The 139th Canton Fair is scheduled to open on April 15, 2026, with a total exhibition area of 1.55 million square meters. The coming session will provide global buyers with a one-stop trading platform featuring complete exhibit variety, quality products with competitive price, and convenient, efficient and reliable services.
China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, is the window, epitome and symbol of China’s opening up and an important platform for international trade cooperation. It plays a key role in advancing the development of China’s foreign trade and the economic and trade exchanges between China and the rest of the world. It is renowned as China’s No. 1 Fair, and the propeller and barometer of China’s foreign trade.
The Canton Fair is co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of PRC and the People’s Government of Guangdong Province and organized by China Foreign Trade Centre. Since its establishment in 1957, the Canton Fair has been held every spring and autumn in Guangzhou, China, for 138 sessions. It is a comprehensive international trading event with the longest history, the largest scale, the most complete exhibit variety, the largest buyer attendance, the most diverse buyer origin and the greatest business turnover in China.
The 138th Canton Fair attracted overseas buyers from 223 countries and regions. Among them, over 310,000 attended the Fair onsite, reaching a record high.