The influencers experienced the handmade Gambiered Canton Gauze craft, toured the classic Lingnan garden and observed Cantonese embroidery craftsmanship up close, and tried making buffalo milk curd slices themselves.

Running from October 23 to 25 at the 7th 289 Specialty Coffee Culture Festival in Guangzhou, the exhibition brings together Guangdong-made products, showing how local craftsmanship and new technology are opening up fresh possibilities for everyday life.

In his view, this is the "new economic reality": China is no longer viewed only as a sales market, but increasingly as part of companies' global supply chains. For Guangdong, the shift is significant because the province's industrial clusters and events like the Canton Fair are central to how European companies tap into China's supply chains and technological innovation.