More deals seen at Canton Fair

Source: Xinhua | 2018-05-08

CHINA’S largest trade fair concluded its 123th session on Saturday in Guangdong Province, reporting more foreign buyers and deals.

The China Import and Export Fair, known as the Canton Fair, had received 203,346 buyers from 214 countries and regions by Thursday, said fair spokesman Xu Bing.

The number of buyers, the largest in five years, represented an increase of 5.3 percent from last spring session, Xu said. The export turnover reached 189.2 billion yuan (US$30 billion), up 3.1 percent year on year.

The fair, held every spring and autumn in Guangzhou, is seen as a barometer of China’s exports.