139th china export-import commodity fair, 15 april-5 mayA wide-ranging conference) held. The presence of 314,000 offshore buyers from 220 countries and territories, an increase of 1. 1 per cent over the 138th session, as well as the number of foreign buyers and first-hand buyers, is above previous targets, reflecting the strong and good start-up of our foreign trade since the beginning of the fifteenth century。
In 2021, in a message to the 130th conference, secretary-general xi stated that the conference would serve to build a new development landscape, create innovative mechanisms, enrich business and expand its functions, and strive to make it open to all china and promote international tradeQuality development, an important platform for linking domestic and international dual cycles。
In recent years, from the “single market” to the “multiple layout”, from “spanning” to “quality improvement”, from “product exports” to “service exports”, there has been an extensive encounter called “china's first exposition”, which continues to show a new climate of diversified foreign trade markets, product upgrading and accelerated innovation in business。
The market is more stable. The circle of friends is growing
In the procurement services area of the hong kong fair museum, the indonesian group of friends and friends has come to visit the exhibitors, and hundreds of field-based procurement staff are “working to fly”. “for decades, our company has used china as its main commodity procurement base.” zhu chi wei, chief procurement officer of the friends group, said that the group had procured more than 200,000 commodities in china。
This was the site of the 139th wide-ranging meeting, which was filmed on 15 april 2026. Xinhua news agency
The 139th exposition, with a total area of 1. 55 million square metres and a total of 757 thousand places, exceeded the previous level by over 32,000 enterprises. It was attended by 407 leading purchasing enterprises and 154 offshore business establishments. The on-site export was intended to be $25. 7 billion, and many buyers have made appointments for follow-up workshops。
From traditional markets in europe and the united states to emerging markets in the middle east, south america and south-east asia, there is a growing "friendhouse" of popular encounters, highlightingChina's foreign tradeMarket diversification。
According to the relevant officials of the chinese chamber of commerce for the import and export of mechanical and electrical products, it is clear from the chamber of commerce's survey of participating enterprises and on-site visits that the “one-way” countries, asean, central asia, latin america and africa have a relatively high share of buyers, and are in high harmony with the strategy of diversifying the enterprise market。
For the first time, josé rubén cabáno ortiz, president of the colombian chamber of construction and industry, participated in the conference. He said that colombia had strict environmental standards for home-based building materials products and that the iterative pace of chinese products in terms of green low-carbon, intelligent upgrading was highly compatible with local needs and would open up more space for cooperation。
On 15 april 2026, the brazilian procurement mission, which participated in the 139th exposition, was asked about the exhibition. Xinhua news agency
Turkey — ihsan, president of the china business development and support association, said that turkey was accelerating the upgrading of urban upgrading and earthquake-resistant standards, with significant growth in demand for environmentally sound building materials, energy-efficient systems and smart technologies. In his view, thanks to china's advanced manufacturing capabilities and technological advantages, and in the light of its experience in developing projects in turkey and its regional hub position, both sides were expected to work together to build green building materials and intelligent urban industrial ecosystems and open larger markets。
“the water park on the beaches of europe is about to flourish, while on the african continent the demand for inflatable castle markets is budding.” the general manager of sales, li li li toys ltd. In guangzhou, shire, paints a picture of the global market for businesses to journalists. The south african purchaser, eusmann, arrived at the beginning of the day and was attracted to the inflatable castle, where, after asking for product details and logistics programmes, an on-site visit to the factory was agreed on the following day。
A bargain and a purchase order show the solid foundation and sound background of china's foreign trade. In the first quarter of this year, our exports and imports to and from the “one-side” countries increased by 14. 2 per cent, or 51. 2 per cent of the total, 15. 4 per cent to asean and latin america and 23. 7 per cent to africa。
Against the backdrop of increased protectionism in global trade and deep re-engineering of the industrial chain supply chain, the “trust vote” from global buyers was seen as a hard-core proof of the resilience of china's foreign trade。
“the exchange of different languages among countries and regions in procurement from various countries and regions is a common thing, which is how to establish better links with china.” researchers at the institute for international trade and economic cooperation of the department of commerce have been very careful to say that an increasing number of international economic and financial actors are recognizing that closer ties with china are critical to reducing uncertainty。
It's more dynamic
In addition to helping people with disabilities to stand and walk on their exoskeletal robots, there are various technological products such as smart distribution robots, new drones, high-end national display screens, and so on by global buyers。
This was the site of the 139th wide-ranging meeting, which was filmed on 15 april 2026. Xinhua news agency
The 139th expedition was marked by a number of high-quality enterprises known as specialty new, single champions and so on, with a total of more than 11,000 enterprises, exceeding previous levels, and new products, green products and autonomous intellectual property products out of a total of 4. 65 million exhibits accounted for 23 per cent, 22 per cent and 25 per cent, respectively. For the first time, nine special areas, such as smart wear, display technology, consumer-grade drones, integrated houses and courtyard facilities, have become the focus of the entire scene。
