Briefing Profiles of Canton Fair

China Import and Export Fair is also renowned as the Canton Fair. It is held biannually in Guangzhou every spring and autumn, with a history of 53 years since 1957. The Fair is a comprehensive one with the longest history, the highest level, the largest scale, the most complete in exhibit variety, the broadest distribution of overseas buyers and the greatest business turnover in China.

50 Trading Delegations, being composed of more than twenty thousand 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.

Beside 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. 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 Introduction

Time of Canton Fair Initiation:	the spring of April, 1957
Canton Fair nterval:	two phases a session, two sessions a year
Canton Fair Session:	Phase I:April.15th -20th Phase II:April.25th-30th (Spring Fair)
	Phase I:Oct.15th -20th Phase II:Oct.25th-30th (Autumn Fair)
Duration:	6 days each phase, 2 phases each session
Canton Fair Venue:	China Import and Export Fair (Pazhou) Complex
	China Import and Export Fair (Liuhua) Complex
Net Exhibition Space:	282,000 M 2 (100th Session)
Number of Booths:	31,408 standard booths (100th Session)
Varieties:	more than 150,000
Business Turnover:	34,060 Million USD (100th Session)
Number of Trading Countries & Regions:	212 (100th Session)

Canton Fair Introduction

Canton Fair History	Number of Canton Fair Visitors		Number of Countries and Regions
	Spring Canton Fair	Autumn Caton Fair	Spring Canton Fair	Autumn Canton Fair
2007	206,749	189,500	211	213
2006	190,011	192,691	211	212
2005	195,464	177,000	210	210
2004	159,717	167,926	203	203
2003	23,128	150,485	167	201
2002	120,576	135,482	185	191
2001	111,886	101,382	181	176
2000	98,005	105,031	174	174
1999	79,526	91,213	170	174
1998	64,868	70,019	166	165
1997	60,326	62,309	159	165
1996	50,851	59,050	152	151
1995	52,350	52,604	150	167
1994	49,882	51,219	125	142
1993	38,316	46,952	139	141
1992	48,677	51,411	139	132
1991	44,276	45,750	127	129
1990	40,436	42,236	105	117
1989	38,470	37,101	109	98
1988	35,464	41,318	111	102
1987	27,168	32,139	100	114
1986	26,730	31,617	83	96
1985	24,588	26,911	90	87
1984	23,690	25,838	98	92
1983	21,785	23,882	87	84
1982	9,834	22,340	69	92
1981	23,172	24,388	103	92
1980	20,560	21,959	101	94
1979	25,332	24,436	104	97
1978	17,547	21,081	98	97
1977	16,049	17,370	99	94
1976	14,330	15,326	99	92
1975	16,724	15,878	107	110
1974	15,016	15,781	86	88
1973	16,734	13,649	93	85
1972	12,539	14,598	74	82
1971	9,834	10,606	67	70
1970	7,290	8,046	73	57
1969	7,106	7,721	60	63
1968	9,349	7,012	67	65
1967	7,849	6,662	62	60
1966	6,533	6,329	62	52
1965	5,034	5,961	53	56
1964	3,719	4,444	51	51
1963	2,871	3,100	38	42
1962	2,553	3,640	29	36
1961	2,463	2,244	23	31
1960	2,688	2,542	37	31
1959	2,451	2,661	31	31
1958	2,256	3,096	36	40
1957	1,223	1,923	19	33