This year, maintaining the advantages of the previous year, the Innovative Yacht Carnival is larger than previous years, and exhibitors are more diversified. In addition to exhibiting well-known domestic and foreign brands of yachts and sailboats, a complete variety of marine equipment, and spare parts, it also added top-notch items. Exhibitor brands such as luxury cars, high-end real estate, brand-name jewellery, etc. that fit in with yachting qualities. In addition, there were a series of splendid sea and land performances at the event site.

At the opening ceremony of the Nansha Bay Yacht Carnival, the signing ceremony of the "Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18-Guangzhou docking station" was also held. This signing indicates that Guangzhou will be one of the 11 stops in the world for this top event.