Editor's note: The 134th Canton Fair is held as scheduled. Buyers across the world gather in Guangzhou for the Fair, busy with exchanging contact information, product inquiries, placing orders, and signing contracts. The Fair is bustling with businesspersons in a prosperous atmosphere. The exhibition showcases a dazzling array of products. The "China's No.1 Fair" once again witnesses thousands of international buyers and exhibitors exploring business opportunities. Journalists from Southcn.com and GDToday delved into the 134th Canton Fair venue and found international businesspersons' stories of the Fair.
"Canton Fair is a great platform. I hope to meet the professional people in our market and listen to them, and to understand the needs in the Chinese market," said Giacomo Annibali, the CEO of Glong Italy (a motor and water pump manufacturer).
Giacomo has a spirit of excellence for his product innovation and wants to take advantage of Canton Fair, to make the products more popular.
As the 134th Canton Fair opens, Giacomo is concerned about the progress of signing orders and is busy keeping in touch via the Internet every morning with his colleagues who also come to China to attend the Canton Fair.
Fifteen years ago, Giacomo came to Guangzhou for the first time. When he first came to Canton Fair, he was amazed by the scale and quality of the exhibition. He found some new changes in this session: "the scale of Canton Fair has far exceeded that of previous years, the degree of specialization is getting higher, the style of products is getting more fascinating, and the service is getting more detailed."
Over the years, with the help of the Canton Fair's online and offline platform, he has maintained close contact with many friends from Guangzhou, and exchanges business experience with them.
He sees the diversity of the Chinese market and the huge potential of consumption by attending the Canton Fair.
At the booth of Glong Italy in this fair, customers who come to purchase, stop to inquire with great interest and praise the customized solutions. Glong Italy focuses mainly on Ecolink intelligent water management systems, which can be installed anywhere in the pool, making pool management more intelligent.
Every day, there are more and more business cards left at their booth, showing the products that are favored by the market and brings Giacomo a sense of accomplishment. He said: "Italy is one of the most important countries in the production of electric pumps. We operate in this market with a particular focus on applications for swimming pools."
Giacomo looks forward to an in-depth cooperation with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Great Bay Area (GBA). He said “in the next five years, we will strive to provide customers with more intelligent solutions”.
He has been paying attention to the scientific and technological innovation achievements of the GBA. He believes that Canton Fair is not only a trade platform, but also a platform to showcase the achievements of technological innovation, and a window through which they can see more and further.
Nowadays, Guangzhou and many Italian cities are twinned as international sister cities, with frequent exchanges in the fields of culture, economy, and science. Giacomo feels that he is getting more familiar with Guangzhou and said that he will strive to attend the offline Canton Fair next year.
Producer: Yang Chenggang
Executive producers: Lu Zebing, Cui Zheng
Planner: Luo Wei
Reporter: Yang Zhiming
Co-authors：Huang Qiyun, Jiang Xianghui
Graphic designer: Huang Chengshuang
Editors: Wing, Steven, Will, Jerry
