On April 23, 2024, in the artificial flower booth, the son of Richard, a 40-year-old businessman, was negotiating business with exhibitors at the Canton Fair.
Canadian Richard has lost count of how many times he's been to the Canton Fair. He has been coming to Guangzhou to participate in the Canton Fair since 1980, and in 2024, he will bring his son to visit the vendor booths he knows well. Richard is a merchant selling artificial flowers in Canada, and the supplier who received him has been dealing with him for more than 40 years, and has turned from a partner to an old friend. Richard vividly remembers that when he first arrived in Guangzhou in 1980, there were only two luxury hotels in the city. In the past, he stayed at the Dongfang Hotel during the Canton Fair, but now he chooses to stay in a five-star hotel in Zhujiang New Town. "Every year, the Canton Fair makes me feel the changes in Guangzhou over the years, from buses and old trains in the 1980s to the current subway and high-speed rail that are more complete than many Western countries. The old Guangzhou houses were very old, and now Guangzhou is a super metropolis. ”
On April 23, 2024, the second phase of the 135th Canton Fair opened, and a foreign guest recorded the grand occasion of the Canton Fair with a mobile phone lens.
On April 23, 2024, the second phase of the 135th Canton Fair will be crowded.
Bavol, from Russia, tasted with great interest the exhibits of the Cantonese food stalls set up at the 135th Canton Fair, and he ate Zhongshan's macaroons and praised them. After eight years in China, he speaks Chinese fluently, "Chinese products and quality and prices, there is really no substitute in other countries."
On April 23, 2024, merchants from Russia tried Zhongshan almond cakes at the Guangdong food booth of the 135th Canton Fair.
On April 23, 2024, a beautiful ceramic booth attracted the attention of two foreign merchants.
On April 23, 2024, the second phase of the 135th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) opened at Pazhou International Convention and Exhibition Center. The second phase of this year's Canton Fair will exhibit three professional sections: building materials and furniture, household goods, gifts and decorations, with a total of 15 exhibition areas. The total exhibition area of the offline exhibition is 515,000 square meters, the number of booths is 24,658, there are 9,820 exhibitors, 936 Canton Fair brand enterprises, more than 1,400 high-quality exhibitors such as specialized, special and new little giants, individual champions in the manufacturing industry, and national high-tech enterprises, and about 1.08 million exhibits uploaded on the online platform.
On April 23, 2024, a merchant tries out products at the booth of a furniture manufacturer that produces recliner sofas.
On April 23, 2024, foreign merchants took an electric pulley trolley case to visit the Canton Fair.
On April 23, 2024, a foreign merchant looked up and down the goods on the oddly shaped balloon toy stall.
Among them, the exhibition area of the building materials and furniture sector is nearly 140,000 square meters, with 6,448 booths and 3,049 exhibitors, the exhibition area of the houseware sector is over 170,000 square meters, the number of booths is 8,281, and there are 3,642 exhibitors, and the exhibition area of the gifts and decorations sector is nearly 200,000 square meters, with 9,371 booths and 3,740 exhibitors. Improving the efficiency of supply and procurement docking can also promote industry exchanges and cooperation, linkage development, and create more business opportunities. A total of 220 companies from 30 countries and regions participated in the second phase of the Canton Fair Import Exhibition, including pavilions from 8 countries including Turkey, South Korea, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, Egypt and Japan, focusing on kitchen utensils, household products, gifts and premiums and other products.
On April 23, 2024, foreign merchants passed by an exhibitor's booth focusing on European-style design style furniture products.
On April 23, 2024, the Canton Fair Complex was full of people.
Southern Weekly reporter Weng Huan
Editor-in-charge: Feng Fei