The Canton Fair is the grand gathering for import and export of commodities with the largest scale, the most complete types of commodities and the highest level in China. It is sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce by two sessions in Guangzhou in spring and autumn. By specialties, each session is divided into three phases. Each phase lasts 5 days. The first phase primarily exhibits commodities of seven categories: electronic and household appliances, lighting commodities, vehicles and parts, machinery, hardware tools, construction materials and chemical products; the second phase mainly exhibit commodities of third categories: daily consumer goods, gifts and home decorations; and, the third phase mainly exhibits commodities of five categories: textiles and clothes, shoes, office supplies, bags and suitcases and leisure goods, medicines and medical and health products as well as food and native products. Time of exhibition is: spring: April 15 - May 5 (the first phase: April 15 - 19, the second phase: April 23 - 27 and the third phase: May 1 - 5); autumn: October 15 - November 4 (the first phase: October 15 - 19, the second phase: October 23 - 27 and the third phase: October 31 - November 4).
Any enterprise, which intends to participate in the Canton Fair, needs to apply for a booth to Sichuan trade mission. The Foreign Trade Division of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce is responsible for the specific implementation of invitation for exhibition.
Contact information: Foreign Trade Division of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce 028-83232354
I. Conditions for Enterprises Invited for Exhibition
(I) According to the provisions of the Ministry of Commerce, all the enterprises, which have the operation right of import and export, have obtained the Import and Export Enterprise Qualification Certificate of the People's Republic of China or the Filing and Registration of a Foreign Trade Enterprise, have the membership of relevant chamber of commerce for import and export or have the membership of the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, can apply.
(II) In order to promote more enterprises in Sichuan to attend the Canton Fair, an enterprise, which intends to join in relevant chamber of commerce for import and export or the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, may apply too, upon study and decision by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce.
II. Exhibits Invited
Exhibits must meet export standards and requirements and have a good quality. Counterfeit and substandard commodities are forbidden.
III. Invitation Procedures
Application time: The application for booths at the Canton Fair shall be made during the preceding session of the Canton Fair. Specifically, the application shall be made to the Foreign Trade Division of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce prior to June 30 or December 30 every year.
Application materials: An enterprise needs to provide the form of application for exhibition and major exhibition materials (for exhibits provided by a supplier, an exhibitor needs to provide the certification on the place of supply or the agreement on exhibition of the exhibits concluded with the supplier).
Application procedures:
(I) Application method
An applicant logs on the Easy Exhibitor column of the official website of the Canton Fair (website: http://www.cantonfair.org.cn/cn/), completes online application steps according to prompts, print the form of application (two copies) filled in online and affix corporate seal to the copies, and then submit them to the Foreign Trade Division of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce.
Online application materials must be consistent with paper application materials. Note: Enterprises under all the cities and prefectures and chambers of commerce (associations) need to submit written materials to the bureaus of commerce of respective cities and prefectures or relevant chambers of commerce (associations), and after review and affixing of seals by the competent departments, submit them to the Foreign Trade Division of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce. The forms of application for participation in the Canton Fair and application materials of all the foreign economic and trade enterprises at the provincial level and in Chengdu are directly submitted to the Foreign Trade Division of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce.
(II) Foreign economic and trade enterprises in all the cities and prefectures make applications to local bureaus of foreign economy and trade (bureaus of commerce). The bureaus of foreign economy and trade (bureaus of commerce) of all the cities and prefectures review and summarize the applications, and then submit them to the Foreign Trade Division of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce.
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