On April 4th, the State Council Office held a press conference to introduce the relevant information of the 133rd China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair). The reporter learned at the conference that the 133rd Canton Fair is scheduled to be held offline in Guangzhou from April 15th to May 5th, and the online platform will be operated regularly. According to Wang Shouwen, the International Trade Negotiation Representative and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, the offline exhibition of this year's Canton Fair will be held in three phases, with each exhibition lasting for 5 days and a total exhibition area of 1.5 million square meters. According to Chu Shijia, Director of the China Foreign Trade Center, it is expected that buyers from over 220 countries and regions will participate online and offline at this year's Canton Fair. On site image of the press conference/Photo by Wang Li, a full media reporter from Yangcheng Evening News. Over 34000 export exhibiting enterprises have set up import exhibitions in the third phase of the exhibition. Wang Shouwen, the International Trade Negotiation Representative and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced that the offline exhibition of the 133rd Canton Fair was divided into three phases, with each exhibition lasting for 5 days and a total exhibition area of 1.5 million square meters. Among them, the export exhibition covers 1.47 million square meters and the import exhibition covers 30000 square meters. The export exhibition consists of 54 exhibition areas for 16 major categories of goods, with approximately 70000 booths and over 34000 participating enterprises. Among them, there are a total of approximately 5700 brand enterprises or enterprises with the titles of manufacturing champion and national high-tech enterprise. The import exhibition was established for the first time in all three exhibition periods, with a total of 508 foreign companies from 40 countries and regions including the United States, Canada, Italy, Germany, and Spain participating. More than 35000 online exhibition exhibitors have participated, and the platform functions have been further optimized. Wang Shouwen, a member of the Yangcheng Evening News of the previous Guangzhou Fair, stated that this year's Guangzhou Fair has increased its global investment efforts by inviting buyers from all countries and regions around the world through 224 business institutions of Chinese embassies and consulates abroad, 67 foreign consulates general in Guangzhou, and more than 180 global partners. At the same time, we will focus on key markets, carry out "one-on-one" precise investment promotion, organize 10 routes to promote and promote in key regions both domestically and internationally, hold more than 40 "Trade Bridge" supply and procurement docking activities, and invite 14 domestic and foreign retail giants and well-known cross-border e-commerce platforms to settle in for procurement. In addition, this year's Canton Fair will further improve its trade supporting services, providing seven major categories of trade services, including logistics and warehousing, finance and insurance, testing and certification, business consulting, design innovation, cross-border e-commerce, and comprehensive services, attracting nearly 250 institutions to participate. In addition to the physical exhibition, this Canton Fair will also hold the opening ceremony, the second the Pearl River International Trade Forum and nearly 400 trade promotion and exchange activities. 27 top multinational companies have confirmed their participation in the conference and are fully open to domestic buyers. According to Chu Shijia, director of the China Foreign Trade Center, the global business community has received strong responses at this year's Canton Fair, with buyers from over 220 countries and regions expected to participate online and offline. As of April 3rd, buyers from 203 countries and regions have pre registered to participate in offline exhibitions, and the number of pre registered exhibitors is rapidly increasing every day. From the perspective of countries and regions, there are not only European and American markets, but also the "the Belt and Road" and emerging markets. The top 10 pre registered participants are: Hong Kong, China