Chinese Export Commodities Fair (CECF), or "Canton Fair" for short, held biannually in Gaungzhou every autumn and spring since then, the CECF is co-hosted by Ministry of Commerce of PRC and People's Government of Guangdong Province. The Fair, a comprehensive trade fair of international importance, has won its renown of "China's No.1 Fair" for its longest history, the highest level, the largest scale, the most complete in exhibit variety, the broadest distribution of overseas buyers and the greatest business turnover in China.This is the 97th Chinese Export Commodities Fair In the Spring of 2005 ( Phase I: April 15th-20th9:30-18:00 ;Fair Interval: April 21-24 ;Phase II: April 25th-30th 9:30-18:00)The minister of state for trade Nathan nabeta igeme will visit the 97th CECF with a business delegation from republic of uganda.
The CECF now becomes a reliable brand of trade promotion to business people either in China or in other places of the world. Each session, the CECF attracts over 10,000 outstanding Chinese enterprises and a huge number of buyers from over 200 countries and regions. At the Spring Fair of 2004, nearly 300,000 exhibitors and buyers attended the CECF and the trade volume reached 24.5 billion US dollars.
Chinese Export Commodities Fair, also called Canton Fair, is held twice a year in Spring and Autumn . It is China's largest trade fair of the highest level, of the most complete varieties and of the largest attendance and business turnover.
Besides traditional way of negotiating against samples, the Fair holds Canton Fair online. The Fair leans to export trade, though import business is also done here. Apart from the above-mentioned, various types of business activities such as economic and technical cooperations and exchanges, commodity inspection, insurance, transportation, advertising, consultation, etc. are also carried out in flexible ways. Business people from all over the world are gathering in Guangzhou, exchanging business information and developing friendship.