The 130th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) will be held in a merged 
format, both online and offline, between October 15 and November 3, 2021. This 
edition of the Canton Fair will feature displays in 51 exhibition sections 
based on 16 product categories along with a designated "rural vitalization 
zone" showcasing products from multiple rural areas of China and will be open 
to visitors both virtually and in-person.

The onsite exhibition will continue to be held in its familiar three-phase 
format, with each phase lasting 4 days. Total exhibition space is 1.185 million 
square meters and around 60,000 standard booths are expected to fill this 
enormous area. Chinese representatives of overseas organizations and companies, 
as well as domestic buyers, are all invited to attend the Fair. The Fair's 
online exhibition website has developed innovative functionality which 
seamlessly combines the onsite event space allowing increased numbers of 
visitors to attend the offline version of the Fair.

Canton Fair is a comprehensive international trading event with the longest 
history, biggest scale, most complete variety of exhibits, and the largest 
business turnover in China. With this year being the centenary of the Communist 
Party of China, the 130th Canton Fair is of great significance. The Ministry of 
Commerce will work closely with the Guangdong Provincial Government to enhance 
and expedite the various plans that are in place including exhibition 
organization, celebration activities as well as further solidifying Canton 
Fair's role as a platform for all-round development while consolidating the 
impressive gains made in COVID-19 prevention and control.

From a social and economic development perspective, the Fair will serve to 
bolster the new national development pattern which sees domestic economic 
circulation as the mainstay while both domestic and international economic 
circulations simultaneously reinforce each other.

Chinese and international companies are welcome to visit the grand event that 
is the 130th Canton Fair and together everyone can help to create a better 
future.

China Foreign Trade Centre

Source: Ministry of Commerce, PRC

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