CCTV News: As the United States’ abuse of tariffs seriously impacted the international economic and trade pattern, my country’s foreign trade showed strong resilience in the first quarter of this year. The import and export of goods reached 10.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.3% year-on-year. The monthly growth rate has rebounded to 6% month by month, drawing an upward curve against the trend. How to consolidate the basic foreign trade in my country? How can foreign traders withstand the pressure and find a way to "break the deadlock"? With these questions in mind, the reporter came to the "Canton Fair", known as the "barometer" of foreign trade. Let’s first listen to the voice of the world heard by the reporter at the Canton Fair.

The American buyer said, "We need Chinese manufacturing. It is very difficult for us to do business outside of China."

The Brazilian buyer said, "I have to come and have a look, talk to them, and understand the latest market trends. You can't establish this kind of network elsewhere, you must be in China."

The French buyer said, "The products of Chinese manufacturers are excellent, with fast production speed and strong responsiveness. The current cooperation between China and Europe will only be closer."

Foreign buyers are coming one after another to share "China's Opportunities". The Canton Fair is held in three phases. The first phase attracted 148,585 overseas buyers from more than 200 countries and regions, with a year-on-year increase of 20.2%. What made foreign buyers come in a crowd? Let’s go to the Canton Fair to find the answers together.

The reporter saw a robot walking into the service robot area on the scene. This newly opened area attracted a lot of buyers.

Canadian buyer Tom said, "I like it very much, I think it's great, it's definitely the future trend."

"In China, you can see the future." This is the sentence that reporters heard the most at the Canton Fair. In the service robot area set up for the first time this year, nearly 30% are embodied robot companies represented by humanoid robots and four-legged robots. Entering here is like entering the future world, and service robots with diverse categories and mature technologies are also favored by buyers from all over the world. The food delivery robots and cleaning robots in the booth have been launched in more than 60 countries and regions around the world.

At the scene, the reporter also saw multiple generations of smart hand products. The company's head told reporters that dexterous hands are the core of humanoid robots, but to make dexterous hands as "dexterous" as human hands, there is actually a long way to go. Each finger needs a motor to drive, which must be small in size and output greater power. Before 2021, companies have been using imported motors, which has pushed up manufacturing costs and restricted production capacity.

Ni Hualiang, CEO of Aoyi Technology, said: "We developed our own research and development, and after 2021, we basically switched to our own motors. About 200 yuan is about 15% of the bulk price of imported products."

Buyers around the world have traveled thousands of miles to China to share "China's opportunities". Behind this is China's complete industrial system, strong supporting capabilities and constantly iterative R&D capabilities, and the "new content" of China's manufacturing continues to improve. In the first quarter, my country imported and exported mechanical and electrical products at 5.29 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.7%. Exports of independent brand products increased by more than 10%, and the proportion of total import and export value further increased to 22.8%.

"World of Interest" Diversified market brings new opportunities

Commodities are constantly being launched, and a broader market is also opening up. At the Canton Fair, exhibitors used their respective abilities to open the world map to do business, and continuously expanded their diverse "circle of friends".

A reporter saw at a booth of a home appliance company that the products exhibited here are specially developed for overseas markets.

These products specially developed for the local market have shined customers and brought many new businesses to the company.

The road for Chinese brands to go overseas is getting wider and wider, and the payment service network between my country and its trading partners is becoming more and more perfect. The reporter saw at the Canton Fair that there were booths of more than a dozen cross-border payment companies in this corridor of more than 100 meters.

At present, my country's trade network is getting denser and denser, and the busy ports are witnessing the heat of China's connection with the world. Shenzhen Yantian Port added 4 new international routes in the first quarter of this year, connecting multiple ports in Europe and Asia; at Qingdao Port, Shandong port, a freighter loaded with 2,525 domestic new energy vehicles heading towards South America.

The expanding foreign trade "circle" is transforming into a new driving force for the development of my country's foreign trade. In the first quarter, my country's imports and exports to Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and other countries achieved rapid growth, with imports and exports to countries with joint construction of the "Belt and Road" of 5.26 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 51%. A diversified market structure is accelerating.