At about 10 am in the morning, traffic was gridlocked outside a massive building in Guangzhou, South China#39;s Guangdong Province. Many people were already lining up to enter the building. Inside, people of all nationalities and ethnicities carrying luggage moved around in a hurry.
This busy scene looks just like a bustling international airport. But looking closer, you’ll find out what#39;s really taking place: at stands of various sizes, vendors with calculators and catalogues of products were talking with visitors; visitors occasionally took out their phones to take photos of the products, and some were pushing shopping carts full of samples.
This is an everyday picture during the China Import and Export Fair, commonly know as the Canton Fair. The second session of the 134th Canton Fair, which focuses on showcasing products such as home appliances, gifts and decorations and building materials and furniture, officially kicked off on Monday and is scheduled to conclude today.
The autumn session of this year’s Canton Fair has set multiple records. The total exhibition area has expanded to 1.55 million square meters, an increase of 50,000 square meters compared with the previous session. There are 74,000 booths, with 28,533 exhibiting companies.
More than 9,600 businesses, including over 200 exhibitors from nearly 30 countries and regions participated in the event in-person, setting a new record for the number of on-site exhibitors, according to China Foreign Trade Centre, the organizer of Canton Fair.
As of Thursday, some 155,000 overseas buyers from 214 countries and regions have attended the event, an increase of more than 50 percent compared with the same phase of the last session of the fair.
One of the biggest highlights of the 134th Canton Fair is the active participation of BRI partner countries and regions, with the proportion of relevant attendees increasing from 50.4 percent to 58.1 percent over the past decade.
Export deals worth 12.33 billion U.S. dollars were signed offline during the first phase of the fair, which concluded on Oct. 19, with more than half of the export deals from BRI partner countries, an official of the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
The Canton Fair has become an important platform for companies to explore the Belt and Road markets.
As one of the first Chinese manufacturers to quot;go global,quot; Chinese home appliances manufacturer Galanz Group has supplied products and services to nearly 200 countries and regions, with about a third of export sales coming from BRI partner countries.
Russia is one of the most populous markets for Galanz, and was among its earliest. By leveraging a full industrial chain and local-team operations, Galanz has increased its microwave oven, dishwasher, refrigerator and other home appliance market shares in the Russian market.
As early as 2004, Orbus amp; Teksan, a company specializing in portable energy storage systems in Türkiye, began participating in the Canton Fair and has now grown to become the largest of its kind in Türkiye.
Türkiye has organized 125 companies to participate, covering industries such as consumer electronics, hardware tools, building materials, furniture, household items and food.
With the platforms brought by the Canton Fair, many BRI partner countries have purchased high-quality and cost-effective products from China and opened sales channels for their own specialty products in the country, achieving win-win results.
More than just growth in orders, many at the Canton Fair are also seeing major shift in the trend of new products that are much more environmentally friendly and cost effective thanks to continuous innovation.
Electric passenger vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells have become the new business signature for China#39;s foreign trade exports.
In recent years, as green and low-carbon have become a trend worldwide, the Chinese new energy industry has ushered in huge market dividends. According to statistics, nearly 90 percent of the global photovoltaic industry#39;s production capacity is in China. Last year, China#39;s photovoltaic product export scale exceeded 50 billion US dollars for the first time, a year-on-year increase of 80.3 percent.
Participating companies of this edition of the Canton Fair have uploaded about 430,000 green and low-carbon products and about 110,000 intelligent products, demonstrating the vigorous development of the Canton Fair and the continuous optimization of China#39;s foreign trade structure.
China’s exports of electric vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells surged 41.7 percent in the first three quarters of 2023 from a year earlier to 99 billion yuan, according to the General Administration of Customs. This accounted for 4.5 percent of the country’s total exports, up 1.3 percentage point from a year ago.
Exports of mechanical and electrical products grew by 3.3 percent year-on-year to 10.26 trillion yuan, far exceeding the 3.07 trillion yuan in exports of labor-intensive products. Most notably, China#39;s exports of cars and auto parts surged by 48.2 percent year-on-year, customs data showed.
The upgrade of typical export products from clothing, furniture and home appliances to electric passenger vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells reflects the fast transformation and upgrading of China#39;s advanced manufacturing and energy industries.
The 67-year-old Canton Fair, China#39;s largest biannual trade fair, has become a reliable barometer of China#39;s foreign trade. It has played a key role in advancing China#39;s foreign trade and the economic and trade exchanges between China and the rest of the world. The history of Canton Fair is an epitome of the country#39;s rapid growth.
