Canton Fair

Guangzhou has issued new regulations requiring public signs in the city to be written in both Chinese and ‘accurate’ English. “With the goal of developing Guangzhou into a modern, international metropolis, we recognize the need to set up bilingual public signs, especially in the public areas of hotels, scenic spots, airports, long-distance bus stations, passenger [...]

China saw a better-than-expected growth in trade in the first quarter of the year, and this indicates an improving environment for the next quarter and a 10 percent full-year trade growth, said the Commerce Ministry. The 7.3 percent growth in foreign trade in the first quarter reflects various factors like slack foreign demand, growing domestic [...]

The 111th session of the China Import and Export Fair officially kicked off in the Guangdong capital of Guangzhou on Sunday, an event used by over 10,000 companies and buyers as a platform for development in today’s challenging economic times. Widely known as the Canton Fair, the event is a symbol of the export of [...]

Prime office buildings in the Guangdong capital of Guangzhou have not been seeing a strong take up, and the costs of rent remained high in spite of the vacancy rate – a situation partly attributed to the slower expansion of foreign corporations. According to a report by Colliers International, the vacancy rate in prime office [...]

The first phase of the 2012 Canton Fair officially kicked off on Sunday, exhibiting mostly machinery and equipment, hardware, car fittings, electronic goods, bathroom equipment, building and decorating supplies and more. Officially called the China Import and Export Fair, the session is seeing great interest from export-orientated Chinese enterprises, which aim to improve exports in [...]

The recently concluded SPS – Industrial Automation Fair Guangzhou held at China Import and Export Fair Complex in the Guangdong capital saw a 14 percent increase in the number of visitors. Held on March 7, the three-day fair set a new record drawing 22,189 visitors from 60 nations and regions, with 21,312 Chinese visitors and [...]

The Guangdong capital of Guangzhou aims to increase its air quality and environment monitoring sites and boost its monitoring network, said the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection. The city will also enhance the form and content of the air quality issuance to achieve more convenient guidelines. The PM2.5 data recently released by the city [...]

Guangdong is extending its online administrative approval procedure to nine cities within the Pearl River Delta region as part of its effort to streamline the process concerning foreign-funded firms. According to Wu Jun, deputy director of the provincial department of foreign trade and economic cooperation, the system is being tested in Guangzhou, Dongguan and Foshan. [...]

Amid the present slowdown in global demand, Chinese exporters have demonstrated a huge interest in the forthcoming China Import and Export Fair, which serves as a measurement of the state of the foreign trade in China. “More Chinese companies are hoping to attract foreign buyers by showing their products at the fair,” said fair spokesperson [...]

A political figure is calling for a worldwide boycott of Nike following fainting incidents at a garment factory supplying the company. According to MP Mu Sochua, employees are being exploited and companies conducting businesses in the Kingdom should send experts to look into the working conditions at the factories supplying them. Sochua criticized government labor [...]