Chinese Export Commodities Fair, also called Canton Fair, is held twice a year in Spring and Autumn since it was inaugurated in the Spring of 1957. It is China's largest trade fair of the highest level, of the most complete varieties and of the largest attendance and business turnover. Preserving its traditions, the Fair is a comprehensive and multi-functional event of international importance. Fifty Trading Delegations, being composed of thousands of China's best foreign trade corporations (enterprises) with good credibility and sound financial capabilities, take part in the Fair, including foreign trade companies, factories, scientific research institutions, foreign invested enterprises, wholly foreign-owned enterprises, private enterprises, etc. 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. Time of Initiation: the spring of April, 1957 Interval: two phases a session, two sessions a year Fair Session: Phase 1:April.15th -20th Phase 2:April.25th-30th (Spring) Phase 1:Oct.15th -20th Phase 2:Oct.25th-30th (Autumn) Duration: 6 days each phase, 2 phases each session Venue: Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Pazhou) Complex (Xingang Dong Road, Haizhu, Guangzhou, China) Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Liuhua) Complex (117 Liu Hua Road, Guangzhou, China) Gross Exhibition Space: 576,000 M2 Number of Booths: 28,808 standard booths (98th Session) Varieties: more than 150,000 Business Turnover 29,430 Million USD (98th Session) Number of Trading Countries & Regions: 210 (98th Session) Number of Visitors 177 Thousand (98th Session) Exhibitors: 12,655 exhibitors (98th Session) 【CECF (Liuhua) Complex】 Textiles & Garments, Medicines & Health Products ① Garments · Fashion Wear and Casual Wear · Occasional Wear · Pajamas and Underwear · Sports Wear · Kids Wear · Special Garments · Garment Fabrics · Fashion Accessories · Garment Fittings ② Household Textiles · Beddings · House Textiles · Sanitary and Bathroom Textiles · Table Textiles and Kitchen Textiles · Other Textiles ③ Carpets & Tapestries · Carpets · Tapestries ④ Textile Raw Materials & Fabrics · Textile Raw Materials · Fabrics · Yarn · Special Woven Fabrics, Non-woven Fabrics and Industrial Cloth · Garment Accessories ⑤ Artex · Embroidered Products · Braids · Quilting Products · Artex Decorations · Prints · Raw Artex ⑥ Furs, Leather, Down & related products · Furs and Fur Products · Leather and Leather Products · Down and Down Products · Cashmere and Cashmere Products ⑦ Footwear & Headgear · Footwear · Headgear ⑧ Medicines, Health Products & Hospital Equipment · Medicines · Medical Instruments · Health-care Products and Instruments · Beauty and Body-care Products · Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines