Further development achieved in 2007 Yiwu Fair

2007 China (Yiwu) International CommoditiesFair (Yiwu Fair)achieved 10 . 89 billion yuan of business volume in the economic and trade exhibition，up 15 . 3% against that of last year . In that figure，the export trade volume reached 980 million US dollars，67 . 5% of the total . It isthe first time that the total business volume of Yiwu Fair hasexceeded 10 billion yuan，which laysa solid foundation for the further internationalization of the city .So far，13 sessions of Yiwu Fair have been successfully held . In 2007，the Fair wasequipped with 4，500 international standard booths，with 2，560 enterprises and 110，156 professional spectators attending the Fair.Among them，17，011 were overseas businessmen，a rise of 5.9% over that of last fair .They came from 172 countriesin the world，over 60% from developed countries.
The grade of 2007 Yiwu Fair went beyond all of the previous sessions . In this fair ，the access conditionsfor the exhibiting enterprises were greatly tightened，the distribution area of the exhibiting enterprises was much enlarged，and the proportion of the famous exhibiting enterprises distinctly went up . Those 2，560 exhibiting enterprises，which came from 15 countriesand regionsaswell as27 provinces(municipalities or autonomous regions) at home，were carefully selected from 3，518 candidate enterprises . Over 82% of the exhibiting enterprises possessed own trademarks，and the famousbrandson or over the prefecture level increased by 10 . 6%.
During the exhibition period of 2007 Yiwu Fair，58 ，000 business boothsin Yiwu Market and 4，500 exhibition boothswere opened to all the visitors . Businessmen from South Korea ，Indian ，U . S . ，Japan ，and Pakistan comprised the body of he foreign exhibitorsin 2007 Yiwu Fair .And dealerss pecializing in handicrafts，sports & office supplies，household products，electric appliances，and hardware enjoyed a special boom in their business，frequently receiving ordersof millionsof yuan .
The specialization of the exhibition became more and more outstanding，for it strengthened the role as an exhibition and trade platform for daily consumable enterprises . In this fair，over 90% of the exhibitorswere daily consumable producers，and the number of professional spectators increased by 6. 7% . Besides ，the phenomena of source procurement became more distinct，because more purchasing groups (85 in total) came to buy productsin succession，including those from over ten multinational retail groupslike Carrefour，Metro，Lotus，and Auchan .Moreover，many supporting activities promoted the specialization of the exhibition，such as Yiwu Forum on Application of Yiwu-China Small Commodity Index and Market Function Innovation，and EU-Yiwu Economic and Trade Cooperation Conference & Yiwu Investment Environment Introduction Meeting . Furthermore，with invitation lettersor cards，the foreign businessmen can directly apply for business visa in our country’s embassies and consulates abroad .
The exhibition opened the official WAP website to provide the cell phone users with the service of palm Yiwu Fair . It also improved the service functions of Online Yiwu Fair and 114 Bestone . In addition，human-centric styles of service could also be observed in the Chinese-English signs，interpretation service，consultation，and transportation .