The Canton Fair is a Trade Only show that exhibits products and services in both the consumer and industry sectors

The Canton Fair  is a Trade Only show that exhibits products and services in both the consumer and industry sectors and which concentrates mainly on export trade. April 1957 saw the very first Canton Fair being held in the former Sino-Soviet Friendship Building in North Guangzhou. The Friendship Building's exhibition space was spread over 18,000 sq.m. and was able to contain the entire fair. Several years later the fair was moved to the Liuhua Complex and remained there for many years. Recent fairs have taken place in Guangzhou's enormous China Import and Export Fair Complex, however, and, with 1,125,000 sq.m. of exhibition space now available - and fully occupied - the fair is now a very different exhibition from that which debuted in 1957. Welcome to Guangzhou for Canton Fair 2013.

Like previous Canton fairs, the 2010 fair will be organised by the China Foreign Trade Centre and co-hosted by the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Commerce and the Guangdong Provincial Government. The fair has shown steady growth in both volume and turnover over the years and thus deserves its appellation of China's No.1 Trade Fair. The next fair is due to take place in Spring 2010 and will be the 107th Canton Fair. It will be attended by 48 trading delegations made up of the cream of Chinese industry as well as foreign trade companies, private enterprises and research institutes.
To begin with, it is best for you to reserve your hotel in advance, because the hotels in Guangzhou are heavily booked during the Canton Fair period, and the hotel price are raised sharply. So, booking early can assure you to find a cheap hotel for your budget.