Amidst all the frenzied buying and selling at the 107th Canton Fair, one special stand was attracting a lot of interest from both home and abroad in Guangzhou on Saturday (April 17). With a wide range of colourful products to choose from, the 16th Asian Games Licensed Products stall had something for everyone.
Canton Fair visitor Md. Faizur Rahman of Bangladesh is happy with his Asian Games souvenir.
Hu Xiyu shows off his Asian Games souvenir at the Canton Fair.
A model of the Road of Asia boat Cocachin is popular with visitors to the Asian Games Licensed Product stand at the 107th Canton Fair.
"I am not a sportsman, but I had to buy something because the merchandise is so attractive," said Md. Faizur Rahman, proudly displaying his souvenir drinking beaker.
Mr Rahman, Chairman of South Bengal Fertilizer Mills Ltd and Managing Director of Noapara Cement Mills Ltd, had travelled from Bangladesh for the event, known formally as the 107th Session of the China Import and Export Fair.
Sales staff Lucy Liao of Lidu Gifts Chain Store - 16th Asian Games franchise manufacturer and dealer - said several items had sold out, with the model trains, planes and buses proving particular popular.
"Also the coins, key rings, pictograms, stamps, pens, the models of the Cocachin boat...so many different products have been bought by customers from all over Asia, the United States, France and many other countries," she said.
Nearer home, Hu Xiyu - a machinery exhibitor from Hubei - chose the Le Yangyang (5 Yang) mascot toys for his family. "I bought it as a souvenir," he said. "The Asian Games in Guangzhou is a time to celebrate. All the products look very good."
One trader from Sri Lanka, F. Hassan Ali, had one small complaint, however. "The stall is not big enough!" he said. "They have so many nice things on display, but they need a bigger place."
"I am not a sportsman, but I had to buy something because the merchandise is so attractive," said Md. Faizur Rahman, proudly displaying his souvenir drinking beaker.
Mr Rahman, Chairman of South Bengal Fertilizer Mills Ltd and Managing Director of Noapara Cement Mills Ltd, had travelled from Bangladesh for the event, known formally as the 107th Session of the China Import and Export Fair.
Sales staff Lucy Liao of Lidu Gifts Chain Store - 16th Asian Games franchise manufacturer and dealer - said several items had sold out, with the model trains, planes and buses proving particular popular.
"Also the coins, key rings, pictograms, stamps, pens, the models of the Cocachin boat...so many different products have been bought by customers from all over Asia, the United States, France and many other countries," she said.
Nearer home, Hu Xiyu - a machinery exhibitor from Hubei - chose the Le Yangyang (5 Yang) mascot toys for his family. "I bought it as a souvenir," he said. "The Asian Games in Guangzhou is a time to celebrate. All the products look very good."
One trader from Sri Lanka, F. Hassan Ali, had one small complaint, however. "The stall is not big enough!" he said. "They have so many nice things on display, but they need a bigger place."
