Canton Fair
The Canton Fair is the largest international trade fair of China. This show represents the best opportunity to see what is new in construction, high-tech materials, medicine, object and gifts in China.
Date of inauguration
Spring 1957
Frequency of exposure
Two sessions per year, three phases per session
Event Location
- Fairground Pazhou Fair Import and Export of China (No. 380, Yuejiangzhong, Guangzhou, China)
Products on display (in English)
Phase I:
- Appliances
- Hardware Tools
- Mechanical Machinery
- Vehicles and accessories
- Building Materials
- Lighting
- Chemical industry products
- Import Pavilion
Phase II:
- Products in current consumption
- Gifts
- Home and decoration
Phase III:
- Textiles and clothing
- Shoes
- Office stationery, luggage, sports goods
- Doctors and health care
- Food and local products
Fair 
in short
Inaugurated in the spring of 1957, the Fair Import and Export of China, whose other name "Canton Fair" is held twice a year (spring and autumn) in Canton. Dating back some forty years, it is, across China, the most experienced international fair, the largest, most active, most attached, the busiest and the most successful.
Participants include delegations forty-seven, involving thousands of exhibitors with high credibility and high performance: international trade companies, factories, research labs, companies with foreign investment, wholly foreign-owned companies, companies private etc..
In addition to the traditional negotiating against samples, the Canton Fair also organizes other activities such as trading fair on the Internet. The Canton Fair is largely for export, import is not yet excluded. Fair welcomes cooperation and economic and technical exchanges of all kinds, but also activities such as the commodity inspection, insurance, transport, advertising and consulting. Township and became a rendezvous for merchants worldwide, a privileged place of exchange and friendly communication for economic and cultural activities.
