The 2022 Nantong Export Brand Online Fair opens in Nantong on Sept 19. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

The 2022 Nantong Export Brand Online Fair was held in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, on Sept 19.

Sponsored by the Rudong county people's government and Nantong municipal bureau of commerce, the online fair attracted 54 local enterprises and nearly 160 purchasers from the Middle East.

During the four-day event, these Nantong enterprises will showcase their safety and labor protection products including protective gloves, goggles, and fire service inventory.

Hanvo Safety exhibited more than 80 kinds of products suitable for the Middle East market. "Many of our products are perfect for the petroleum and natural gas industries in Middle Eastern countries," said Zhou Weijuan, customer manager of Hanvo. "There were three purchasers contacting us right after the fair started."

The Federation of Egyptian Chambers Of Commerce and Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry will continue promoting Nantong enterprises and their products among member enterprises for a month after the fair concludes on Sept 22.

Despite a complex and changing global economy, economic and trade cooperation between Nantong and Middle East still shows vitality. In 2021, Nantong's trade with the region totaled 50 million yuan ($7.14 million), accounting for 8 percent of the city's total foreign trade.

Safety and labor protection products have a broad market in Middle East while Rudong is the national upgrading base of safety and labor protection products and the output value of its safety and labor protection products accounts for half of that in China.