4月25日,CGTN发布了《2023 Canton Fair: Record on-site sales per spokesperson》,内容如下:
In an interview with CGTN, the spokesperson of the Canton trade fair shared his views on what's been achieved so far. TANG BO CGTN Reporter "This Canton Fair is the largest so far. What do you think are some of the highlights?"XU BING Deputy Director General, China Foreign Trade Centre "The event is large, with a total exhibition area of 1.5 million square meters, equivalent to the area of 210 international standard football fields. There are nearly 35,000 offline exhibitors, of which over 9,000 are new participants. The Canton Fair can be said to cover almost all industrial categories of China's manufacturing industry. This year's Canton Fair focuses on industrial development, adding new themes that represent the advanced level of China's manufacturing development. The quality of exhibits at this Canton Fair has been further improved. More than 3 million exhibits have been uploaded online, including nearly 800,000 new products."TANG BO CGTN Reporter "Achieving high-quality development is said to be one of the requirements of Chinese modernization. What role can the Canton Fair play in this process?"XU BING Deputy Director General, China Foreign Trade Centre "The Canton Fair insists on supporting the excellent and the strong. By optimizing the exhibition area, and product structure, it organizes the participation of products representing the highest level of Chinese manufacturing and industrial development. It continues to expand the circle of foreign trade friends and promote economic and trade cooperation among Belt and Road countries. It also encourages green and low-carbon products to participate in the exhibition, helping intelligent, green and low-carbon Chinese manufacturing to open up with the international market."TANG BO CGTN Reporter "Foreign media outlets have been talking down Canton Fair, saying that trade volumes haven't met expectations. Some say the fair is helping to resolve delayed orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that it has little effect in promoting foreign trade. What's your take on this?"XU BING Deputy Director General, China Foreign Trade Centre "The current global economic recovery and the growth of international trade remain sluggish. This is the objective environment that poses challenges to the growth of world trade. However, the performance of the first phase of this Canton Fair was much better than expected. The 133rd Canton Fair has attracted online and offline buyers from 229 countries and regions around the world. In the first phase of the event, there were 66,000 overseas buyers, and the export turnover figured reached 12.8 billion US dollars. Mid-to-long term orders of more than 3 months accounted for nearly 60 percent of the total trade volume in the first phase. Currently, many exhibitors say that a large number of customers have made appointments to visit their factories. Compared with other domestic and foreign trade exhibitions, the Canton Fair has the best on-site transaction results."