"This meeting was effectively arranged and met most of our needs. I have some suggestions for the selected suppliers: Always bring samples to face-to-face meetings. Suppliers should also think about showing their best to buyers. For example, one supplier brought a monitor today that allowed him to vividly display his products. Nice!"
Ms. Wong, Chubb

"Today's sourcing event was well organized and yielded amazing results, especially considering the fact that buyers who attended this event had very different requirements. I will schedule meetings with some of the suppliers I met today so that they can learn more about our company and the products we need."
Ms. Lu, IKEA

"Next PLC is constantly working with Alibaba.com for purchasing and we are also looking for a new cooperation mode with Alibaba.com. Currently, novelty items and new suppliers are of high interest to us. My suggestion to the participating suppliers is that they are not only coming to meet buyers, they should recommend the right products and impress buyers at the conference. In fact, they should get a better understanding of the buyer's requirements before the meeting and be active with their recommendations during the meeting. It would be highly appreciated if suppliers can show us the right things that we want or we have never seen before."
Troppy Chan, Next PLC

"ADEO has been researching the market in Chongqing and Western China for quite a long time. However, we have not finalized our development plan yet. We are interested in this part of China because the cost of energy (electricity and gas) is only about 30% of that in the coastal cities. Along with the development of labor and infrastructure, and the launch of the China-Europe cross-border railway, Western China will soon develop quickly."
"In international trade, suppliers should always know exactly about their target users in the destination markets and must be able control product costs. Moreover, it would be better if they can customize products as per buyer's needs. Keeping these factors in mind, suppliers can export easily."
Mr. Cheng, Director of ADEO Group China Sourcing Center

"We've always thought that Alibaba.com is only a platform for trading consumer products, so it's surprising to find auto parts here. Suppliers from Western China are catching up with those located in coastal areas in terms of technology, price and quality. We will follow up with some of the suppliers we met today." "I appreciate the honesty from the suppliers that we met. Sometimes, we may overlook them as we focus more on those located in developed areas of China. Thank you Alibaba.com for giving us this chance to find some very good suppliers today."
Mr. Li, Delphi Asia Pacific Purchasing Manager/China Purchasing Manager

"What can suppliers do to attract us? To make us interested, they must have samples and detailed product info. It would be much better too if they can provide test reports, product certificates and internal evaluation documents, which will save our time in making decisions."
David Ren, Global Sourcing China Senior Representative

"More than 50% of the suppliers that we met today will be scheduled for further meetings. This event is quite efficient and well organized. We are very surprised that most of the suppliers can meet our requirements. They even provided very clear information to us. We'll surely attend more of these events the next time."
Mr. Robert. Kronhofer Assistant Deputy Manager - Eurogroup

"I'm in charge of all the sourcing activities for Mainland China, Taiwan and South Korea. My job is to travel all around these regions to find good suppliers and good products to match our expectations. Definitely, Alibaba.com is the key which helps us enlarge our horizons and find opportunities in areas that we haven't visited before.Today we are in Guangxi for wooden hangers and ceramics because we know this is the place if we want to find good suppliers. So far, we had several interesting meetings and will soon contact half of the 15 suppliers I met today.Frankly speaking, the sourcing event has been well organized. I was expecting something like this anyway. I'm surprised by the average quality of the suppliers. It's the first time I have attended an Alibaba.com Sourcing Event and it definitely will not be the last one. The big challenge for buyers is to clearly express what their needs are. It's also a big challenge for Alibaba.com to really understand these needs and translate them and put it to suppliers. These are the big challenges but they have been successfully managed today." "
Thomas Marchandise, China Sourcing Manager, Auchan

"It's my first time in Nanning for a sourcing event and some of the 5 suppliers I met today are really fantastic. One of them is a jewelry supplier and integrates R&D and processing together. With more than 10 years' experience in this industry, they well match our needs. 1 costume jewelry and 2 textile suppliers are also good enough. This kind of sourcing event is really effective. We did pre-event work and know a lot about the suppliers that attended. The face-to-face meetings were a plus for both of us to understand each others' requirements."
Erin Zhao, Sourcing Manager, Blair