Indicates the type of a location. Location Type Defined by CCTVPLUS Indicates the role that a specific instance of a description takes among all descriptions. Description Role Defined by CCTVPLUS The role in the overall content stream. Part Role Indicates a kind of content rendition. Content Rendition Defined by CCTVPLUS CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. All Rights Reserved. No access Chinese mainland CCTV Newscontent www.cctvplus.com +86-10-83949886 +86-10-63978447 contact@cctvplus.com 2026-10-27T06:02:21Z 2026-10-27T06:02:21Z 2026-10-26 2014-11-06T09:22:45Z China Central Television China Economy/Other Recent China-Canton Fair/Sourcing Journey Canton Fair puts China's entire supply chain within global buyers' reach Global buyers are converging on the ongoing 140th China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, where competing suppliers gathered under one roof allow them to compare products, quality and prices side by side, with many extending their trips beyond the exhibition halls to the factory floors that ring the city. Also known as the Canton Fair, the biannual event is China's largest and longest-running comprehensive trade fair and a widely watched barometer of the country's foreign trade. For the buyers streaming through the bustling halls, the fair's value lies in that concentration, the ability to move between countless suppliers in a single space and weigh offers directly against one another. "The beauty about Canton Fair is all these different suppliers are all together. So you can go from one supplier to another, to another. Compare their products, quality as well as price, and you put them all together and then you make a decision. Makes it absolutely fantastic. We would like to come again and again and again. Once you come to China once, you will come many times. Next year, we will be here again," said Humphrey Muturi, a buyer from Kenya. The sourcing journey often continues well beyond the exhibition venue, as Guangzhou sits in the Pearl River Delta, one of China's manufacturing heartlands, where many factories lie just an hour's drive from the fairgrounds. Buyers frequently take the opportunity to visit production sites in person, where they can observe assembly lines in operation and see the manufacturing process up close. "Once you go to one company, you get to learn all the manufactured items, you go to the next, you can compare how they operate. You can come to [understand and learn critical information], you can ask them questions and interact, and give them the specification that you are looking for. And they help very fast," said Titus Muthomi, another buyer from Kenya. That direct access is backed by China's complete industrial chain and stable manufacturing capability, which enable suppliers to offer full-package solutions and customized services to overseas buyers, rather than one-off sales. English/Nats Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, south China - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Various of visitors at Canton Fair; exhibits; exhibitors 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Humphrey Muturi, Kenyan buyer (starting with shot 1/partially overlaid with shot 3/ending with shot 4): "The beauty about Canton Fair is all these different suppliers are all together. So you can go from one supplier to another, to another. Compare their products, quality as well as price, and you put them all together and then you make a decision. Makes it absolutely fantastic. We would like to come again and again and again. Once you come to China once, you will come many times. Next year, we will be here again." ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 3. Various of people at fair ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 4. Muturi, others posing for photos Guangdong Province, south China - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland) 5. Various of production lines, global buyers visiting factory 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Titus Muthomi, Kenyan buyer (starting with shot 5/ending with shot 7): "Once you go to one company, you get to learn all the manufactured items, you go to the next, you can compare how they operate. You can come to [understand and learn critical information], you can ask them questions and interact, and give them the specification that you are looking for. And they help very fast." 7. Various of global buyer visiting factory, circuit board 8. Various of global buyer watching humanoid robot dance, engaging in other activities at factory