Hong Kong, March 25 (Reporter Chen Ran) The 135th Canton Fair recently held a promotion event in Hong Kong to introduce the highlights and opportunities of the Canton Fair to the Hong Kong business community and foreign chambers of commerce, and invite the industry to attend the fair and participate in the exhibition to jointly promote the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. regional construction and promote the “Belt and Road” joint construction and win-win results.
Chu Shijia, deputy director and secretary-general of the Canton Fair and director of the China Foreign Trade Center, said that Hong Kong has a unique location advantage as it is backed by the motherland and connected to the world. In the 67-year development history of the Canton Fair, Hong Kong's business community has played an irreplaceable role. Hong Kong has always been the largest source of tourists for the Canton Fair and has made positive contributions to promoting the country's opening up to the outside world and international trade.
He said that the 135th Canton Fair will be based on the theme of "serving high-quality development and promoting high-level opening up" to provide global consumers with the latest achievements in the development of new quality productivity. It is hoped that Hong Kong’s industrial and commercial circles will actively attend the Canton Fair to participate in exhibitions and purchase, and achieve more trade cooperation.
Chen Baili, Deputy Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of the Hong Kong SAR Government, said that as a partner and solid backing of Hong Kong enterprises, the Hong Kong SAR Government will take pragmatic measures to support enterprises in participating in important exhibitions such as the Canton Fair, and make good use of various trade promotion platforms to help enterprises in Achieve better development in more fields.
Choi Koon-shen, president of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong, said he looks forward to the Canton Fair further strengthening cooperation with the Hong Kong industrial and commercial community, foreign business associations in Hong Kong, and the business institutions of the “Belt and Road” co-building countries in Hong Kong to jointly promote trade development.
This promotion event received widespread attention from the Hong Kong industry, with more than 200 representatives from more than 100 business associations and organizations attending the event. The current Canton Fair will be held in Guangzhou in three phases from April 15 to May 5. (People's Daily Overseas Edition)