Canton Fair
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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. 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. Its full name since 2007 is the China Import and Export Fair (中国进出口商品交易会) renamed from Chinese Export Commodities Fair (中国出口商品交易会) [1]. It is the largest trade fair in China . Among 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.
The 101st session in spring 2007 saw a very large rise of business with African companies. More than 16,200 buyers were from African nations, an increase of 73% from the August 2006 fair.[2]
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Fifty trading delegations, being composed of thousands of China's best foreign trade corporations (enterprises), take part in the Fair. These include private enterprises, factories, scientific research institutions, wholly foreign-owned enterprises, and foreign trade companies. The 101st fair saw 314 different companies from 36 countries.
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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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- First held: April 1957.
- Interval: Two phases per session; two sessions per year.
- Spring session: April 15-20 (Phase 1); April 25-30 (Phase 2).
- Autumn session: October 15-20 (Phase 1); October 25-30 (Phase 2).
- Venue: China Import and Export Fair (Pazhou) Complex (380 Yuejiangzhong Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510335); China Import and Export Fair (Liuhua) Complex (117 Liu Hua Road, Guangzhou 510014).
- Gross exhibition space: 630,000 m².
- Number of booths: Over 30,000 standard stands (101st Session).
- Varieties: Over 150,000.
- Business turnover: 36.39 billion USD (101st Session).
- 'Number of trading countries and regions: 212 (101st Session).
- Number of visitors: 206,749 (101st Session).
- Exhibitors: Over 13,000 (101st Session).
[edit] References
- ^ investchina.sina.com,
chinacantonfair.com - ^ "Biz China, May 2, 2007", CCTV, 2007-05-01. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
