China News Service, Shenzhen, October 29 (Reporter Zhang Lu) As the 140th Canton Fair ushered in the 70th anniversary of its founding and the important node of APEC's "Year of China", Wang Lizong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Federation of Industry and Commerce, and Chairman of the Guangdong High-tech Industry Chamber of Commerce, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Service on the 29th that the Canton Fair and other platforms have established efficient and smooth trade channels for Guangdong private enterprises to go overseas, and countless "Cantonese goods" are being sold to APEC member economies through this platform.
In the first three quarters of this year, Guangdong's imports and exports to APEC economies reached 5.74 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.4%. Among them, private enterprises continued to occupy the main force of Guangdong's foreign trade.
In the first half of 2026, the "Guangzhou Goods Travel World" series of activities has held more than 900 events, with more than 30,000 Guangdong private enterprises participating. Guangdong private enterprises going overseas are transforming from the early "waiting for orders" product output stage to a deeper ecological co-construction.
Wang Lizong proposed that Guangdong's private enterprises should upgrade from the traditional "product overseas" to "ecological overseas overseas". They should not be limited to calculating the profit of a single transaction, but should establish a mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation concept. Enterprises should extend the surplus production capacity in the upstream and downstream industries that are eligible for transfer in an orderly manner, and simultaneously drive supporting R&D institutions, industry associations, and brand service entities to go overseas and upgrade simultaneously, build a brand system based on independent intellectual property rights, establish in-depth cooperation with local enterprises in APEC economies through the standard mutual recognition mechanism, and integrate designs with Chinese characteristics and local market adaptability into the standard formulation process to further enhance the added value of products.
“Going overseas cannot stop at ‘going out’, but must also achieve ‘going in’.” Wang Lizong said that Guangdong private enterprises must actively integrate into the local labor system, technology research and development resources, and university scientific research platforms, and work with local partners to complete the entire chain of R&D, production, and market operations, so that Chinese products can form a deeply bound symbiotic relationship with overseas markets, and truly achieve blood connection.
Talking about the market opportunities brought by APEC's "Year of China", Wang Lizong pointed out that this APEC meeting not only brings together representatives from 21 member economies, but also international standard-setting institutions and industry organizations. Guangdong's leading enterprises with independent intellectual property rights must actively connect with various business associations and international standards organizations, deeply participate in the co-construction of industry standards, and jointly formulate industry rules with industry leaders in APEC economies, so as to enhance the value of Guangdong's products, effectively reduce technical barriers in international trade, and promote the steady leap from "Made in China" to "Made in China".
He specifically reminded that private enterprises must establish a firm bottom line of "compliance when going overseas" when going global. In addition to strictly abiding by the core legal bottom line of tax compliance, they must also pay attention to multiple dimensions such as political compliance, safety compliance, legal compliance, data compliance, green compliance, and intellectual property compliance to build a solid risk barrier for the company's long-term global layout.
