It is a twice-yearly event for China's foreign trade, and a spotlight on Chinese companies.

From building materials to household appliances, from communication products to agricultural instruments, the exhibition stands of exhibitors at the Canton fair can get a glimpse of the initiative of Chinese enterprises in the international and domestic situation and the effect of transformation and upgrading.

Brand upward: innovation builds core momentum

In the second quarter of 2018, huawei became the world's second largest smartphone vendor for the first time.In the first half of this year, huawei's sales revenue exceeded 320 billion yuan, up 15 percent year-on-year.And this, happen below the premise that telecom, mobile phone industry faces a lot of challenges.

"" we need to have a deep understanding of the changes in the international situation, but more importantly we need to build our own core capabilities." "Song liuping, vice President and chief legal officer of huawei, said at a BBS at the Canton fair.

Throughout the world, famous brands have strong risk resistance.This capability is supported by "core competencies" -- China's innovation, quality and service breakthroughs.

Huida has been attending Canton fair for 20 years in a row.In 1998, huida's trading volume at the Canton fair was less than $1 million. Today, it exports $150 million a year.

"At the Canton fair, at least 50 per cent of our products are new, sometimes up to 80 per cent. Customers will be attracted to see you constantly innovating."Said yan zhenli, director of the international Marketing Department of huida sanitary ware.

During the visit, the reporter found that brand, technology, innovation became the high-frequency words of domestic exhibitors;And in the booth, holographic transparent projection, customized smart home, VR game experience..The innovation highlights are overwhelming, reflecting the vitality and desire of Chinese enterprises.

Roger, a buyer in his 60s from the us, has been attending the fair for 30 years.At the Canton fair, he lamented the growth of China's own brands after experiencing new products such as the Internet of things washing machine.

Du jiabin, President of SGS general standard technical service co., LTD., is also an "old friend" of the Canton fair.

"For more than 20 years, through the Canton fair, we have witnessed the transformation of Chinese exporters from 'made in China' to 'made in China'."In recent years, China's exports have shifted from labor-intensive consumer goods to technology-intensive industries or equipment manufacturing, said du.

Intellectual property rights protection moving forward: the system builds a solid foundation for innovation

A booth for a beach motorcycle was crowded, and the exhibitors told reporters on the sidelines of the reception of foreign customers that while their annual sales were not high, they were also among the best in the market segment.

"" this time at the Canton fair, we found that other companies were imitating us and infringing our patent designs." ""The materials have been submitted to the Canton fair and are awaiting the result of processing," the exhibitor said.

Behind the innovation, the demand of enterprises for intellectual property protection is growing day by day.

"" protecting innovation is an important purpose of modernizing the country's legal system." "Wu handong, honorary director of the intellectual property research center of zhongnan university of economics and law, told the BBS conference that innovation is a grand strategy and intellectual property protection is just what China needs for its innovative development.

At the 123rd Canton fair this spring, 533 companies were sued for intellectual property rights, of which 269 were eventually found to be infringing.In recent years, many "shanzhai" products have been swept away, and some infringing companies have even been expelled from the Canton fair, protecting their innovation power.

The system and mechanism of intellectual property protection in China is being constantly improved. Three intellectual property courts and more than 10 intellectual property courts have been set up, and the national intellectual property office has been re-established.

The protection of property rights is no different from that of domestic or foreign countries. In the past decade, China's patent authorization and royalty paid by foreign technology have increased four times, ranking the fourth in the world in 2017, laying a solid foundation for China to promote international cooperation.

Against the backdrop of rising protectionism, China will implement a stricter ipr protection system, wu said. "protecting ipr is a consistent proposition of China."

Chinese patents have exploded, but compared with some developed countries, there is still room to adjust the quality and layout of patents.

"If invalid patents are also protected, that's going in the wrong direction.""We want to create an atmosphere," Mr. Song said. "it's not about encouraging the patent bubble and asking for money, it's about protecting the real value innovators, the ones who get the economic value from the market."

Market outward: diversity brings renewal opportunities

Canton fair is known as "China's first exhibition", many Chinese enterprises start or take off in the road of internationalization, expanded foreign trade "circle of friends".