Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, south China - June 5, 2025 (Guangzhou Broadcasting Network - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of notebooks on display in 20th International Pulp and Paper Industry Expo-China (Paper Expo China)
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Lin Lin, store manager, papermaking enterprise (partially overlaid with shot 3/ending with shot 4):
"This paper has a fluffy texture. Unlike hard-pressed paper, it looks more vivid and can be used for embossed printing. It is widely used in packaging, hang tags, gift boxes, notebooks, and envelopes, and its price is not particularly high."
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3. Notebooks, gift boxes on display
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4. Gift boxes on display
5. Various of paper on display
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Jin Xinxin, product manager, papermaking company (ending with shot 7):
"We try to extract colors from flowers, trees, and everything nature presents to our eyes, and try our best to remake the colors. Because people stare at screens every day and the RGB colors are very bright, people will feel tired after a long time."
7. Various of paper on display
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheikh Ibrahim, Pakistani buyer (partially overlaid with shot 9):
"We have been doing business with China since long [many] years (ago). The Chinese designs are so modern. They are innovating new things, new products. They are very stunning."
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9. Exhibitors, visitors
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10. Various of exhibitors, visitors

Innovative paper and state-of-the-art papermaking technologies are on display at the 20th International Pulp and Paper Industry Expo in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou until Saturday.

The expo opened on Thursday, attracting more than 300 well-known domestic and foreign papermaking companies and equipment suppliers to showcase their products and technologies.

Art paper is one of the most eye-catching exhibits at the expo.

One papermaking enterprise presents a relatively rough, very flexible paper with obvious plant fibers on the surface. It is made of common water hyacinth, an aquatic plant native to South America, and straw fiber.

The exhibitor also showcasesd a product that is made of sisal and mulberry bark, making the paper with high bulk value and high tensile strength.

"This paper has a fluffy texture. Unlike hard-pressed paper, it looks more vivid and can be used for embossed printing. It is widely used in packaging, hang tags, gift boxes, notebooks, and envelopes, and its price is not particularly high," said Lin Lin, store manager of the papermaking enterprise.

Another papermaking company offers diverse choices of colors. The company takes inspiration from nature and uses low-saturation colors, which can meet the needs of mid- to high-end product designs.

"We try to extract colors from flowers, trees, and everything nature presents to our eyes, and try our best to remake the colors. Because people stare at screens every day and the RGB colors are very bright, people will feel tired after a long time," said Jin Xinxin, product manager of the papermaking company.

International buyers said Chinese papermakers are innovative.

"We have been doing business with China since long [many] years (ago). The Chinese designs are so modern. They are innovating new things, new products. They are very stunning," said Sheikh Ibrahim, a Pakistani buyer.

This year's expo has multiple exhibition areas dedicated to pulp and paper technology, industry chains, and chemicals. Buyers can see leading equipment, materials, designs, and solutions.

It is estimated that more than 10,000 buyers from more than 20 countries and regions have participated in the exhibition on-site.