The 6-square-meter stall connects the world. Her “international diary” records visitors from foreign countries.

In Huaqiangbei, time is measured in seconds. As the "No. 1 Electronics Street in China", the industrial chain here connects 183 countries and regions around the world, and an average of nearly 8,000 foreign businessmen flock to this hot spot every day. At the 6-square-meter stall in Huaqiangbei, the proprietress Deng Guihua has an "international handbook": the handbook contains the signatures, photos and stories of merchants from all over the world. From December last year to now, this handbook has recorded more than 80 countries and regions. Deng Guihua said that she wanted to "collect signatures from all over the world."

The enthusiastic landlady’s name is Deng Guihua, and regular customers in Huaqiangbei affectionately call her “Sister Deng.” Her stall is only 6 square meters. In the bustling customer flow of Huaqiangbei, this square inch is the "center of the world". She has a thick "international handbook", which records her stories with visitors from far away.

Huaqiangbei stall owner Deng Guihua: This beautiful woman who impressed me deeply is from Benin. She pointed out to me where her country is on this map. When I sorted it out afterwards, I checked where Benin was. She also invited me to visit her hometown.

Deng Guihua was also deeply impressed by the customers in the Bahamas, who bought five game controllers. After signing, the two men gave her a coin. She was surprised at the time that the transaction had just been completed. Later, she learned that giving coins to the other person in their country was in the hope that the other person's business would prosper and that it would bring good luck to the other person. So a small transaction brought about cultural understanding of each other.

These stories of foreign visitors were initially recorded only in her circle of friends. Later she thought, why not systematically record these moments. Since December last year, whenever she meets a guest from a country or region that has not been recorded before, she invites him or her to sign an autograph, take a photo, write down the date, the name of the country, and write down her feelings at the time next to it.

Huaqiangbei stall owner Deng Guihua: I have now collected signatures from the United States, Singapore, Australia, and the Netherlands. My wish, I definitely hope to collect signatures from all over the world. After the guests leave, I will learn about the customs and culture of their countries. Although I currently have no way to go to places that far away, this is also the motivation for my work. When I have time in the future, I would also like to visit these places and take a look.

In more than 20 years, Sister Deng has gone from wholesale to retail. She has watched this place transform from a wholesale distribution center for electronic components to an international business district where merchants from all over the world shop for goods. And she herself has gone from just saying hello to a few English words to now chatting and laughing in various languages.

Sister Deng enjoys doing business, making friends, and learning languages. As soon as the customers left, she sat in the narrow stall and studied foreign languages ​​on her mobile phone.

There are more and more accents from all over the world in front of the counter, and Sister Deng’s international account is getting thicker and thicker. On the day of the interview, two Danish guests became the 85th person recorded in the handbook.

In the business district of Huaqiangbei, which is only 1.45 square kilometers, there are 115,000 commercial entities gathered, which can provide more than one million kinds of electronic components. The transaction volume will exceed 480 billion yuan in 2025, and the industrial chain covers 183 countries and regions around the world. These numbers, at Sister Deng's counter, were completed into express orders sent overseas, as well as pages of signatures and photos on the handbook.