Some of these fairs are unknown to the very companies they would serve best. That is normal: your job is your product, not the fair calendar of the Pearl River Delta.
Knowing which fairs exist, which ones matter for a given domain and which aisles are worth the walk is our side of the work. This page is the map we walk with: the rhythm of the year, then each fair with its domain, its usual window and what we go there to verify.
THE YEAR AT A GLANCE
One year on the ground, two heavy windows
Most of the calendar concentrates around April and October: that is the rhythm the year on the ground breathes by. The board below reads like a departures display: each fair, its usual window, and whether it is still running.
Fair
Window
Status
Canton Fair
Twice a year: mid-April to early May, then mid-October to early November
Running
Global Sources Electronics
Twice a year: sessions in April and October
Running
HKTDC Electronics Fair
Twice a year: mid-April and mid-October
Running
IFA
Every year, early September
Running
MWC
Every year, late February to early March
Running
Show all fairs
CITE
Every year, in April
Running
CES Asia
No longer held: final edition in 2019
Ended
SNEC PV Power Expo
Every year, early June
Running
HKTDC Int’l Lighting Fair
Twice a year: April, then late October
Running
China Hi-Tech Fair
Every year, in November
Running
InnoEX
Every year, mid-April
Running
LogiMAT China
Every year, late April
Running
Recurring windows, not fixed dates: the exact days shift slightly from one edition to the next. The confirmed calendar of the next windows for your domain comes with your Mission Brief.
THE CATALOGUE
Twelve fairs, one filter: does it matter for your domain?
Organised by domain, then by fair: for each one, the city, the usual window of the year, and what we go there to verify.
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Global sourcing & manufacturing
Where production capacity shows itself in person: booths held by factories, samples in hand, prices discussed face to face.
CF
Canton Fair
Guangzhou · Global sourcing
Twice a year: mid-April to early May, then mid-October to early November
The three phases of each session
Phase 1: electronics and household appliances, machinery, vehicles, hardware and lighting.
Phase 2: household goods, gifts and decoration, building materials and furniture.
Phase 3: textiles and fashion, toys, baby and maternity, stationery, health and recreation.
Which prototypes are close to production, and which are likely to stay prototypes.
LM
LogiMAT China
Shenzhen · Intralogistics
Every year, late April
What we verify on site
Robots and conveyors running under load on the show floor, not in a promotional video.
IMMERSION
Seven aisles, at real scale
A booth photo shows a booth. It says nothing about the size of the hall, the density of the aisles, or what stands three metres behind whoever took it. These seven views do. Drag them around.
Drag to look aroundCanton Fair, Guangzhou01 / 07
Sample inspection with an exhibitor
CONTINUOUS COVERAGE
The calendar is walked, not watched
These fairs are walked on a continuous basis, with sourcing running without interruption since 2019. The confirmed calendar of the next windows for your domain, and what we would go there to verify for you, comes with your Mission Brief.
