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Please note:

Regular buyers* who don’t need to apply for a China visa do not need to apply for an invitation. Please bring your relevant documents to Solid Channel Co. Ltd., the Hong Kong Office of China Foreign Trade Centre (Group), Canton Fair Hong Kong Customer Service Centre, to apply for an entry badge, which is free of charge. New buyers will need to apply for an invitation first in order to get an entry badge.

Canton Fair invitations are only issued to overseas buyers who work for companies outside of China, or buyers holding Chinese passports with a valid overseas work visa without exit and entry restrictions for over one year.

Therefore, local representatives in buyer companies who do not fit the above-mentioned requirements must be accompanied by overseas company members to be invited. An overseas company can only bring one local representative to the Canton Fair to help with the buying A company should apply for an entry badge for the local representative with the overseas company’s authorization letter and copies of passports of attending staff members. The local representative should bring original and hard copies of his/her second-generation ID card, business cards, and passport photos to apply for an entry badge. The admission fee is 300 CNY per person per day, plus 30 yuan service fee per entry badge.

There are two kinds of Canton Fair Invitation: E-Invitation and Paper Invitation Card. With an invitation buyers can:

Apply for a China visa;

Apply for a free IC Card (Entry Badge) for entering the Canton Fair.

Buyers can choose to apply for a Paper Invitation or an E-Invitation. Buyers can print out the invitation by logging in to BEST (an online self-service platform) with a user name and password 3 working days after submitting an application.

Overseas buyers and buyers from Hong Kong and Macau can apply using either of the following two methods:

1. Use BEST (an online self-service platform) to apply for a Canton Fair Invitation online

New Buyers**: Please register your company’s information under “Registration for New Buyers”. Within 3 days after the registration, the system will send you an email with a special user name and password, which you can use to apply for a Canton Fair Invitation on the BEST platform.

Regular Buyers*: Please use your user name and password directly to log in to the BEST platform and apply for your Canton Fair Invitation. If you forget your user name and password, please click “Getting User Name and Password for Regular Buyers”.

2. Download the Invitation Application Form, and email it to cs@cantonfair.org.cn.

Invitation also can be applied for to one of the following organizations:

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Q:Suhail Asked on 09:54 AM Aug. 13 2012 Reply

Hi, I would like to know about MTR service from HK to the Canton show. From where we can buy tickets in advance and from where we have to take the train in HK.Thanks

Dear Suhail,

I regret that we don't provide train tickets booking separately, if you need the tickets, i suggest you buy them at the Hung Hom railway station which is in Kowloon. It takes about 2 hours by train and it costs about CNY200 per person. Lussie Lu Replied on 03:37 AM Aug. 14 2012

Q:DAVENDRA GURUDEO Asked on 1:44 PM Mar. 21 2012 Reply

Hello, I am luggage business who attended the last canton fair in Guangzhou in 2011,i was expecting an invitation for 2012 fair.I have not received any,so i will like to attend but i need an invitation thank you

Hi DAVENDRA GURUDEO, you could visit the offical website of Canton Fair and print an invitation letter on your own arrangments: http://www.cantonfair.org.cn/en/index.asp

Wish you a nie day! Nora Ou Replied on 04:17 AM Mar. 22 2012

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