Exhibition Special: Ningbo previews own trade fair at Canton

At the 2012 China Import and Export Fair, or Canton Fair, exhibitors from Ningbo, Zhejiang province, whetted the appetites of consumers for the city's commodities, which will be displayed at the upcoming 11th China International Consumer Goods fair that will take place in the city from June 8 to 11.

Altogether, more than 1,200 enterprises from Ningbo attended Canton Fair and occupied more than 2,800 booths. The first phase of the fair closed on April 19 and Ningbo exhibitors harvested a trade volume of $1.2 billion during that phase.

Ningbo exhibitors have continued to develop new products in the past year. Most of them are new designs that will replace at least half of the products on display at the last Canton Fair, said Ding Haibin, deputy director of the Ningbo Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau.