On April 15th, the 135th China Import and Export Fair (hereinafter referred to as the Canton Fair) officially opened in Guangzhou. The theme of this year's Canton Fair is "serving high-quality development and promoting high-level opening up". It will be held in three phases from April 15th to May 5th, with offline exhibitions and regular operation of online platforms. The offline exhibition area of this year's Canton Fair is 1.55 million square meters, with 55 exhibition areas, a total of approximately 74000 booths, and 29000 participating enterprises. In terms of export exhibitions, the first phase of this year's Canton Fair focuses on "advanced manufacturing", highlighting advanced industries and technological support, and showcasing new quality productivity. There are over 8700 exhibition booths with themes such as electronics and home appliances, new energy, new energy vehicles and smart transportation, industrial automation and intelligent manufacturing, and nearly 3600 exhibiting companies. The "new three types" of enterprises have made appearances one after another. The enterprises participating in the first phase of this year's Canton Fair actively leverage their advantages in intelligent manufacturing, promote green transformation, and exhibit a batch of high-tech and high value-added products representing new quality productivity, covering all aspects of industrial production and daily life. (On the spot of the Canton Fair) In addition, 197 enterprises from 30 countries and regions participated in the first phase of the Import Fair of the 135th Canton Fair, including exhibitors from Türkiye, Egypt, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Russia, Taiwan, China and other countries and regions, focusing on electronic appliances, hardware tools, mechanical equipment and other products. Among them, the "the Belt and Road" co built national enterprises have many highlights, and the "circle of friends" of global cooperation continues to expand. A total of 146 enterprises from 19 "the Belt and Road" countries including South Korea, Türkiye, Egypt, Russia, Malaysia and Vietnam participated in the first phase of Import Expo, accounting for about 74%. It is worth mentioning that this year's Canton Fair has also set up a cross-border e-commerce and overseas warehouse exhibition area for the first time. 158 cross-border e-commerce and overseas warehouse enterprises and comprehensive trial zones from 11 provinces have participated in the exhibition, with a display area of 3000 square meters. Chu Shijia, Deputy Director and Secretary General of the Canton Fair and Director of the China Center for Foreign Trade, stated that in the current era of increasing uncertainty in foreign demand and weak global economic recovery, the upcoming Canton Fair once again demonstrates China's determination and confidence to continuously expand its opening-up and share development opportunities with the world. (Overseas purchasers at the Canton Fair) Communicate with the world and benefit the world. The purchaser from Cameroon told Xinhua News Agency that this is his 11th participation in the Canton Fair. He, who is engaged in the new energy industry, believes that China's photovoltaic products have good quality assurance, and he can exchange new ideas and concepts with numerous exhibitors at the Canton Fair. Many exhibitors from Cameroon also told Xinhua News Agency reporters that on the first day of the opening of this year's Canton Fair, they felt a significant increase in the number of overseas buyers compared to previous editions. Overseas buyers attended the fair enthusiastically and had a strong willingness to negotiate. They all believe that the Canton Fair can help Chinese companies continuously "go global" and actively expand overseas markets. The Canton Fair is known as the "first exhibition in China" and is also a barometer and wind vane of China's foreign trade. As of April 1st