What is so amazing about Guangzhou,the city where the Canton Fair is held? At this year’s Canton Fair, GDToday invites international guests to step out of the exhibition halls to explore the beautiful and modern city of Guangzhou. On October 19, GDToday launched the first episode of the Canton Fair Business Tour for Canton Fair guests to explore Guangzhou.Eleven guests from six countries, including the UK, Italy, Pakistan, Peru, and Thailand, experienced a ride on an autonomous bus, and visited representative enterprises of Huangpu’s technological innovation.
Guests marvel at advanced medical technologies, seeking further cooperation opportunities
At the first stop, Bioisland, guests marvel at the achievements in the medical field of Guangzhou. They are amazed by the most cutting-edge medical technologies and are eager to learn more to find business cooperation opportunities.
Enrique Medrano, Consultant of Biz-Asia and a Peruvian buyer, said that he did not know before that there was such a clustering place of high-end medical technology and research in Guangzhou,and that the business tour is good for demonstrating Guangzhouand China’s achievements to the world. “We can learn so many things from how they’re doing the things here. And then we can bring these ideas and technologies to our country in Latin America.”
Abdul Sammad, Researcher of LifeOne Pakistan, was very interested in an autonomous catheter exhibited at the Bioisland, which can travel through the blood vessels to go inside the body, to the brain, the heart, and so on. He said that although the idea has been in practice for a long time, seeing it become commercialized though excited him greatly. He is also very interested in further cooperation: “I got a Bioisland marketing team member on my WeChat. I’m actually in contact with them. I have to have a meeting with them to see what and how they can offer me.”
At Bioisland, the guests also experienced unmanned bus riding, and enjoyed the beautiful sceneries and fine weather of Guangzhou.Mr. Sammad said that it was nice to be able to escape the hustle and bustle of the Fair, to visit some quiet places like the Bioisland, and try out the autonomous bus riding. “We are getting some good vibes here from this tour.”
Agricultural drones and IoT system attract guests’ attention, promising automation-aided agricultural growth
Lastly, the tour group arrived at XAG, an enterprise focusing on agricultural drones, and agricultural technologies in general. The advanced drones, agricultural IoT system that monitors the rainfall, temperature, wind, and soil, and autonomous farm driving system, —all these attracted the eyes and wows from the guests. Guests were very much interested in the specific details of the drones, asking about the flight speed, distance, altitude, and more, and were also curious about the adaptation of the drones to be used in countries other than China, including how to meet up to country-specific standards, whether the drones are equipped with a multilingual system, and so on.
As the tour sew to an end, the guests expressed their satisfaction and gains from the event and wished for more such events in the future, to explore more advanced technologies in Guangzhouand even in other GBA cities, such as Shenzhen.
With the first episode of the tour coming to a satisfactory end, the second episode of the tour is also still recruiting participants. Don’t hesitate to join the second episode right now by scanning the QR code below! Come with GDToday, and discover more facets of the charming GuangzhouCity.