On 15 april 2026, foreign agents visited and consulted on uav products at the 139th expedition. Xinhua news agency journalist luhanhin
“high-end intelligence, green low-carbon has become a new label for china's foreign trade.” wang zhihua, director of foreign trade, ministry of commerce。
“as consumption escalates with the spread of ai (artificial intelligence) technology, it shows an acceleration of product movement towards portability, clothing, scenery and intellectualization.” shenzhen city's market director, kronchang tech co. Co. Co. Co., stated that the smart moving tablet in line with market trends had become “explosive” and that the turkish purchaser sammet had been able to finalize the purchase of 3,000 indicative orders as soon as he had experienced it on the spot。
In advance of the show, 5g full-link plants, smart visual monitoring systems, etc., attracted a large number of clients. The company's related director, weifenhai, introduced the self-study industry 5g router, which supports the digitalization of ai quality checks, ais security checks, etc., “the differences in usage habits, interface standards of overseas customers are forcing the product to continue to overlap”。
On 15 april 2026, a foreign purchaser was informed of a clothing collection system at the 139th congress. Xinhua news agency journalist luhanhin
A number of traditional enterprises are also reshaping the new competitive advantage of foreign trade through green transformation and digital intellectual transformation。
“in the context of sustainable development trends, green innovation has shifted from `sub-sections' to `tickets'.” the head of jiangsu sumaida light slush international trading ltd. Said that they had brought with them biological gilloons and photo-coated bio-based fabrics to break through traditional oil-based material limits and achieve renewable head-to-source substitution, which had been applied in bulk to head-out brands of assault clothing, sunproof clothing, etc。
“with this platform, the latest products of chinese enterprises are being better adapted to international markets.” mr. Hu zhengping, president of the university of china's integrated institute of trade zones, said that china's foreign trade development was shifting from its previous size to technology, branding and value added, and that a growing number of foreign-trade enterprises were using “hard nuclear innovation” to further entrench high-quality development。
Business update from "selling products" to "selling services"
On 15 april 2026, a foreign purchaser visited the 139th congress to learn about a security robot. Xinhua news agency journalist luhanhin
The exhibition space of jiangsu sebo robotics co. Ltd. Included not only the appearance of robotic products, but also information materials on relevant training bases. Hongxia, the head of the company's overseas market, described the establishment of “twilight workshops” on industrial projects undertaken by the company to train local workers, and chinese engineers have brought labour integration services to kyrgyzstan, kazakhstan, thailand and malaysia。
Faced with the shift of global buyers from “seeking cheap products” to “seeking reliable solutions”, many chinese firms have changed their “playing” at sea – an increasing number of firms are taking a turn from “selling products” to “products+services” at sea with hard nuclear research and development and full-cycle services。
“an increasing number of participating enterprises have shifted from providing products in the past to providing `products+services'.” wang zhihua explained that “over 7 per cent of the exhibitors have already provided their partners with a package of `hardware+software+services', and nearly 30 per cent of the exhibitors are undergoing a transition in this direction”
To ease energy supply tensions and promote green transformation, more and more enterprises are beginning to provide more stable and efficient energy solutions. Shenzhen's new energy technology company, shenzhen, launched a combination of "epc general package + localized team + power trading solutions" to attract a large number of clients from countries that have built the "one way forward" together. Private sun, director of enterprise research and development, said that from 2019, when small quantities of electrical cores were exported, to 2022, they had been extended to systems integrated exports, and that the company offered the whole process of “turn-key” services from infrastructure to grid-connected, “we do the business of “shipping or leaving”。
On 15 april 2026, foreign agents learned about the selection of vacuum cleaners at the 139th congress. Xinhua news agency journalist luhanhin
At the current meeting, guangdong and new electric corporation, which focused on heating and water heating products such as air heat pumps and cooking products such as ovens, had received nearly tens of millions of dollars in intended orders, and the european and south american markets had performed well. Tan and overseas market support manager chen shu hong described the fact that in 2024 10,000 and thai production bases were officially in operation, and that the second thai factory this year will lay the foundation for the employment of nearly a thousand people in the area, “in the form of a `full-capital subsidiary + industrial chain trip to sea', we export manufacturing capacity and supply chain ecology to ensure control over core technologies and deep integration into local manufacturing systems”。
This year marks the beginning of the “fifty-fifty-five”, and data from the general customs administration show that the total value of our merchandise trade imports and exports during the first quarter was rmb 11. 84 trillion, an increase of 15 per cent over the previous year, with a quarterly increase of 11 trillion steps at the highest rate in nearly five years。
The director of china's foreign trade centre, zhu zhu zhu, said that, as a platform for all aspects of external openness, quang chong would continuously optimize the supply of products and services, continuously build a new ecology for trade and services and promote high-quality foreign trade development。
From product to service, from scale to quality, china's first exposition is working together to write a new chapter on open and inclusive development。
