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countries and regions registered and attended the
Fair. The Global Cooperative Partnership Program
was advanced with the number of partners reaching
170. During the 131st Canton Fair, cooperation
agreements were signed with 14 industrial and
commercial organizations in the Belt and Road
Initiative and the RCEP, expanding the friend circle
of the Fair and foreign trade.

The 131st Trade matchmaking was more targeted and
efficient. Specific tags were attached to exhibitors
and products to enable buyers to find their desired
products and suppliers quickly. 50 “Trade Bridge”
Matchmaking activities were held to connect
domestic industrial clusters and brand enterprises
with top multinationals and professional buyers. The
event was joined by 8 provinces, regions and cities
in China and 57 countries and regions worldwide,
attracting nearly 4000 overseas buyers.

Canton Fair Trade services were more diversified.  An online-
offline integrated model was adopted to handle IPR
The 131st Canton Fair came to a close online complaints. 16 forums were held to help companies
on April 24. The epidemic was still spreading grasp market and industrial trends. In the Cross-
with the economic globalization facing backlash. border E-commerce zone on the Canton Fair official
Compounded by the unstable recovery of global website, cross-border e-commerce platforms and
economy and trade, the growth momentum of trade comprehensive pilot zones were listed to offer
in goods was dampened. Under such circumstances, companies more ways of exploring the market.
the 131st Canton Fair has adhered to its mission
of “Canton Fair Global Share” and opened its arms The integrated development of domestic and
to participants across the world. Serving as a trade foreign trade were effectively promoted. The tag of
bridge, it connected China with the international “for domestic sales” was added to over 1.58 million
market, promoted common development, and exhibits. Domestic professional buyer participated
welcomed the world to share China’s opportunities. in the exhibition. Foreign exporters were connected
with domestic buyers, tapping into the enormous
The Canton Fair online platform operated potential of domestic markets, facilitating the
smoothly. Thanks to modern information integrated development of domestic and foreign
technologies, companies at home and abroad were trade, and helping build a unified domestic market.
able to buy from and sell to the world at the highly
efficient trading platform which broke the limit of Efforts were made to empower the upgrading of
time and space. During the 131st Canton Fair, the rural industries. The “Rural Vitalization” zone was
official website received an accumulated number of joined by 974 companies from 21 provinces, cities,
10.09 million visitors with 33.9 million visits. or autonomous regions. 49,200 products were
  uploaded in the zone, with 13,900 new products and
Exhibitors and Products featured numerous 11,100 green and low-carbon ones. Many companies
highlights. 25,500 exhibitors boarded the “online from rural areas networked with clients, received
express train” to display their enterprises, products, orders, and expanded markets via the Canton Fair.
and brands in diversified formats of texts, pictures,
videos, 3D, VR, and so on. Over 3.05 million products Held in a safe way, the 131st session has made
were uploaded with 951,500 of them making debut, positive contributions to high-quality development
up by 176,500 and 52,800 respectively compared of trade, the stability of industrial and supply chains,
with the last session and both hitting a record high. as well as the world economic recovery.
Exhibitor Centers received an accumulated number
of over 6.22 million visits. Exhibitors launched
85,300 live streams. 150 online debut events were
hosted to show products of 147 quality suppliers
from 24 trade groups.

The number of buyers hit a record high.  A record
number of 536,000 overseas buyers from 228

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