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The Canton Fair or China Import and Export Fair, is a trade fair held in the spring and autumn seasons each year since the spring of 1957 in Canton (Guangzhou), Guangdong, China.[1] It is the oldest, largest, and the most representative trade fair in China.[2]
Canton Fair | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Detail of the structure of one of the exhibition halls in Pazhou | |||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中国进出口商品交易会 | ||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中國進出口商品交易會 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | China Import and Export Fair | ||||||||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 广交会 | ||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 廣交會 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Canton Fair | ||||||||||||||
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Its full name since 2007 has been China Import and Export Fair (中国进出口商品交易会), renamed from Chinese Export Commodities Fair (中国出口商品交易会).[3] The fair is co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of China and the provincial government of Guangdong Province and organized by China Foreign Trade Centre.[4]