Canton Fair will be held online from June 15 to 24
According to the website of the Ministry of Commerce on May 8, the 127th China Import and Export Fair (hereinafter referred to as the Canton Fair) will be held online from June 15 to 24. In order to actively novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic situation, help foreign trade enterprises to open up the market and tide over difficulties, the Ministry of Commerce decided that the 127th Canton Fair will not charge enterprises to participate in the exhibition fees during the online hosting period, nor will they charge any fees to cross-border e-commerce platform participating in the synchronous activities.
The Ministry of Commerce said that in recent years, affected by weak foreign demand and other factors, foreign trade enterprises are facing more difficulties. In order to help enterprises reduce the burden and rescue, the Ministry of Commerce has reduced the exhibition fees of the Canton Fair for many times, and exempted the exhibition fees of enterprises in poor areas, accumulating more than 2 billion yuan for enterprises. During the online holding period of this fair, in addition to the voluntary advertising and other value-added service fees, the exhibition fee will be exempted, which is a practical measure to increase the efforts to stabilize the employment of enterprises and make every effort to stabilize foreign trade.
Since its establishment in 1957, China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) has become a comprehensive international trade event with the longest history, the largest scale, the most complete commodities, the most merchants and the best transaction effect in China, and is known as the "barometer" and "wind vane" of China's foreign trade.
The Ministry of Commerce said that the 127th Canton Fair proposed to replace physical exhibitions with online exhibitions, which is not only a practical measure to deal with the epidemic, but also a major measure for innovation and development. This online Canton Fair will mainly include three parts: online display and docking platform, cross-border e-commerce zone and live marketing services, so as to continue to give full play to the advantages of trade show.
