Record number of intl buyers seen at Canton Fair

The 136th China Import and Export Fair, widely known as the Canton Fair, concluded in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Monday, recording a historic high in terms of overseas buyers, according to the event's organizers.

As of Sunday, a total of 253,000 foreign buyers from 214 countries and regions attended the fair, marking a 2.8 percent increase from the previous session and surpassing the 250,000 mark for the first time in the global trade event's history, the organizers said.

Buyers from countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative accounted for over 60 percent of the total, marking a 3.7 percent increase from the previous session, with the fastest growth in buyer numbers seen from countries in the Middle East, reaching 34,000 individual buyers, or a 32.6 percent increase, according to the organizers.