending South Expo" pavilion, which was built in 2019, has also undergone new changes this year, adding two national pavilions in France and Ghana; New modern technology-enabled exhibition areas such as cultural corridors, space-time tunnels, and metaverse spaces; Combined with rural revitalization, an exclusive live broadcast room is built. The permanent pavilion of the "Never-ending South Expo" allows everyone to experience the customs of various countries, purchase characteristic goods, and build a trade bridge after the South Expo, so as to realize the combination of exhibition and trade and promote trade with exhibition.
On November 19, exhibitors in the Dehong exhibition area of the South Expo introduced special products live. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Chao
Netizen: How is this South Expo presented in the "cloud"?
Reporter: This year's South Expo highlights the characteristics of "Yunshang South Expo + Physical Exhibition", adopts online and offline "dual-line integration" mode, and relies on the "Yunshang South Expo" digital exhibition platform, South Expo APP, Yunshang South Expo WeChat public account mini program and other platforms to create cloud exhibition booths, cloud live broadcasts, cloud meetings, cloud negotiations, electronic signing and intelligent matching "cloud" presentation.
Curator: Qi Huijie
Executive Producer: Pang Mingguang Kang Lilin
Coordinator: Xiao Leitao
Reporter: Zhao Cailin Wang Anhaowei
Xinhua News Agency New Media Center
Xinhua News Agency Yunnan Branch
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Author: Chen Xinbo Hu Chao
Source: Xinhua News Agency