Niu Huayong, professor at the International Business School of Beijing Foreign Studies University, said the success of this year's China International Consumer Products Expo, or CICPE, and Canton Fair highlights that trade and cooperation remain key drivers of global development.

Amid current global trade turbulence, international buyers attending the Canton Fair still consider Chinese products highly attractive and even irreplaceable, he said.

Zhang Yansheng, an economist with the Academy of Macroeconomic Research, said that the resilience of China's foreign trade against the backdrop of growing protectionism in the world is evident.

"At a time when the sentiment of anti-globalization grows, China will stick to the path of opening up at a high level, and promote economic globalization, as well as trade and investment liberalization," he said.

Xinhua