The 115th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) grandly opened on 15th Oct., 2014 in China Import and Export Fair Complex ( Pazhou, Guangzhou, China). It will last to 4th Nov. The exhibition area covers 1.18 million square meters with 60,222 booths. This year 170 more companies exhibited which made the total number of exhibitors to 24,751. It showed the great influence of this show. CFM witnessed Canton Fair on the First Day and distributed the newly published 16th issue of ChinaFastener Magazine to international buyers on scene.

Mr. Fang, the vice-minister of China’s Ministry of Finance, attended the opening ceremony and spoke that the public police had effectively improved the business environment and provided relief to the middle-sized companies and the next step is yet to come.

The popularity of Canton Fair showed the steadiness of China’s foreign business . Mr. Liu Jianjun, the spoke man of Canton Fair, said that over 90% of the previous exhibitors choose to participate again which showed great confidence in this event. Though he pointed out that the financial turbulence of the international market and the outburst of Ebola may affect the number of foreign attendees, a steady business amount is expected.

SRC

Ningbo Ningli

Beijing Jinzhaobo

Zhejiang Qifeng

Handan Ruiqiang

Sansega

Wuxi Anshida

The Hardware show which is closely related to fastener products would be on the first phase of Canton Fair, lasts from 15th Oct. to 19th Oct., 2014. About 50 fastener companies took part in it. www.chinafastener.com noticed that lots of excellent CAS members (what is CAS member?)  exhibited, like Ningbo Ningli, Zhejiang Qifeng, SRC, Shanghai Five Minerals, Handan Ruiqiang, Ningbo Zheli, Sansega ,Beijing Jinzhaobo, Wuxi Anshida etc. Among them, Ningbo Ningli and Shanghai Five Minerals had specially decorated booth which attracted lots of international buyers.

Most exhibitors told CFM journalists that there weren’t many visitors in the morning but more and more people came in the afternoon. Generally, they were happy about the visitors flow on the first day and ready to see the opportunity.

While our visiting, many fastener exhibitors also concerned a lot about the upcoming Fastener Expo Guangzhou in Nov. which also indicated the increasing popularity of this show. “ We found that the quality of ChinaFastener Magazine and your service gets better and better and we are really looking forward to Fastener Expo Guangzhou.” as was told by one of ourCAS members.