136th CANTON FAIR
Date: 2025-02-18 Categories: EXHIBITION
The 136th Canton Fair was successfully held in Guangzhou from October 15 to November 4, 202413. Here is a detailed account1:
Basic Information
- Theme:"Serve High-Quality Development, Promote High-Level Opening Up"
- Exhibition Scale:The total exhibition area was 1.55 million square meters, with 74,000 booths in total. It was divided into 55 exhibition areas and 171 special zones.
- Number of Exhibitors:There were over 30,000 offline exhibitors, including about 29,400 export exhibitors, nearly 800 more than the 135th session. There were nearly 4,600 new exhibitors in the 136th Canton Fair. Moreover, there were more than 8,000 enterprises with the titles of national high-tech enterprises, specialized and new "little giants", and manufacturing champions, an increase of over 40% compared with the 135th session.
Exhibition Phases
- Phase 1:From October 15 to 19, 2024, themed on "Advanced Manufacturing", it covered 5 sectors and 19 exhibition areas including electronic appliances, industrial manufacturing, lighting, hardware tools, vehicles and two-wheelers.
- Phase 2:From October 23 to 27, 2024, with the theme of "Quality Home", the offline exhibition area was 515,000 square meters, with 24,739 booths and 10,040 exhibitors. It included 3 sectors and 15 exhibition areas such as household items, gifts and decorations, building materials and furniture.
- Phase 3:From October 31 to November 4, 2024, centered around "Wonderful Life", it covered personal care appliances, bathroom products, medicines, health products and medical devices and other products.
Highlights
- Participants:There were 253,000 overseas purchasers from 214 countries and regions, an increase of 2.8% over the previous session, exceeding 250,000 for the first time and reaching a new historical high. Among them, purchasers from countries along the Belt and Road accounted for over 60%, totaling 165,000, an increase of 3.7%.
- Transaction Volume:The intended export turnover was 24.95 billion US dollars, an increase of 1% over the previous session.
- Exhibition of New Products:A total of 1.15 million new products, 1.04 million green products and 1.11 million products with independent intellectual property rights were exhibited. There were 435 new product release events, attracting about 3,500 purchasers to participate offline.
- Import Exhibition:A total of 730 enterprises from 49 countries and regions participated in the import exhibition, among which enterprises from countries along the Belt and Road accounted for 65.5% and those from RCEP member countries accounted for 33%.
Online Platform
The online platform optimized 18 functions, launched virtual digital humans for the first time, and introduced the Canton Fair APP. By October 11, about 48,000 enterprises had uploaded about 3.75 million exhibits, with the number of enterprises and exhibits increasing by 60% and 50% respectively compared with the 135th session, both reaching new historical highs.
Green and Low-Carbon
Based on 100% green booth construction, the "carbon-neutral" Canton Fair was established, achieving carbon neutrality for the first time.
Related Activities
The 136th Canton Fair Industry Forum focused on "Insight into Industry Development Trends and Optimization of Global Market Layout", and 18 events were carefully planned by the China Foreign Trade Center in collaboration with 42 institutions.
136th CANTON FAIR
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