On the morning of April 14, the opening press conference of the 129th China Import and Export Fair was held in the exhibition hall of Guangzhou Canton Fair. Xu Bing, spokesman of the Canton Fair and deputy director of the China Foreign Trade Center, briefed the media at home and abroad on the characteristics, highlights and overall preparations of the Canton Fair.

The novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in 2020 not occur even in a hundred years, Xu Bing said. The international trade and economic exchanges have been seriously affected. In order to promote epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development as a whole, the 127th and 128th Canton Fair were successfully held on the Internet. About 26000 Chinese and foreign enterprises participated in the fair online, and purchasers from more than 220 countries and regions registered for exhibition and negotiation. They maintained the trade exchanges between Chinese and foreign enterprises, and made positive contributions to stabilizing the foreign trade and supply chain. Considering that the current global epidemic situation is not clear, "foreign import prevention and domestic rebound prevention" is still the top priority. With the approval of the State Council, the 129th Canton Fair will continue to be held online from April 15 to 24.