The fair, which opened on Tuesday, January 12, lasts until Friday. The 35 years of flux of the fair has witnessed China’s opening up and development of the China’s fur industry. China has become the biggest fur manufacturer and exporter in the world and has the greatest potential in the fur market and important platform for the industry.

The fair was already on the first day very popular with the number of visitors far exceeding previous fairs, and this trend continued for the rest of the week until the very end of the fair.

The event, still in progress as we went to press, boasted an atmosphere that was described as extremely positive. Trading in skins and garments was more brisk than a year ago and, although the fair is mainly for the Chinese trade, there were more foreigners on hand than before: More Koreans, more Greeks, Japanese, Turks and Americans – even a sprinkling of Russians. Chinese buyers, possibly because of sharply higher mink prices, were showing more interest in such items as chinchilla, muskrat and other wild furs. The four-day event is the largest in the international fur and leather industry. Cold weather also was credited with spurring business at the China Fur & Leather fair in Beijing last week.

From Guangzhou City to Beijing City, and from China World Trade Center to China International Exhibition Center, China Fur & Leather Products has been growing up and developing following its dream.

Fur Industry Resource Center, January 17, 2010