Canton Fair
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| Canton Fair | ||
|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese: | 廣交會 | |
| Simplified Chinese: | 广交会 | |
| Mandarin | ||
| Hanyu Pinyin: | Guang3 Jiao1 Hui4 | |
| Cantonese | ||
| Jyutping: | gwong2 gaau1 wui2 | |
The Canton Fair (Chinese: 广交会) is a trade fair held in the spring and autumn seasons each year since the spring of 1957 in Guangzhou, China. Its full name is the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (中国出口商品交易会) and will be renamed as the Chinese Import and Export Commodities Fair (中国进出口商品交易会) in the next run [1]. It is largest trade fair in mainland China . Among mainland China's largest trade fairs, it has the largest assortment of products, the highest attendance, and the largest number of business deals made at the fair. Like many trade fairs it has several traditions and functions as a comprehensive event of international importance.
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Fifty trading delegations, being composed of thousands of China's best foreign trade corporations (enterprises), take part in the Fair, including foreign trade companies, factories, scientific research institutions, foreign invested enterprises, wholly foreign-owned enterprises, private enterprises, etc.
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The fair leans to export trade, though import business is also done here. Apart from the above-mentioned, various types of business activities such as economic and technical cooperations and exchanges, commodity inspection, insurance, transportation, advertising, consultation, etc. are also carried out in flexible ways.
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- Time of initiation: April, 1957
- Interval: two phases a session, two sessions a year
- Spring session: Phase 1: April 15th -20th - Phase 2: April 25th-30th
- Autumn session: Oct. 15th -20th - Phase 2: Oct. 25th-30th
- Duration: 6 days each phase, 2 phases each session
- Venue: Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Pazhou) Complex (address: Xingang Dong Road, Haizhu, Guangzhou, China)
- Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Liuhua) Complex (address: 117 Liu Hua Road, Guangzhou, China)
- Gross exhibition space: 560,000 M2
- Number of booths: 28,010 standard booths (97th Session)
- Varieties: more than 150,000
- Business turnover 29,230 Million USD (97th Session)
- Number of trading countries and regions: 210 (97th Session)
- Number of visitors 195,464 (97th Session)
- Exhibitors: 12,279 exhibitors (97th Session)
