The 138th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) is being held in Guangzhou from October 15 to November 4. Notably, this session has attracted approximately 240,000 overseas buyers offline, strongly driving the inbound consumption.
Guangdong is China's top province in foreign trade. More and more "Lingnan-manufactured" and "Lingnan-innovated" products are making their way to the global markets. Follow GO Guangdong to explore the dynamic business through a list of professional markets, which stand as globally pivotal sourcing or trading hubs.
Guangzhou·Baiyun World Leather Trading Center
Guangzhou Baiyun World Leather Trading Center is a pivotal headquarters enterprise within the Sanyuanli leather commercial area, the heart of Guangzhou's leather industry, which holds a leading position in China. With its extensive global buyer network, it welcomes a significant influx of domestic and international merchants and visitors each year, solidifying its status as the largest finished leather goods trading platform in South China and indeed the entire country.
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Guangzhou·Guangzhou Baima Garment Market
Founded in 1993, Guangzhou Baima Garment Market (Guangzhou Baima), a leading enterprise in Liuhua Commercial Area, has become one of the most influential professional clothing markets in China. As China's first modern structured professional garment market, Guangzhou Baima spans a total construction area of 60,000 square meters, housing nearly 1,000 wholesales stores. Its products reach across China and over 70 countries and regions including Russia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Western Europe, creating an annual transaction volume exceeding 10 billion yuan.
Click to read: Guangzhou Baima, China's most influential garment market
Guangzhou·Shiling International Leather Centrum
Located in Huadu District of Guangzhou, Shiling Town is known as the "Capital of Leather Products in China." With a history of over 40 years, its leather industry is one of the earliest-developed industries with the most complete industrial chain in the region. What makes Shiling Town unique is that it does not produce raw leather, yet serves as China's largest distribution hub for raw and auxiliary materials of luggage and leather products, with five professional markets.
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Shenzhen·Huaqiangbei
Known as "China's No. 1 Electronics Street," Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei, with its 1.45 square kilometers, carries the boundless potential of the global electronics industry.
Being Asia's largest electronic components distribution center, it's a hub for cross-border technology trade, attracting over 7,000 international buyers daily and generating annual transactions exceeding 400 billion RMB. With the cost advantage of direct factory supply and efficient responsiveness across the entire supply chain, it's a prime destination for tech entrepreneurs and buyers.
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Shenzhen·Shuibei International Jewelry Trade Center
Shenzhen Shuibei stands as China's largest, most advanced and comprehensive gold & jewelry cluster, boasting a fully integrated industrial chain. It has renovated from an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing) base in the 1980s into a "Jewelry Capital" that covers high-value-added sectors, including design, exhibition & trading, brand operation, and inspection & testing. It boasts over 20 specialized gold & jewelry markets, accounting for over 70 percent of China's annual gold trading volume and 80 percent of the country's rough diamond imports.
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Foshan·Lecong Furniture City
Lecong Furniture City first took shape in the 1980s as China's earliest professional furniture market. With over three decades of development, it has grown into the world's largest furniture distribution and sourcing hub. It accommodates over 10,000 furniture distributors and 3,000 furniture manufacturers home and abroad, showcasing over 50,000 varieties of high and mid-range furniture. Buyers can find 99 percent of the world’s furniture products here.
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Shantou·Chenghai Toys Wholesale Market
Chenghai, Shantou, a renowned hometown of overseas Chinese in Guangdong, stands as the biggest toy production and trading base in the world, boasting the most comprehensive supportive system for the toy creative industry. Its key market — Chenghai Toys Wholesale Market, is a pivotal hub for world's toy sourcing.
The city now accounts for approximately 50 percent of China's total plastic toy capacity and around 33 percent of the world's total, with products exported to more than 140 countries and regions worldwide.
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Foshan·China Ceramics Industry Headquarters
Foshan is a historic city renowned as the "Capital of Ceramics." Today, Foshan has grown into one of the world's largest hubs for ceramic production and trade. It boasts key facilities including the China Ceramics City, Huaxia Ceramic Exposition City, and China Ceramics Industry Headquarters.
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Zhongshan·Huayi International Lighting Plaza
Located in Zhongshan City, Guzhen Town stands as China's largest professional lighting production base and wholesale market. Covering an area of 3 million square meters, Guzhen boasts key facilities that include professional lighting malls such as S-light, Huayi International Lighting Plaza, and Lihe Plaza, along with 7 major lighting accessory warehouses including Ruifeng and Caosan.
Click to read: Zhongshan's Guzhen, capital of lighting equipment
Reporter丨Zhou Jiyin
Editor丨Yin Juewen
Poster丨Yang Chenyue