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DONGGUAN, China, Aug. 25, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

A touch of cultural glamor will once again be added to Dongguan's Humen Town as

it hosts the Second Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Philatelic

Exhibition on August 26. Beyond promoting stamp-collecting, the exhilarating

event, as the GBA's high-end cultural activity held at the national level, will

also increase the cultural exchanges between cities in the region.

On top of a staggering exhibition area of 10,000 square meters housing 1,192

exhibits, the exhibition features a 2,000-square-meter multifunctional hall for

side events. Essentially a state-level gathering of competitive stamp displays,

the event invites 750 exhibits from the GBA's philatelic associations, an

increase of 300 exhibits from the previous session. And this would be the most

appealing and much-awaited highlight. Completing this year's philatelic event

is the show of over 50 types of rare postage stamps, outnumbering any previous

Guangdong-hosted exhibition of this kind.

On the side of the four-day exhibition, a wide variety of non-competitive

displays were held, said Wang Xiaoqiang, the office director of the secretariat

for the exhibition's organizing committee. What merited attention, he

continued, was how the debut of valuable antique stamps, such as the Penny

Black, the world's first adhesive postage stamp, and the Dalong stamps, China's

first set of stamps, and of postage stamps showcasing the GBA's urban landscape

encouraged visitors to savor what these collections had to offer.

Besides the exciting philatelic exhibition, Humen has staged a raft of other

events online and offline, including the Dongguan Shopping Festival and a

creative night market, in August alone in a way that drives its economy and

enables a booming consumer market. The spending of the town's businesses on

promotion as a whole, expected to surpass the 10-million-yuan mark, will

generate nearly 50 million yuan in sales of consumer goods.

By hosting an entirely new sort of philatelic exhibition, Humen promises to

develop itself into a tourist resort with rich historical and cultural

heritage, according to the town mayor Wu Qingqiu. That means the cultural feast

will inspire the town to show its culture-rich image, boost consumption, and

foster a stable economy.

Source: The Organizing Committee of the Philatelic Exhibition