The Canton Fair is unique in that it combines the traditional advantages of a comprehensive exhibition with the recent trend of moving towards specialised events. The Fair contains over 150,000 product types, ranging from light industry, textiles and garments to high-tech and high value-added electromechanical products.
The Chinese Export Commodities Fair, commonly know as the Canton Fair is held twice a year in April and October and was inaugurated in the spring of 1957. It is China’s largest trade fair with the most complete variety of goods with the largest attendance and business turnover. The Fair is a comprehensive multi – functional event of international importance.
Over the previous five decades, the Canton Fair has become an important event for small- and medium-sized enterprises seeking to tap into the profitable China market and improve their competitiveness. Canton Fair has been a major trade show for decades. Thousand of overseas buyers come to Guangzhou to meet with manufacturers from China to source and produce a wide range of consumable goods. The US has been a major market for the consumable products; one would expect the number of US buyers would be significant.