The Press Conference for the opening of the 134th session of China Import and Export Fair was held in Canton Fair Complex in the morning of October 13rd. Mr. Xu Bing, Spokesperson of the Canton Fair, Deputy Director General of China Foreign Trade Centre, introduced the preparations of this session to press from home and abroad.
The 134th Canton Fair would be held in 3 phases from October 15th to November 4th in Guangzhou. Meanwhile, online exhibition would continue regular operation all-year-round. Under the strong leadership of the Ministry of Commerce and Guangdong Province, the preparation of this session progressed smoothly and was basically completed through joint efforts of all parties.
The exhibition scale of the 134th Canton Fair would be expanded. This session saw the most extensive optimization and adjustment in exhibition organization since the reform of the 104th session. The exhibition scale hit another record, with the total area expanding to 1.55 million square meters, 50,000 square meters more than the 133rd session. Exhibition booths totaled 74,000, an increase of nearly 4,600 over the previous session, including 72,000 in the National Pavilion and 1,550 in the International Pavilion. Counting the exhibitors in different sections and phases only once, the total number of exhibitors reached 28,533, an increase of 3,135 compared with the last session. This included 27,883 enterprises in the National Pavilion and 650 in the International Pavilion from 43 countries and regions, with those from Belt & Road countries and regions taking up 60%.
In this session some key events are as follows. The Opening Reception of the 134th Canton Fair will be held on October 14th. Seminars on green trade, development and application of electronic documents in international trade, and other forums would be held on October 15th and 16th respectively.
