The 2019 Belt and Road Dieshiqiao Import and Export Commodity Fair opens in Haimen, Nantong, in eastern Jiangsu province, on May 16. [Photo/wechat account of Haimen Fabu]

The launch ceremony for the 2019 Belt and Road Dieshiqiao Import and Export Commodity Fair, attracts wide media attention on May 16. The event, hosted by the people’s government of Haimen, is divided into four main exhibition areas – comprising an imported goods exhibition area, an exported goods exhibition area, a time-honored brand product exhibition area and a creative design draft exhibition area. Organizers said the event will be a comprehensive exhibition platform featuring a complete range of categories and high-end products from more than 10,000 shops from one of the country’s biggest home textiles markets, China Dieshiqiao International Home Textiles. [Photo/wechat account of Haimen Fabu]

China Dieshiqiao International Home Textiles, located in Haimen city, is one of the largest markets in China featuring home textiles. It is also serves as a pilot area for reform of the national market procurement trade. It operates more than 200 series of goods, more than 560 brands and more than 1,000 kinds of home textile products. The products are exported to more than 130 countries and regions globally. Its domestic market share is over 40 percent. Its annual online and offline trading volume in the home textile market exceeds 110 billion yuan, and the total export value of the market procurement trade tops $6 billion annually. [Photo/wechat account of Haimen Fabu]