Calligraphers present New Year blessings to visitors with hand-written couplets at the opening ceremony of the first Spring Festival Goods Fair in Datong, Jan 27. [Photo/Shanxi Economic Daily] 

As the Spring Festival approaches, the first Spring Festival Goods Fair in Datong opened on Jan 27, ready to facilitate local residents in purchasing goods for the upcoming Chinese New Year.

Co-organized by the Datong Supply and Marketing Cooperative and the Beijing Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, the fair aims to provide a sales platform for high-quality products.

The fair has gathered over 30 brands from Beijing and Datong, offering more than 150 types of goods, including well-known agricultural products, snacks, and cultural creative products.