2024 Canton Fair will be held from May 1-5

The second phase of the 135th Canton Fair concluded on April 27 at the China Import and Export Fair Complex. Despite facing extreme weather conditions such as continuous heavy rains, global exhibitors and buyers remained enthusiastic and actively participated, demonstrating the Canton Fair's continued "super traffic" effect and fully demonstrating the appeal of "China's No. 1 Exhibition" to the world. business world.

Since the opening of the 135th Canton Fair, the exhibition hall has been very lively and the flow of people has been strong. Exhibition data shows that as of April 27, a total of 191,928 overseas buyers from 214 countries and regions had attended the exhibition, an increase of 22.1% compared with the same period last year. Among them, there were 124,342 purchasers from countries participating in the “One Belt and One Road”, accounting for 64.8%; 46,663 purchasers from RCEP countries, accounting for 24.3%; and a total of 38,864 purchasers from Europe and the United States, accounting for 20.2%.

There are 9,820 exhibitors in the second phase of the offline exhibition, including more than 1,400 high-quality enterprises such as national high-tech enterprises, manufacturing champions, and specialized innovation giants, an increase of 300 compared with the previous session. Enterprises are paying more and more attention to using new technologies to transform and upgrade traditional industries and enhance the "new content" and "green content" of daily consumer products. More innovative, high-quality, and low-carbon products that embody new productivity continue to emerge, becoming the "new business card" for China's manufacturing industry to expand into international markets. Buyers have expressed their trust in Chinese manufacturing, saying that "China has the best supply chain" and "Canton Fair has never disappointed anyone."