Trade fair which includes trade show, trade exhibition, or expo is defined as an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and customers, study activities of rivals, and examine recent market trends and opportunities.
In China, there are hundreds or even thousands of trade fairs is being organized. Among those trade fairs, the top 5 largest trade fairs in China are The Canton Fair (China Import & Export Fair), The Yiwu Commodities Fair, Beijing International Auto Show, Bauma China 2016 and East China Import and Export Commodity Fair (ECF).
1. The Canton Fair (China Import & Export Fair)
Featured products: almost everything.
Dates for 2017: The Spring Session: April 15–19 (Phase 1), April 23–27 (Phase 2), May 1–5 (Phase 3)
Exhibitors: about 24,000 per session and 60,000 booths
Attendance: about 204,000 buyers per session. There are usually a few thousand more people attending the spring than the fall session. More than half the attenders are from other Asian countries.
Business turnover: in 2014, a total of 60 billion USD. In the past few years, there has been a downward trend with only 28 billion turnover in the spring 2015 session.
Address: China Import and Export Fair Complex, 380 Yuejiang Middle Road, Guangzhou
2. The Yiwu Commodities Fair
Featured products: all types of consumer goods
Dates for 2017: The 23rd Yiwu Fair is October 21-25. During the rest of the year, hundreds of thousands of sellers sell at the several main market areas.
Exhibitors: about 2,500 booths at the Yiwu International Commodities Fair. Hundreds of thousands of other sellers at the main market areas.
Attendance: about 200,000 buyers for the October fair. About 24,000 of these buyers are foreign from almost all countries.
Location and address: Yiwu International Commodities Fair: No. 59 Zongze Road, Yiwu, Zhejiang
Call center: +86-579-85415888
E-mail: trade@yiwufair.com; service@yiwufair.com
3. Beijing International Auto Show
Featured products: automobiles and accessories
Dates for 2018: Every two years. April 27-May 4, 2018.
Exhibitors: about 2,000
Attendance: about 800,000 visitors including about 80,000 foreigners
Location and address: 88 Yuxiang Road, Tianzhu Airport Industrial Road, Shunyi District, Beijing
4. Bauma China 2016
Featured products: construction machinery and equipment, building materials
Dates for 2018: Every two years. November 27-30, 2018
Exhibitors: about 3,000. 2,000 are Chinese.
Attendance: almost 200,000. People came from about 150 countries.
Location and address: 2345 Long Yang Road, Pudong Area, Shanghai
Call center: (+86 21) 2020 5500
5. East China Import and Export Commodity Fair (ECF)
Featured products: clothes, textiles, consumer goods, gifts, art
Dates: 27th session, March 1-5, 2017
Exhibitors: about 3,400; and 5,500 booths
Attendance: about 35,000 buyers. 21,000 are foreign, and 14,000 are Chinese
Business turnover: about 2.6 billion USD
Location and address: 2345 Long Yang Road, Pudong Area, Shanghai, 201204, China
Call center: 021-60170386
For more information and time of trade fair other than the top 5 trade fair discussed above, you can refer to the website: http://www.chinaexhibition.com
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