Guangzhou Customs on Saturday rolled out nine tailored facilitation measures to ensure smooth and efficient clearance for personnel and goods for the upcoming 138th China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair.
The nine facilitation measures, including an one-stop online service platform, "green channels" for priority clearance for personnel and goods, and express departure tax refund service, aim to streamline procedures through a combination of service guarantees, policy support, and sci-tech empowerment.
"As of October 11, a total of 72 batches of exhibits, with an estimated value of 3.96 million yuan (about 557,370 U.S. dollars), have successively entered China through entry points by sea or by air, including Guangzhou's Nansha port and the [Guangzhou] Baiyun [International] Airport. The received exhibits originate from 222 exhibitors across 13 countries and regions, including Egypt, Türkiye, Thailand and Japan, and cover categories such as kitchen appliances, hardware tools and machinery equipment," said Sun Aihua, an official with Guangzhou Customs.
Scheduled to begin on October 15 in Guangzhou City, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, the Canton Fair this year features an import exhibition area of 30,000 square meters and will center on enterprise needs and deal-making, with a record-breaking lineup of over 600 product launch events, a 37-percent increase from the previous session.
Guangzhou Customs rolls out facilitation measures for upcoming Canton Fair
China's outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), adopted on Thursday, maps out a systematic path toward high-quality development by building new growth drivers through the fostering of emerging and future industries.
In the latest five-year blueprint, the emerging strategic industries China will nurture have been expanded to include new sectors like intelligent connected new-energy vehicles (NEVs) and robotics. It also outlines plans to establish emerging strategic industry clusters tailored to local conditions, each with its own distinctive features and complementary strengths.
Experts suggested that this marks a shift for emerging industries -- from isolated breakthroughs to scaled, clustered development.
"During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, we aim to further promote and expand emerging industries in both scale and quality. The development of industrial clusters is a clear reflection of economies of scale. Building on the existing foundation, this will further sharpen the international competitiveness of our emerging industries. The blueprint's emphasis on new application scenarios and innovative business models will also help steer these industries toward a higher quality of development," said Wei Qijia, a researcher at the State Information Center, which is under China's National Development and Reform Commission.
The plan also identifies key frontiers to reach, including quantum technology, biomanufacturing, hydrogen and nuclear fusion energy, brain-computer interfaces, embodied artificial intelligence (AI) and 6G. Moving beyond mere technological roadmaps, it also stresses the need to build a full-chain incubation system for future industries.
"This forward-looking approach reflects a keen sense of foresight. The plan introduces mechanisms for identifying and monitoring emerging industries and making dynamic adjustments accordingly. If a particular new area or arena shows potential to foster emerging future technologies, it needs to be identified as early as possible. The blueprint's specific references to initiatives such as pilot zones for future industries and research institutes dedicated to their development also signal an important direction in terms of working methodology -- providing clear guidance on how to nurture the industries of the future," he said.
China's five-year blueprint set to foster emerging, future industries
