Chinese products are favored by global buyers at a major
important and export fair in Guangzhou, capital of south China's
Guangdong province, despite a few product recalls of Chinese
products since this summer.
Export transactions at the first phase of the autumn session of
the Canton Fair, ending on Saturday, soared to 24.97 billion
dollars, up 12.5 percent over the last Autumn fair. The number of
overseas buyers reached more than 123,000, up 1.3 percent.
"Thousands of people are basically here for Chinese goods. They
are not looking for foreign goods," said Steve Barek, President and
CEO of the Florida-based Microflock Textile Group Corporation.
Barek said he plans to increase procurement by about 50 percent
at the fair.
To restore confidence in the Chinese-made products, China has
staged a slew of measures, including introducing recall systems, a
four-month nationwide product quality campaign and offering
intensive training courses to domestic manufacturers.
Cristina Goereescci, representative of the Romania Flyfish
Sanitary Ware, said compared to goods in Romania, Chinese goods are
usually available with the same quality but lower prices.
"These days we visited many Chinese factories. Their production
ability is approaching European standards," said Rainer Muller from
the German trade company Modena GmbH.
"We think that they have good quality. Now we buy more and more
goods from China, such as refrigerator, microwave oven,
dish-washer." he said.
(Xinhua News Agency October 22, 2007)