10月，广州“很忙”。
第134届中国进出口交易会的举办，让全球客商再次云集广州，广交会场馆内外人潮熙熙攘攘，货如轮转，好不热闹。走过67载风风雨雨，“中国第一展”依旧人气不减。
10月15日至11月4日，第134届广交会在广州分三期举办。大幕开启，万商云集，境外采购商踊跃与会，参展企业热情高涨，现场洽谈成交活跃。新市场、新潮流、新合作的背后是“世界工厂”的转型升级和高质量发展，凸显中国对外开放的大门越开越大。
自本届广交会开幕以来，截至10月25日，共有244个国家和地区，超过15万境外采购商现场参会，数量已经超过上届到会的总人数。较疫情前，即2019年秋季广交会增长了3.2%。其中“一带一路”共建国家采购商9.6万人，占比64.1%，比疫情前增长了15.6%。
10月26日，商务部发言人束珏婷表示，正在举行的第134届广交会，人气足、成交活跃，境外采购商的到会数量和质量均有较大幅度的提升。各国客商对中国制造、中国商品兴趣浓厚、青睐有加。
就第134届广交会至今取得的成果，束珏婷表示，第134届广交会第一期已于10月19日结束，目前正在举行第二期。从广交会前方反馈情况看，总体运行平稳，取得积极成效。采购商到会踊跃，成交呈恢复性增长态势。
束珏婷说，第一期线下出口成交123.3亿美元，较上届增长9.2%。其中，“一带一路”共建国家成交占比超过了五成。参展企业普遍反映，本届广交会现场成交以及采购商后续预约看厂的情况好于预期，信心有所恢复，对未来订单数量保持乐观。
在第134届广交会上，共建“一带一路”国家和地区的采购商踊跃参会，参展企业占参展企业总数约六成。据了解，目前境外采购商累计到会人数约13万人，比上届同期大幅增长。其中，来自共建“一带一路”国家和地区的采购商占比较大。参展企业普遍认为，境外采购商下单意愿较强，未来有望达成更多合作。
不少国内参展商表示，来自共建“一带一路”国家的外商明显变多了，广交会已成公司开拓“一带一路”市场的重要平台，光是第一期，“一带一路”共建国家成交占比就超过了五成。
在全球外需不稳的背景下，共建“一带一路”国家市场成为不少广交会参展企业的“新蓝海”，部分企业在俄罗斯、巴西、东南亚等区域市场的业务增长达到50%甚至翻番。不少行业的从业者已经将目光从传统的欧美市场转移到以共建“一带一路”国家为代表的新兴市场。
共建“一带一路”倡议提出10年来，我国与共建国家的货物贸易累计规模达到19.1万亿美元，实现年均6.4%的增速，这个增速既高于同期我国外贸整体增速，也高于同期全球贸易增速。我国是110多个共建国家的主要贸易伙伴，已经与20个共建国家签署了14个自贸协定，贸易自由化便利化水平不断提升。
第134届广交会的会场上，“电光锂”的身影处处可见，新能源“绿风”俘获了“一带一路”采购商的心。
格鲁吉亚工商会驻广东省会长、格鲁吉亚“一带一路”商务馆创始人贝卡·梅卡伯利兹也注意到，近年来中国“新三样”出口增速相当明显，而广交会为众多外商提供了一个能亲眼目睹和感受优质产品的绝佳平台，“格鲁吉亚进口很多中国的产品，比如我们格鲁吉亚工商会大概有1万多家公司，很多企业会来广交会采购建筑材料、灯具、太阳能、电动车等品类产品，他们对此都很感兴趣。”贝卡告诉记者，他在中国已经20年了，从2006年就开始参加广交会，“很高兴看到广交会每年都有不同的产品亮相，每年都能感受到技术升级。”
“通过广交会，我们找到了许多长期合作的供应商，公司能取得今天的成就，很大一部分原因归功于广交会。”土耳其特克桑公司首席执行官苏克鲁·奥兹达马尔表示，早在2004年，他们公司便开始参加广交会。苏克鲁表示，“土耳其是一个年轻而充满活力的市场，相信越来越多来自中国的高新技术产品将进入土耳其以及其他欧洲国家市场。”
“依托广交会平台，许多’一带一路’共建国家既采购到中国优质优价的产品，也打通了本国特色产品在中国的销售渠道，实现了互利共赢。”广交会新闻发言人徐兵说，“越来越多的贸易往来，让中外市场交融日益密切。”
电动载人汽车、锂离子蓄电池、太阳能电池等“新三样”产品已成为我国外贸出口的新名片。从广交会这个窗口不难看出，“新三样”不仅成为了当红“炸子鸡”，也驱动了各国产业的绿色转型。
海关总署数据显示，今年前三季度电动载人汽车、锂电池、太阳能电池“新三样”产品出口值同比增长41.7%。占我国出口比重同比提升1.3个百分点，达到4.5%，出口值连续14个季度保持两位数增长。从“老三样”到“新三样”的结构升级，背后折射的是我国先进制造业和能源产业转型升级驶入快车道。
本届广交会上，“新三样”产品大放异彩:增加约3000个展位，增幅超18%——本届广交会电子消费品、机械设备、新能源等机电产品展区呈现新变化。展区规模进一步扩大，不仅为更多高技术、高附加值企业提供参展机会，也为更多创新、高端、智能、绿色产品提供展示空间。
继上届广交会增设“新能源及智能网联汽车”展区后，本届展会将之升级为“新能源汽车及智慧出行”展区，同时首次设立的品牌展位为更多“新三样”企业提供商机。
值得一提的是，新能源展区规模增幅达172%。从新能源代步车、轿车、公交车、商用车等整车产品，到充电桩、储能系统、锂电池、太阳能电池、散热器等零部件，新能源车全产业链产品竞相展示，吸引众多采购商前来体验和洽谈。
近年来，绿色低碳成为全球热词，中国新能源产业链迎来巨大的市场红利。据统计，全球光伏产业近90%的产能在中国，去年中国光伏产品出口规模首次超过500亿美元，同比增长80.3%。
本届广交会上，绿色、低碳的“中国制造”吸引了全球采购商的关注。据广交会官方统计，本届广交会参展企业已上传绿色低碳产品约43万件、智能化产品约11万件，显示着广交会蓬勃的发展活力和中国外贸结构的持续优化。
中国以精进的科技实力满足更多市场需求，以发达的工业实力助力全球现代化产业体系升级，以强大的贸易实力推动全球贸易方式变革。即使全球经济承压，广交天下、拥抱开放的中国仍持续惠及全球。
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