The latest session of the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, drew to a close on Thursday, with the organizers saying the show had generated export orders worth $28 billion, a year-on-year increase of 0.1 percent.

Officially known as the China Import and Export Fair, it is an biannual trade fair, considered a barometer of China's foreign trade.

"Buyers showed stronger willingness to buy than previous several sessions, less influenced by prices and paying more attention to the product quality and services," said Xu Bing, spokesman for the Canton Fair and deputy director of the China Foreign Trade Center.