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For the 109th session, the Canton Fair Product Design and Trade Promotion
Center (PDC) was set up as a platform for international design institutes
and Chinese manufacturers. PDC organizes various events including
design shows, design forums and match-making events related to specific
categories of products in different phases of the Fair. PDC, in the 113th
session, attracted 45 design institutes/companies from 10 countries and regions,
and 160 specialists, including industrial designers, brand marketing
experts and authorities in trend analysis and forecast. PDC has promoted
the exchanges between overseas design services and Chinese industrial
manufacturing, brought more products with new and special design to
overseas buyers, and has been applauded by representatives from design
institutes, exhibitors and buyers.
Canton Fair witnesses the development of China’s foreign trade and IPR
protection, especially the progress in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
protection of the exhibition industry. As the earliest exhibition in China to
protect IPR, Canton Fair always attaches great importance to IPR protection.
In 1999, an IPR complaint station was established to deal with IPR
infringement. After years of efforts, a comprehensive system of IPR protection
that suits the Fair’s practical situation is now in place.
Canton Fair e-commerce Platform officially launches
The canton Fair e-commerce platform relies on authentic resources
of buyer information, global promotion channels, online and offline
interconnectivity, one-stop trade services and credit and compensation
systems. With these five advantages, the e-commerce platform will create
a credible and effective trade environment, and become an authentic
and state-level platform of e-commerce and international trade. This is
an important step towards the “Smart Canton Fair”, and will bring about
historic breakthroughs.
Currently, the international economic situation is complicated and volatile.
As the quality platform for economic and trade cooperation between China
and other countries, Canton Fair will attract more attention from around
the world.
The exhibition duration and phase, product section and exhibition scale of
the 114th session will remain the same as in the 113th session. The 114th
Canton Fair will be held in the China Import and Export Fair Complex from
October 15 to November 4, 2013. The Fair will be arranged in 3 Phases:
 Phase 1 - October 15-19
 Phase 2 - April 23-27
 Phase 3 - October 31-November 4
The intervals are - October 20-22, and October 28-30
As the organizer of the Canton Fair, the China Foreign Trade Centre is
dedicated to serving Chinese and overseas customers. We have introduced
professional and market-oriented service concepts, improved our services
in the Fair, and advocated “Green Canton Fair”. We have also made more
specific commitments, improved service efficiency, simplified registration
procedures, and applied information technology. We work hard to enhance
the professional quality of the Fair and customer satisfaction in an effort to
better on-site services.
For more information about Canton Fair, visit www.cantonfair.org.
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