On the evening of October 18th, the 'PDC Design Night' jointly organized by the China Foreign Trade Center, the Canton Fair Product Design and Trade Promotion Center (PDC), and China Minmetals Chemicals Import and Export Chamber of Commerce was successfully held at the Westin Canton Fair.

Ye Jisheng, deputy director of China Foreign Trade Center, Qian Jingfen, vice president of China Minmetals Chemicals Import and Export Chamber of Commerce, and Yin Furong, deputy consul general of the Philippine Consulate General in Guangzhou, attended the event and delivered speeches.

Ye Ji Award said that in the letter of congratulations from General Secretary Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang at the 120th Canton Fair last year, starting from the overall strategy of opening up, the Canton Fair was positioned for the first time to promote the development of an open world economy. The new historical mission of the Canton Fair. Since the establishment of the Canton Fair Product Design and Trade Promotion Center (PDC) in 2011, with the purpose of connecting design, promoting industry and enhancing value, it has gathered global resources and promoted the organic integration of Canton Fair merchandise trade and service trade through the combination of exhibition and conference. Each design night held by PDC provides international designers, exhibitors and buyers with opportunities and platforms for cooperation and negotiation to promote quality and efficiency in design and trade.

Qian Jingfen said in his speech that the situation at home and abroad has been severe and complex in the past two years, but the requirements of the international market for product quality, technical content and service efficiency have not been reduced, and they are more favored for new technologies and innovative products. Entrepreneurs all deeply feel that 'design' is gradually becoming the core value of enterprise products. She expressed the hope that the “good manufacturing in China” of the Minmetals Chamber of Commerce member companies and the “good design in the world” of the design company will be seamlessly connected. Through the PDC design platform, to play the role of high-quality brands and product benchmarks. , And then to the road of market brand development.

Yin Furong mentioned in his speech that last year, China was the Philippines ’second largest trading partner and fourth largest export market, and China was also our largest source of imports. In the first half of this year, China became the Philippines' largest trading partner. The Philippines provides an excellent investment opportunity for Chinese investors. At the same time, it also hopes that Chinese designers will visit the Philippines to cooperate with local enterprises to jointly promote the development of design and create greater value.

Also attending the event were Li Dan, Director of the Exhibition Promotion Department of the Guangzhou Municipal Commission of Commerce, Wu Tingfang, Deputy Director of the Foreign Trade Department of the Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce, He Wen, Vice President of Tianan Digital City Group, and Rodrigo Aballay, the organizer of the Chilean Buyer Group There were more than 200 senior guests, representatives of buyers, representatives of international designers and representatives of VIP exhibitors from Canton Fair, and the atmosphere was warm. Guests attending the meeting praised PDC Design Night and hoped that PDC would hold more similar activities to strengthen the cooperation between design companies and exhibitors to achieve efficient docking.