The Top 5 Trade Fairs in China

The top 5 trade shows of China are the Canton Fair, Yiwu Trade Fair, Beijing Auto Show, the Bauma Fair, and the Shanghai Import and Export Commodity Fair. They have great influence, and are becoming increasingly important as China's economy grows and Chinese technology improves. People from all over the world attend them.
Chinese trade fairs are becoming increasingly important as the size of the economy increases and the technology level improves. Hundreds of thousands of business people attend these five conferences from basically every country in the world hoping to buy or sell needed products and scouting for business opportunities.
the information about China's top five trade shows includes dates, featured products, location, cost, attendance, transportation, tour suggestions, things to do in each city, and weather information.
1) The Canton Fair (China Import and Export Fair)
Guangzhou Pazhou International Exhibition Center
· Featured products: almost everything.
· Dates for 2025: The Spring Session: April 15–19 (Phase 1), April 23–27 (Phase 2), May 1–5 (Phase 3); The Autumn Session: October 15–19 (Phase 1), October 23–27 (Phase 2), Oct. 31 – Nov. 4 (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.
· Address: China Import and Export Fair Complex, 380 Yuejiang Middle Road, Guangzhou
· Call center:
The Chinese Mainland: 4000-888-999
Outside the Chinese Mainland: 86-20-28-888-999
Hong Kong representative office: (852) 28771318
The Canton Fair (广交会) is a national fair and is China's biggest trade fair. They feature basically every type of industrial product from electronics to automobiles in Phase 1, consumer goods and gifts in Phase 2, and clothing, medicines, and recreational products in Phase 3. The event is held twice annually in the Spring and Autumn.
Though most of the buyers are from other Asian countries, buyers from the Europe, the US, and Russia each make up about 10% or more of the buyers. It is designed to be an international event with multiple language assistance for the people from 200 countries.
Transportation
Getting there: The Pazhou complex is conveniently located on Pazhou Island in southeast Guangzhou. Travel to the complex by taxi, hotel shuttle bus, subway, or the drivers. Most Guangzhou hotels offer free shuttle buses during the Canton Fair, however the shuttle bus timetable is very limited and there is little choice. The subway is a very good choice to get to the Pazhou Complex and provides good access almost anywhere in Guangzhou.
Canton Fair Metro Map: Xingangdong (新港东站) and Pazhou (琶洲站) on Metro line 8 are the two nearest metro stations to the Canton Fair venue.
· Taxi: Here is the address in Chinese for a taxi driver: 广州国际会议展览中心, 广州市海珠区阅江中路382号.
· Private tour: The most pleasant, direct, and interesting way to go to the Canton Fair is with a private tour company such as ours. the tours are known for being hassle free and individualized for the customers. You can save time and money too. can find discounts and arrange for interpreter services, etc.
Guangzhou Weather
Pearl River
Climate: The fair is usually held in the months of April and October. Other than for the fair, April isn't a high travel and tourism month which makes things easier for hosting the conference. The weather is damp and rainy with cool nights. October is a high tourism month, but the warm and sunny weather is comfortable for the exposition attenders.
Recommended Attraction
For fair attenders, suggest a relaxing Pearl River cruise and dinner on a river boat. See the colorful lights and architectural wonders of Guangzhou while you relax after a tiring day at the fair.
· Suggested itinerary: Essence of Guangzhou and Shenzhen Tour
2) The Yiwu Commdities Fair
Yiwu International Trade City District 1
· Featured products: all types of consumer goods
· Dates for 2025: October 21-24. 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 Expo Center: No. 59 Zongze Road, Yiwu, Zhejiang
· Call center:
+86-579-85415888
E-mail: trade@yiwufair.com; service@yiwufair.com
The four other trade fairs are temporary, but the Yiwu Trade Fair (义博会) is a permanent fair targeted for small buyers from all over the world looking to buy wholesale products at the lowest prices. The price are a little lower than at Guangzhou. In addition to the permanent trade market, many annual exhibitions of various categories of products attract more buyers and exhibitors to Yiwu City.
The International Trade City, also called China Commodities City, or simply Yiwu Market, is the biggest of the Yiwu market places. It has as many as 70,000 booths with 100,000 sellers representing factories all over China. It measures 4,000,000 square meters or 43,000,000 square feet.
The biggest of the annual fairs is the annual Yiwu International Commodities Fair (中国义乌进口商品博览会) at the International Exhibition Center. It is in October. Goods from tens of thousands of Chinese factories are displayed.
Yiwu attracts tens of thousands of Africans, South Asians, and Southeast Asians with suitcases looking for consumer products to sell in their own countries. Anyone could go there and shop, and the prices and variety is the best in the world.
Transportation
· See Hangzhou/Yiwu from Shanghai by Bullet Train
· Taxi: Here is the address in Chinese for the October exposition for a taxi driver: 义乌国际博览中心, 59号宗泽路，浙江省义乌市
· Private tour: can facilitate your visit to the main Yiwu Commodities Fai