Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 2 (Reporter Yu Jiaxin) The 129th Canton Fair will be held online from April 15th to 24th.

Up to now, exhibitors have uploaded nearly 2.63 million exhibits.

　　In an interview on the 2nd, China Foreign Trade Center Director Chu Shijia said that the preparations for the current Canton Fair are progressing smoothly. The total number of booths is about 60,000, and there are about 25,000 exhibitors at home and abroad. It is expected to attract more than 220 countries and regions around the world. Of buyers are visiting the exhibition.

　　This is the third time "Dengyun" of the Canton Fair.

In the first two sessions of the “Cloud-Guangdong Trade Fair”, many foreign trade companies said that compared with offline, “touch the net” brought them more merchants.

Chu Shijia said that continuing to hold the Canton Fair during the special period will help China's foreign trade companies to better grab orders and expand the market, which will help stabilize the basic market for foreign trade and foreign investment. It will also help stabilize the global industrial chain supply chain and contribute to the world economy. Recovery injects momentum.

　　This year's Canton Fair will set up 50 exhibition areas according to 16 categories of commodities such as electronic appliances, machinery, building materials, daily consumer goods, home decorations, textiles and clothing, and set up a special "village revitalization" area to help enterprises from poverty-stricken areas open up international markets.

This zone will be open to applications for more companies, with no quantitative restrictions, no threshold conditions, and continued exemption of related companies' participation fees.

　　According to reports, since the 122nd session of the Canton Fair, a total of 8,105 free booths have been provided to 6,084 enterprises in poverty-stricken areas, and booth fees have been reduced or exempted by 86.69 million yuan, which has driven export turnover to more than US$1.7 billion.

　　Established in the spring of 1957, the Canton Fair is a comprehensive international trade exhibition with the longest history, the largest scale, the most complete variety of products, and the largest number of merchants in China. It is called "China's No. 1 Exhibition" and is also regarded as the "China's foreign trade exhibition". "Barometer" and "weather vane".