MOSCOW, Dec. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The 121st China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair), officially held a promotion event at Sheraton Palace Hotel in Moscow on December 14. The event was hosted by China Foreign Trade Centre and co-organized by the Russian Asian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, gathering business organizations, trade entrepreneurs, large chain retailers and media participants in Russia.
One of the most influential business events in China, the Canton Fair has gone through 60 years as a comprehensive and professional exhibition. Every exhibition features 16 commodity categories, including electronics, construction and building materials and machinery, hardware and tools, consumer products, gifts, clothing and textile, medical supplies and pharmaceutical health care products and food.
Zhang Di noted that China and Russia have very close relationship, and more Russian companies are encouraged to participate in the Canton Fair. The fair, as an excellent platform, enables traders, especially small- to mid sized companies, from both countries to reach cooperation and business exchange.
Zhu Liang expressed that the bridge between Canton Fair and Russian companies built by the China Southern Airlines will make great contributions to the economic and trade exchanges of the two countries.
Russian traders, according to Ye Jijiang, has been a key partner of Canton Fair. A total of 186,000 professional buyers from 213 countries and regions attended the 120th Canton Fair with turnover reaching 27.9 billion USD, among which 6,165 buyers came from Russia.
The 121st Canton Fair will continue to upgrade exhibition zones of emerging and trendy topics such as new energy, pet supplies and outdoor spa facilities and meanwhile invite high quality exhibitors that meet market demand upon various indicators including export and volume, independent intellectual property rights, industry certification and industry exhibition experience to offer more diverse and premium products for buyers to choose.
In addition to the exhibition itself, the 121st Canton Fair will host various forums, design shows and exchange events, bringing abundant information and opportunities for industrial members to explore and integrate with other advantage resources, further promote the development and convergence in the industry.
"As Canton Fair upgrades the service models, the guests not only value the fair as a place to purchase goods or promote brands, but also as a platform for trade exchanges," said Ye.
"At the Canton Fair, buyers and exhibitors from Russia will not only be able to purchase high quality products from China, but also promote new technologies and products from Russia and explore the potential Chinese market."
