China News reported from Guangzhou on 28 October 2026 that Phase 2 of the 140th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) closed on 27 October. The Canton Fair news centre said that from the 15 October opening through 17:00 on 27 October, 278,000 overseas buyers from 218 countries and regions had attended, up 13.4% from the same point in the previous edition. Some 152 overseas business associations and 384 leading procurement firms came in groups.
Phase 2 focused on Quality Home Life, with about 11,000 export exhibitors. Among them, more than 3,600 were specialised and sophisticated SMEs or single-product champions. Exhibitors showed 2.376 million products, of which new products, green products and self-owned intellectual-property products accounted for 24.2%, 26.9% and 25.0% respectively.
The import exhibition hosted 213 firms from 27 countries and regions, including national pavilions from Turkey, Korea, Japan, India and five other countries, concentrating on tableware, home goods, gifts and premiums.
Phase 3 will run from 31 October to 4 November under the theme Better Life, covering five sectors: toys and maternity/baby products, fashion, home textiles, stationery, and health and leisure. Organisers said the phase will showcase Chinese manufacturing upgrades toward new products, greener processes and smarter production for lifestyle categories.