CCTV News: On April 14, the 5th Consumer Expo held its first supply and demand matching meeting. More than 110 companies from more than 10 countries and regions actively participated in the promotion and reached a number of cooperation in procurement transactions, with a contract amount exceeding 6 billion yuan.

At the supply and demand matching meeting, the reporter saw that the exhibitors sat together according to their needs and exchanged contact information. Some exhibitors even prepared translation machines in advance and discussed the details of the cooperation in a warm manner. Many companies on the scene reached cooperation intentions.

During this Consumer Expo, three supply and demand matching meetings will be held in the global good products special session, e-commerce special session and country special session. In terms of design, we will highlight the "online + offline" channel method, and set up a buyer alliance to promote the two-way empowerment of international brands entering China and Chinese brands going overseas.

Private enterprises show "high-energy technology" and lead new consumer forces in innovation

The main venue of this Consumer Expo has eight exhibition halls, and representative brands and enterprises from all over the country participate in the exhibition, including Chinese time-honored products and Chinese original trendy brands. In the Zhejiang exhibition area, breakthroughs in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence and digital economy are eye-catching.

The reporter found that the Zhejiang Pavilion was eye-catching when reporting on the spot. The exhibition hall saw a lot of vitality of Zhejiang private enterprises and the full amount of black technology brought by Zhejiang Pavilion. Behind these black technologies is the power of Zhejiang private enterprises. Have you seen this flying camera? Its entire weight is only 192g, which is lighter than an ordinary mobile phone; its flight altitude can reach 120 meters, completely solving the problems of traditional aerial cameras such as large size, inconvenience and high threshold for use. At the Consumer Expo, you can see that all ages can directly use it and experience the aerial photography fun brought by this flying camera.

After several years, the 100-person R&D team of this private enterprise in Hangzhou has overcome the difficulties of aircraft system design and visual algorithms, creating this lightweight and easy-to-use "flying camera" suitable for all ages and young.

As of the end of 2024, Zhejiang had 3.5053 million private enterprises, accounting for 92.06% of the total number of enterprises, contributing more than 67% of GDP. Zhejiang private enterprises keep up with the pulse of the market and avoid homogeneous competition through differentiated innovation.

Can you imagine even scents can be programmed? Just like the Smell Kingdom where the reporter is located at this moment, they can program more than 3,000 scents, transmit and decode, and finally reproduce them perfectly. For example, what is playing on the TV screen at this moment is the smell of chocolate cake, and the sweet chocolate smell can be smelled on the spot, making people feel immersive. The company uses different odor molecules to simulate, program and reproduce odors, and is now being promoted and used in exhibitions, automotive industry, metaverse, and VR.

At this exhibition, Zhejiang displays Zhejiang's "new, excellent and special" consumer products from three major sectors from new vitality, new scenarios and new integration. The exhibits have higher technological content and stronger on-site interaction, which fully demonstrates the new trends in Zhejiang's consumer industry.

The 137th Canton Fair opens today and preparations are ready

The 137th Canton Fair will open on April 15. At present, the construction of the exhibition hall, invitation of merchants, service guarantee and other tasks are ready. This Canton Fair will last until May 5. The three exhibitions are themed "Advanced Manufacturing", "Quality Home" and "Better Life". A total of 55 exhibition areas and 172 product areas are set up. As of the 14th, statistics show that this exhibition has attracted more than 200,000 overseas buyers from 215 countries and regions to register.

Guangzhou increases its capacity deployment to serve global merchants

During this Canton Fair, Guangzhou will increase its public transportation capacity and increase the frequency of buses and subways around the Canton Fair Pavilion. In the first and second phases of this Canton Fair, Guangzhou Metro Line 4 and Line 8 will adopt a special timetable for exhibitions. Among them, Line 8 will add 1 and 2 trains to the morning and evening rush hours respectively during working days, with a maximum of 45 trains to be launched throughout the day; Line 4 will be launched on the maximum of 47 and 38 trains to be launched on working days and Saturdays respectively.

Multiple industries improve supporting supply and provide convenient services

In addition to convenient travel, Guangzhou Customs, finance and other industries are currently actively improving supporting supply to provide convenient services to global merchants.

According to Zeng Qi, deputy director of the Guangzhou Customs Port Supervision Department, 12 specific measures have been proposed in terms of service guarantee, policy support, and technological empowerment, including "one-stop service" for exhibition business, convenient customs clearance for personnel and exhibitions, "one-stop" customs procedures on the exhibition site, support enterprises to participate in exhibitions, and implement tax preferential policies for imported exhibits, to ensure smooth and efficient customs clearance for personnel and materials entering the Canton Fair.

In addition, this Canton Fair has deepened cooperation with many financial institutions, providing exhibitors with exclusive international settlement products, financing solutions and all-weather "one-stop" financial services online and offline. At the same time, we will continue to provide convenient payment services for overseas merchants, and set up 20 ATM machines and foreign currency exchange machines that support foreign currency withdrawal in the museum. All merchants in the museum can meet various payment needs such as foreign currency card swiping, digital RMB, mobile payment, and cash. A foreign currency exchange machine is equipped in the special area. Foreigners can use valid documents to convert foreign currency cash in six major currencies, including Hong Kong dollar, US dollar, British pound, euro, Japanese yen and Korean won into RMB or digital RMB.