On May 3, 2024, the signing ceremony of the “Trade Bridge” partnership between Canton Fair and Digital Silk Road was held at the Canton Fair Complex. Zhang Sihong, Deputy Secretary-General of Canton Fair and Deputy Director of the Foreign Trade Center, attended the event and delivered a speech. Guo Xihong, Chairman of Wisdom Chain & Digital Silk Road, attended the event as a representative and delivered a speech, signing the partnership agreement with the Foreign Trade Center on-site.
The Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Guangzhou Development Zone Bureau of Commerce attended the event and witnessed the signing.
Zhang Sihong, Deputy Secretary-General of Canton Fair and Deputy Director of the Foreign Trade Center, stated that the central government and the State Council attach great importance to the Canton Fair. President Xi Jinping has sent important congratulatory letters twice. During the 135th Canton Fair, Premier Li Keqiang had discussions with representatives of overseas buyers and exhibitors and visited the exhibition halls. The Foreign Trade Center will earnestly implement the decision and deployment of the central government and the State Council, explore the establishment of a well-functioning online platform, promote better integration of online and offline activities, and create an everlasting Canton Fair. Since the offline closing of the 134th Canton Fair, the Foreign Trade Center has organized more than 200 “Trade Bridge” matchmaking events, with intended orders totaling nearly 300 million US dollars. In this Canton Fair, the “Trade Bridge” partnership program was launched for the first time. It is hoped that in the future, in-depth cooperation with various partners will be carried out to improve the quality and increase the quantity of the “Trade Bridge” supply and procurement matchmaking activities.
Guo Xihong, in his speech as a representative of the signing partnership, stated that the Canton Fair, as the world’s most influential comprehensive international trade event, has built a vibrant and colorful platform for exchanges between Chinese and foreign companies with high-quality exhibitors, products, efficient organization, and convenient communication, achieving remarkable achievements. The Canton Fair, which continues to develop and innovate, has become the “barometer” and “vane” of China’s foreign trade. In 2020, in the face of the sudden impact of the epidemic, the China Foreign Trade Center actively and calmly responded, successfully hosting the groundbreaking 127th-129th Canton Fair online, ensuring and continuing the initial intention and miracle of the Canton Fair, which never stops and lasts for 365 days. With the help of the Internet, cloud technology, and other advanced technologies, relying on the good reputation of the Canton Fair built over more than 60 years, the Canton Fair successfully explored new paths for online exhibitions, especially the innovative “Trade Bridge” trade promotion series of activities, which achieved tremendous success.
Wisdom Chain committed to using internet technology and big data to improve the quality and efficiency of the manufacturing industry and has become a leading industrial internet digital service platform in China. Its subsidiary, Guangzhou Digital Silk Road Information Technology Co., Ltd., is located in the Guangzhou Development Zone with the support of various levels of government. It undertakes the construction of the bilateral digital trade service and industrial park operation platform for the strategic cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia, as well as the investment and introduction of high-quality products, promoting the dual-cycle digital trade service and industrial park operation.
Guo Xihong concluded by stating that the Canton Fair, as one of the largest and most influential comprehensive international trade events in China, plays an important role in promoting Sino-foreign economic and trade cooperation and strengthening trade exchanges. After the signing, Guangzhou Digital Silk Road Information Technology Co., Ltd. will integrate resources and carry out pragmatic cooperation in investment promotion, trade bridge, group participation, and trade services, providing integrated and standardized online and offline matchmaking services for buyers, and helping Chinese foreign trade companies stabilize orders and expand markets.
