Under effective containment of the COVID-19 pandemic, China held many fairs this year to show the country still firmly upholds economic globalization and international cooperation.
China has repeatedly vowed to remain steadfast in opening up further during these fairs to show the country is integrating into the world economy and promoting common prosperity with its own development.
Moreover, these events also demonstrated the country's economic prospects and market potential, which can provide more opportunities for the world.
Now, let's see some of these fairs.
Canton Fair
Employees of a sports goods company in Guangzhou, Guangdong province promote products via livestreaming during the 128th China Import and Export Fair on Oct 15, 2020. [Photo by Song Jinyu/for China Daily]
This year the China Import and Export Fair, or Canton Fair, was held twice online – the 127th edition from June 15 to 24, and the 128th from Oct 15 to 24.
The 127th Canton Fair was moved online for the first time in Guangzhou, Guangdong province due to the COVID-19 epidemic. It drew nearly 26,000 domestic and foreign enterprises, with 1.8 million products exhibited.
The 128th event attracted around 26,000 domestic and overseas enterprises, with more than 2.35 million products spanning 50 exhibition areas in 16 categories.
Founded in 1957, the Canton Fair has been deemed an important barometer of China's foreign trade.
The success of the virtual Canton Fair blazed a new path of international trade development, and laid a solid foundation for online-offline integrated development.
China International Fair for Trade in Service
An artificial intelligence robot takes a visitor's pulse at the China International Fair for Trade in Service held in Beijing, on Sept 7, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
The China International Fair for Trade in Service, known as CIFTIS, was held in Beijing from Sept 4 to 9, which shows the country is overcoming the pandemic successfully.
Titled "Global Services, Shared Prosperity", the fair is the first major international economic and trade event held both online and offline by China since the COVID-19 outbreak.
A total of 18,000 enterprises and institutions from 148 countries and regions and about 100,000 people registered for the fair.
Beijing International Automotive Exhibition
People visit the BMW booth at the Auto China show in Beijing on Sept 26, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Titled "smart vehicles for the future", this year's Beijing International Automotive Exhibition or Auto China 2020, held from Sept 28 to Oct 5, featured a total of 785 vehicles, including 82 world premiere vehicles, 36 concept cars and 160 new energy vehicles, in a 200,000-square-meter area, attracting more than 530,000 visitors.
Auto China 2020 is the only top international auto show to proceed as scheduled this year. Other shows, including the Geneva International Motor Show, North American International Auto Show in Detroit and the Paris Motor Show, have either been held online or canceled entirely.
China International Import Expo
A statue of Jinbao, the panda mascot of the China International Import Expo, stands in front of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), the venue of the CIIE. [Photo/Xinhua]
The third China International Import Expo or CIIE was held in Shanghai as scheduled this year.
The expo saw $72.62 billion worth of deals reached for intended one-year purchases of goods and services, up 2.1 percent from the last expo, during six days from Nov 5 to 10. Moreover, a total of 861 cooperation intention deals were reached at online or offline sessions attended by 674 exhibitors and 1,351 buyers.
Though restrictions were in place due to virus containment, this year's CIIE had an exhibition area of 360,000 square meters, almost 30,000 square meters larger than last year's event. Nearly 400,000 visitors from across the world signed up for the event.
Nearly 80 percent of the world's top 500 companies and industry leaders that participated in previous expos returned to Shanghai this year, and 411 new products, technologies and services were launched at the third CIIE.
Encouraged by opportunities seen at the expo, hundreds of enterprises have signed up for the fourth CIIE next year.
China Hi-Tech Fair
A delivery robot is seen at the 22nd China Hi-Tech Fair held in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, on Nov 11, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
The 22nd China Hi-Tech Fair or CHTF, held in Shenzhen, Guangdong province from Nov 11 to 15, attracted more than 3,300 online and offline exhibitors from 53 countries and international organizations.
Titled "Transforming the Future with Technology and Driving Development with Innovation," nearly 10,000 projects were displayed at the sci-tech fair, including 1,790 new products and 767 new technologies.
World Internet Conference-Internet Development Forum
People view a robot displayed at the Light of Internet Expo at the 2020 World Internet Conference-Internet Development Forum in Wuzhen, East China's Zhejiang province, on Nov 22, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
The World Internet Conference-Internet Development Forum was held in the river town of Wuzhen, Zhejiang province on Nov 23 to 24, with the title of "Digital Empowerment for a Better Future: Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace," and attracted more than 500 representatives from over 20 countries and regions. It showcased the latest internet technologies, achievements, products and applications of 130 enterprises and institutions from home and abroad.
Fifteen of the world's leading internet scientific and technological achievements, covering post-pandemic industrial recovery and coordinated development, digital social governance, global public crisis response, cloud life based on artificial intelligence and other internet-related fields, were unveiled at the forum.
Moreover, two blue books — World Internet Development Report 2020 and China Internet Development Report 2020, were released.
China-ASEAN Expo
A model of the Fuxing bullet train is displayed during the 17th China-ASEAN Expo at Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Nov 28, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
The 17th China-ASEAN Expo and the concurrent China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit were held from Nov 27 to 30 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, promoting high-quality cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.
A total of 86 investment projects worth 263.87 billion yuan were signed at the four-day event, up 43.6 percent year-on-year.
The investment projects in the fields of health, big data, logistics, new manufacturing, new materials, new energy and finance accounted for 85.3 percent of the total.
This year's expo featured an exhibition area accommodating 108 companies from 22 countries, mostly countries participating in the BRI, including Pakistan, Iran, France, Italy and Russia.
