China News Service, Beijing, September 10 (Reporter Li Xiaoyu) Gao Feng, spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce, said on the 10th that the 128th Canton Fair will continue to be held online from October 15-24 for 10 days.
This is the second time that the Canton Fair has been held online.
Gao Feng said at the press conference held on the same day that continuing to hold the Canton Fair online will help further give full play to the role of the Canton Fair’s all-round opening-up platform, promote the stable and healthy development of foreign trade under normalized epidemic prevention and control, and facilitate the smooth flow of the foreign trade industry. Chain, supply chain.
The official will strive to provide better and more convenient services for exhibitors and merchants.
At the 127th Canton Fair, the online display docking platform provided companies with functions such as all-weather online promotion, supply and sourcing docking, live marketing, and online negotiation. Many foreign trade companies attracted a large number of customers through online live broadcast. "You can open up the global market.
The Canton Fair, known as "China's No. 1 Exhibition", has been held continuously for more than 60 years and is known as the "barometer" and "weathervane" of China's foreign trade.
According to officials, the transfer of the Canton Fair from offline to online is not a simple copy of the traditional model, but a new structural design and process reengineering.
At present, China's foreign trade imports and exports have gradually stabilized and improved, and the situation is better than expected.
According to official data, China’s exports in the first eight months of this year increased by 0.8% year-on-year, better than major global economies.
However, due to the cancellation or postponement of many large-scale exhibitions under the epidemic, some foreign trade companies are still facing difficulties in developing new orders.
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