The Chinese Export Commodities Fair, commonly know as the Canton Fair is held twice a year in April and October and was inaugurated in the spring of 1957. It is China's largest trade fair with the most complete variety of goods with the largest attendance and business turnover. The Fair is a comprehensive multi - functional event of international importance.

Forty - eight Trading Delegations comprising thousands of China's best foreign trade corporations with credibility and sound financial capabilities take part in the Canton Fair. These include foreign trade companies, factories, scientific research institutions, foreign joint venture enterprises, foreign owned enterprises and private enterprises.

The traditional way of exhibiting samples is now complimented by "Canton Fair online". The Fair's main emphasis leans toward export trade, although some import business is also done here. Apart from the above mentioned, other types of business activities such as economic and technical cooperation and exchange, commodity inspection, insurance, transportation, advertising, and consultation are also carried out. Business people from all over the world gather in Guangzhou to exchange business information, develop business relationships and friendships.

Thousands of exhibitors representing Chinese international trade companies and manufacturers will be present. They will exhibit over 150,000 kinds of goods. These goods are of high quality with competitive prices and are often specialties from the various regions in China. They bring new meaning to the phrase "Made in China".

1. Food, Native Produce and Animal By-products: This catorgory features products like foodstuffs, native products, carpet, tobacco, tea, gardening goods, fur and leather, etc.

2. Metals, Minerals and Chemicals: Includes chemical products, stone carving, machinery, industrial mineral and metal products, agriculture implements, building materials and minerals & metallurgical products (including construction pottery, porcelain as well as sanitary equipment).

3. Light industrial Products, Arts and Crafts: Includes ceramics & porcelain, toys, straw and willow plaited products, pearl, gem & jewelry, bone carving and jade carving, special arts and crafts, drawn work and embroideries, footwear and headwear, stationery and sporting goods, clocks, watches and optical, suitcases & bags, household utensils, furniture and other merchandise.

4. Textiles and Garments: This section includes textile, silk fabrics, clothes, garments and gray silk. cotton, wool, bast fibber, silk, knitting, dyeing & printing, chemical fiber.

5. Machinery and Electrical Products:Includes electron and household appliance, information products and apparatus, giant machinery equipment, bicycles, motorcycles, automobile and fittings, vehicle and engineering & farm machinery.

6. Pharmaceutical and Health Products: Includes herbs, medicine, health products, medical apparatus and instruments (including huge, complex types).

7. Internet & Computer's products: High-Tech products from China's rapidly developing technology sector.

The show is expected to attract more than 192,013 merchants from 212 countries around the world. Most will place orders for goods or seek business partners in China. The business turnover is expected to exceed 30.47 billion US dollars.

Canton Fair, commonly known as the China Import and Export Fair. It is the China's oldest and largest comprehensive trade fair. Held twice each year, the fair includes a large variety of exhibits and draws businesspeople from more than 200 countries. The Fair is co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of China and People's Government of Guangdong Province, and organized by China Foreign Trade Centre.

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Guangzhou
China
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