China News Service, Guangzhou, October 15 (Reporter Cheng Jingwei) The 140th Canton Fair opened in Guangzhou on the 15th. This year coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Canton Fair. The exhibition scale of this Canton Fair reaches 1.55 million square meters. Among the 32,000 exhibiting companies, there are more than 11,000 high-quality companies that specialize in new products and are champions in individual categories.
At this Canton Fair, 64% of the exhibitors applied new technologies such as industrial Internet and artificial intelligence; a total of 4.88 million exhibits were exhibited, including more than 230,000 artificial intelligence products; the proportion of new products and green products reached 23.2% and 26% respectively, both reaching record highs; more than 700 new product launch events are planned.
The first phase of this Canton Fair focuses on displaying cutting-edge achievements in 19 exhibition areas in five major sectors: electronic home appliances, industrial automation, lighting and electrical appliances, hardware tools, new energy vehicles and smart travel. It also sets up 17 emerging future industry areas such as service robots, drones and display technology to showcase the upstream and downstream collaboration of the advanced manufacturing industry chain and the results of technological innovation and transformation.
A large number of Chinese companies exhibited "hard-core" technology products, which were very eye-catching and many overseas buyers experienced them on site. At the Chengtian Technology booth, brain-computer interface equipment and multiple series of exoskeleton robots were unveiled, covering the three major scenarios of "medical rehabilitation + daily walking assistance + industrial assistance". "It feels okay. It gave me a chance to stand up and exercise on my own." Leaw Cheeeyrn, a buyer from Malaysia, is a disabled person who has been paralyzed in his lower body for nearly five years. He used an exoskeleton robot to walk on site.
Zhang Jiyu, co-founder and chief operating officer of the company, told China News Service that since the beginning of this year, the company has begun exporting exoskeleton robots under its own brand, and the export volume has increased by more than 1.6 times year-on-year. The main markets are concentrated in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. "The export market for exoskeleton robots is a 'blue ocean', and walking aids and rehabilitation assistive devices are high-quality tracks with real demand and fast cash flow."
Fengfei Aviation Technology made its debut at this Canton Fair with a variety of eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft) products and low-altitude facility platforms. Among them, the 2-ton unmanned cargo eVTOL has completed flight transportation verification in application scenarios such as offshore oil platform operation and maintenance, cross-city agricultural and sideline product transportation, and island emergency material transportation; the 6-seat manned eVTOL has a maximum commercial range of 200 kilometers and can cover air travel needs in urban commuting, intercity travel, low-altitude cultural tourism, and other scenarios. It is expected to complete the airworthiness certification goal in 2027.
Zhong Ruihua, head of the company's brand department, said that the company has received more than 2,000 eVTOL orders at home and abroad, and hopes to further expand the global market based on the Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and other markets, using the Canton Fair platform.
This Canton Fair will embed new technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data into the entire exhibition process, launch 22 smart application scenarios and 16 AI featured applications for the first time, and realize booth-level navigation covering the entire exhibition hall for the first time, further improving the level of digitalization and intelligence. (over)
