Canton Fair in Guangzhou

Phases and dates

• 15–October 2026Phase 1: Advanced Manufacturing
• 20–October 2026Closed between phases
• 23–October 2026Phase 2: Quality Home Life
• 28–October 2026Closed between phases
• 31 October – 4 November 2026Phase 3: Better Life

Before you travel

Everything factual here comes from the organiser. We do not reprint dates we have not checked.

• Invitation letter for a China visaopens 12 AugIssued free by the organiser; the document most visa applicants rely on.
• Pre-registration before you travel3 channelsAsked of all overseas buyers, first-timers and regulars alike.
• First-time checklistfirst visitWhat to settle before booking, what to bring, how to work the halls.
• Working the Fair: a buyer's day in the hallspracticalHow a sourcing day at the Canton Fair usually goes, what to write down at each booth, and what a usable quotation has to contain. This is our own working practice, not organiser guidance.
• After the Fair: turning booth notes into orderspracticalThe week after the Fair decides whether the trip was worth the flight. What we do with booth notes, samples and quotations, and what has to be in writing before any deposit moves.
• Coming to the Fair: the visa and the invitation letterpracticalTwo different documents, one trip. What a business visitor applies for, what the organiser's invitation actually is, and why neither of them is a guarantee.
• Getting to the Complex: transport, timing and where to staypracticalPractical logistics for a three-phase exhibition in the same place: how the site is served, why you should sleep on the line rather than beside the halls, and what the phase calendar does to hotel prices.
• The 140th Canton Fair (Autumn 2026): full phase tablereferenceEach phase, the closed days in between, and the International Pavilion.