Yong Kang 14th Hardware Fare Opening Ceremony

I guess the reason why there were 40 foreigners invited to this ceremony was for "face" OR as a Mexican guy said "We are here as the Pandas, people take photos of us and think it's like a Zoo".
We came to the opening ceremony and got the front stand. There were hundreds of policemen, guards and army to check that everything went smooth. We stood in the front and watched a pretty cool opening show and after about 1 hour they let the locals take photos of us and then we left the scene after a few hundred of pics.

The speech was followed by drummers, dragon dance and fireworks
Video can be viewed HERE

Fireworks of all kinds of color

Tight security...

The small crowd that came to look at us and enter the exhibition

Inside the fair they had all kinda of tools you could think of. Everything from normal hammers, chains, saws to metal cutting machines and compressors. The place was really huge with 3 floors of stuff on display. This would be really good for anyone who wants to import tools around the world.

Beni Benassi, yes?

Supertoolman also showed up...

Drills and chainsaws with Army layout....

And now China has learned to copy the nerdy Segway :)

Tools tools tools

After some walking around the fair it was time for lunch in Yong Kang hotel. There were soooo many dishes and it was not possible to finish all of it. Fish, meat, soup, crab, fruits etc.

Free flow