Canton Fair

Intertextile Guangzhou Hometextile China will once again open its doors on March 18 to 21 at the Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou. The event, together with three concurrent home related trade fairs, caters to the entire home furnishing supply chain. “The combination of these four events plus their close proximity to Dongguan, Southern [...]

The 10th annual SIGN CHINA and LED CHINA 2012 officially commence today at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B in the Guangdong capital of Guangzhou. Organized by UBM Trust, the two co-located fairs continue to set new records and innovate when it comes to offering a comprehensive buyer experience. SIGN CHINA [...]

The Guangdong capital of Guangzhou is the happiest city in the Pearl River Delta region, according to the 2010 Report on Comprehensive Appraisal of Constructing Happy Guangdong released for the first time by the Guangdong Provincial Statistics Bureau. The first report on happiness index showed that Guangzhou had an index of 83.79, followed by Dongguan, [...]

The Westin Guangzhou has another award to be proud of, having received Voyage’s honorary title of ‘Best City View Hotel.’ The 2011 Voyage ‘Hotel & Resort Best Value Awards’ campaign lasted around six months following a multi-dimension inspection and reviews that include audition, web and mailing voting. Voyage even enlisted hotel connoisseur for the campaign [...]

The 111th session of the Canton Fair is set to open on April 15, once again welcoming major retailers and influential political and business leaders in the worlds. Over the previous five decades, the Canton Fair has become an important event for small- and medium-sized enterprises seeking to tap into the profitable China market and [...]

CBI BIZ, a division of CBI China, will hold the 2nd International Automotive Lightweight Materials Development Forum 2012 on March 22 to 23 in Guangzhou. The forum will tackle the hottest issues about automotive lightweighting, which plays an increasingly essential role in the green development of China’s automotive industry. China’s vehicle industry has enjoyed a [...]

China does not discriminate against foreign firms when it comes to rare earth supplies, and quotas and policies for local and foreign firms are the same, said Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. The premier made the remarks during his meeting with German and Chinese businessmen on the sidelines of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit in Guangzhou. [...]

China Southern has announced the June 6 launch of its three times-weekly service between London Heathrow and Guangzhou. Flights are scheduled to depart every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, operated by Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Interested passengers can now make reservations on the company’s website at flychinasouthern.com. Currently, there are no non-stop flights between Guangzhou and the [...]

A total of 62,273 homes with 7.92 million sq m in total area were made available for sale in Guangzhou in January this year, according to a report from yicai.com, which cited DTZ Debenham Tie Leung. With home transactions reaching 5.57 million sq m last year, the Guangdong capital could deal with a serious problem [...]

In line with US President Barack Obama’s push to improve tourism to the United States, the US Embassy in China has vowed to streamline visa requests and hire more employees to process applicants. In a statement released Thursday, the embassy said it will open new facilities in Shanghai and Guangzhou and add about 50 new [...]