CAMPI puts buyers at the production source: the show is built around factories rather than trading houses, and the city itself supplies a large share of China’s aftermarket components.

The floor is laid out in four zones — auto parts, motorcycle parts, accessories and modification, and complete vehicles with new energy vehicle components. Buyers are domestic distributors, vehicle makers, repair chains and parts-market traders, alongside importers and wholesalers from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America. Because the supply chain for most of a vehicle sits within half an hour of the venue, a buyer can walk a supplier’s plant as well as its stand.