"This car is so cool!" Evcenll Sokorov, a Russian buyer who came to the Canton Fair for the first time, "loved" the cool new energy vehicles as soon as he entered the hall, "I really want to buy one!" On the first day of the 135th Canton Fair, more than 60,000 overseas buyers participated in the conference offline, an increase of 18.5% over the same period of the previous session, many of which were "new faces" who participated in the exhibition for the first time. The enthusiasm of old buyers is undiminished, and new buyers are actively participating, from behind the surging crowds of people at the Canton Fair, how should we understand the popularity of "China's first exhibition"?
75 – Witnessing China's "opening door wider and wider"
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. As an important foreign trade promotion platform in China, the establishment of the Canton Fair in 1957 opened the door of New China to the world. It can be said that the Canton Fair has witnessed the opening up of New China from a "stumbling start" to a "striding forward". Looking back at the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, opening up has become a distinctive symbol of contemporary China, and the Canton Fair is undoubtedly one of the most important witnesses, participants and promoters of China's high-level opening up.
The more open and the more developed, the more developed and the more open. Since its establishment, the Canton Fair has attracted more than 9.3 million overseas merchants and 195 global partners. Especially at a time when unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, it is even more commendable to continue to "make friends with the world and benefit the world" as always. The expansion of the source of this year's Canton Fair import exhibition to 50 countries and regions, the first trial implementation of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test area and overseas warehouse display area, etc., all declare to the world that China's determination to expand high-level opening up to the outside world will not change, and its determination to share development opportunities with the world will not change.
The 14th Five-Year Plan - Towards the "new" in a critical year
This year is a crucial year for achieving the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan. The five-year planning cycle has entered its fourth year, and whether or not the planned goals and tasks can be completed as scheduled is crucial to this year's work. According to data released by the General Administration of Customs a few days ago, in the first quarter of this year, the total import and export value of China's trade in goods was 10.17 trillion yuan, and the growth rate of imports and exports hit a new high in six quarters, laying a solid foundation for China's economic recovery.
With the theme of "Advanced Manufacturing", the first phase of the Canton Fair highlights the support of advanced industries and science and technology, with more than 8,700 booths related to new energy vehicles and smart travel, industrial automation and intelligent manufacturing, and nearly 3,600 exhibitors, attracting buyers from more than 200 countries and regions to come to "Taoxin". In a critical year, the Canton Fair has a heavy responsibility on its shoulders. Moving towards the "new" not only helps the transformation and upgrading of China's foreign trade, but also injects new momentum into the world economic growth.
135 - Constantly "exceeding" expectations with high-quality development
This year is also a critical year for the high-quality development of the Canton Fair. The 135th Canton Fair continues to refresh the records of "more", "bigger" and "better", while also carrying higher expectations than before. If the key words of the first two dimensions are "openness" and "innovation", anchoring the Canton Fair of high-quality development, the key word is undoubtedly "transcendence".
Transcendence is to promote cooperation in a smarter and more efficient way, promote the high-quality development of international trade, and connect domestic and international dual circulation. A noteworthy change is that the Canton Fair mainly displays consumer goods, but in recent years, the proportion of intermediate goods and capital goods has gradually increased, reaching 12%. Through the Canton Fair, China has provided the world with a large number of high-quality products with strong competitiveness and stable supply, helping countries, especially developing countries, to achieve industrialization, and enhancing the resilience and stability of global industrial and supply chains.
Extending from different dimensions, the "China First Exhibition" stimulates the vitality of open innovation and is full of development opportunities. As Chris Topher, a representative of overseas buyers, sighed, from the past 50 Canton Fairs to see the continuous development and progress of the Canton Fair, China is good, the world will be better.
(Text丨Li Meiyan)
Editor in charge: Liu Bo