The full name of Canton Fair is China Export Commodities Fair. China Import and Export Fair was founded on April 25th, 1957, and is held in Guangzhou every spring and autumn. It is jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, and undertaken by China Foreign Trade Center. The first Canton Fair was successfully established, which quickly became the main channel for China to earn foreign exchange through export, and opened the channel for China to communicate with the world.

Canton Fair is a comprehensive international trade event with the longest history, the highest level, the largest scale, the most complete variety of goods, the largest number of buyers attending the meeting, the widest distribution of countries and regions and the best trading effect in China. Known as "the first exhibition in China".

The trade mode of Canton Fair is flexible and diverse. In addition to the traditional sample trade, it also holds online trade fairs. Canton Fair is mainly engaged in export trade and import business. It can also carry out various forms of economic and technological cooperation and exchanges, as well as business activities such as commodity inspection, insurance, transportation, advertising and consulting.

2021April 15 to April 24, 129 China Import and Export Fair was held online, with an extension of 10 days. The exhibition theme of this year's Canton Fair is basically the same as that of last year. The export exhibition consists of 50 exhibition areas according to 16 commodities, and the import exhibition consists of 6 themes. Since the opening day, all exhibition areas have been launched at the same time.