​The 127th Canton Fair's Promotion for U.S Successfully Held

The 127th Canton Fair U.S. Promotion was launched online. Present at the video conference are Mr. Xu Bing, Deputy Secretary General and Spokesperson of the Canton Fair, and Deputy Director General of China Foreign Trade Centre, Ms. Liu Siyuan, Secretary of the Economic and Commercial Office of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Chicago, Mr. Siva Yam, President of the US-China Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Daniel Spungen and Mr. John Clarke, regular buyers of the Canton Fair, who all delivered a speech.

According to Mr. Xu Bing, the coronavirus pandemic is still spreading across the world, and the global trade has received a devastating blow. Moving the Canton Fair online is an innovative measure against the pandemic taken by the Chinese government to keep the openness, security and stability of global industry and supply chain, and to help enterprises at home and abroad to explore markets.

At this session, Chinese enterprises from 50 industrial sections will exhibit their commodities, which will show global buyers a grand feast of products made in China.

We at Canton Fair will introduce advanced information technology to create a new online trading platform for global buyers in hope of making new "win-win" business opportunities. Also, we will set up a system of online plus offline handling of disputes concerning intellectual property and trade to create a fair and just trading environment.

He invited U.S. enterprises to take advantage of the opportunity to register and look for suppliers and new opportunities, to stabilize China-US economic and trade cooperation.

 

Mr. Siva Yam pointed out that the Canton Fair, which enjoys a good reputation across the world, is an important platform for many American enterprises to source quality Chinese goods. With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the United States, many enterprises have not re-opened yet and the economy is severely battered.

The Canton Fair online is a great attempt, for it can help U.S. buyers carry out business activities without leaving home and reinvigorate their enterprises and the local economy.

I hope that U.S. buyers can take advantage of this opportunity to source their desirable products, get to know new business partners, and explore the Chinese and international market.

Mr. Spungen stated that through the Canton Fair buyers can easily locate many quality Chinese products and get acquainted with reliable suppliers so as to develop their businesses.

The Fair is an important platform for the promotion of trade and is many US enterprises' first choice to enter the Chinese market.

He is looking forward to the Fair, and will attend it with the fourth-generation successor to the family business.

Mr. Clarke pointed out that in the past decades of his experience with Chinese enterprises, the Canton Fair has always been the main channel for him to look for products, source agents, and processing factories.

He is now organizing U.S. buyers to China and take part in trading activities, and will rank the Canton Fair top on his schedule. He will readily attend this session and encourage other U.S. entrepreneurs to join him.

During the video conference, staff of China Foreign Trade Centre introduced the functions and advantages of the online platform. They demonstrated the business flow of buyers, and answered questions concerning registering, logging in, multinational sourcing service, VIP buyer service, trade matchmaking, etc.

The U.S. is an important source of buyers of the Canton Fair, with each session receiving around 10,000 American buyers. This online conference attracted more than 70 representatives of the enterprises from Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Massachusetts, etc. This conference has a clear-cut target and serves a huge number of buyers.

All the guests look forward to the Fair and will visit and source products. They also agree that the promotion conference will help buyers adapt themselves to the changes brought about by the upcoming Canton Fair online, familiarize themselves with the functions of the platform and sourcing process, and thus to raise their efficiency and refresh their attending experiences.