China Import and Export Fair, also called Canton Fair, is held twice a year in Spring and Autumn since it was inaugurated in the Spring of 1957. It is China's largest trade fair of the highest level, of the most complete varieties and of the largest attendance and business turnover. Preserving its traditions, the Fair is a comprehensive and multi-functional event of international importance.

Fifty Trading Delegations, being composed of thousands of China's best foreign trade corporations (enterprises) with good credibility and sound financial capabilities, take part in the Fair, including foreign trade companies, factories, scientific research institutions, foreign invested enterprises, wholly foreign-owned enterprises, private enterprises, etc.

Besides traditional way of negotiating against samples, the Fair holds Canton Fair online. 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. Business people from all over the world are gathering in Guangzhou, exchanging business information and developing friendship.

Canton Fair Offices

Business Office

Business Office is responsible for the work concentrated on export turnover, including learning current fair's export turnover; working out and carrying out the overall work plan of exhibition organization; contacting with all trading delegations and I/E Chambers of Commerce and centers to coordinate work concerning exhibitions; investigating and treating reselling of booths and tort to intellectual property; directing statistics of export turnover; contacting service departments such as insurance, bank, foreign currency, commodities inspection departments; directing and promoting information work to build up complete electronic political affairs system, electronic commercial affairs system, and information service system of the Canton Fair.
Tel: 86-20-26080057

Executive Office

Executive Office is responsible for the organization and coordination of important events of Chinese Export Commodities Fair, exhibition service, committee affairs, secretary management, confidential work, communication service, financial affairs, and other daily work such as allocation of resources and logistic service.
Tel: 86-20-26080060

Foreign Affairs Office

Foreign Affairs Office is responsible for the organization and arrangement of foreign communication and foreign affairs of China Import & Export Fair, including arranging foreign affairs activities of the chief leaders of canton fair; receiving overseas governmental economic and trading delegations on invitation; organizing and arranging various kinds of seminars; inviting or assisting to invite overseas speakers, officials of consulates, chambers of commerce and company representatives to attend the above-mentioned meetings; issuing certificates of foreign visitors.
Tel: 86-20-26080091

Administrative Office

Administrative Office is responsible for planning, organization, management, and coordination of ideological and political work.
Tel: 020-26080068