Life of Guangzhou - Exhibition Halls of Canton Fair & Kapok, City Flower of Guangzhou

Exhibition Halls for the Canton Fair

Liuhua Complex

CECF (Liuhua) Complex built in 1974 and covering an area of 170,000m², has earned its fame for holding Chinese Export Commodities Fair every spring and autumn.

CECF (Liuhua) Complex's high reputation and credibility that are formed in a long history of exhibition is another cause of its popularity among the organizers of various exhibitions. To the latter, its location in one of the most prosperous areas in Guangzhou is also attractive since they always take transportation convenience into their consideration.

In order to keep up with the rapid development of exhibition industry, China Foreign Trade Centre (Group), the operating organization of the Fairground has invested a great deal to decorate and reconstruct some of its exhibition halls. Meanwhile it has made every effort to develop a staff of professional knowledge and experience that can work together to provide high-leveled services for the exhibition. It is firmly believed that almost every kind of exhibition can be held in the Fairground and the organizers will be satisfied with its facilities and services.

Besides the fair, 80 to 100 exhibitions are held in the Fairground every year.

Jinhan Exhibition Center

Guangzhou Jinhan Exhibition Center locates at the heart of the traditional central axis in Guangzhou. With an airport, a railway station, bus stops and 2 entrances to the 2nd line of Guangzhou Subway, which linked the southern and northern parts of the city, in the area, it's very convenient for accommodation and transportation.

The Jinhan Exhibition Center consists of two exhibition halls, Hall Number 1 and Hall Number 2. Hall Number 2 is in a new 2 stories building with a light steel structure. It has a capacity of holding 900 standard booths. There is multi-functional conference hall, business center, coffee shop, catering service for Chinese and western food, resting place and so on. In addition, there are sufficient superior ventilation, electricity and water facilities indoor and a parking lot with 200 parking spaces outside the center. The layout of the exhibition center is simple, spacious shape and with completed facilities.

Jinhan exhibition center aims to provide superior service to exhibition, promote trade, promote economics with its superior geographic location, excellent facilities, professional service, as well as has multiform cooperation with domestic and international excellence exhibition organization bodies to benefit and develop with each other.

Pazhou Complex

CECF (Pazhou) Complex, located in Pazhou Island in southeast part of Guangzhou, is uniquely designed in a beautiful environment. The functions of meeting, exhibition and commercial negotiation are united in this exhibition centre. It is a modern architecture with perfect combination of efficiency, intelligence, humanization and ecology.

The total land area of Pazhou Complex is 700000m². Sixteen exhibition halls are built, among which the land area of indoor exhibition halls is 160000m², and that of outdoor exhibition sites is 22000m². It is by now the largest exhibition centre in Asia.

The roof adopts large span space truss of prestressed sustained steel tube, using 15000 tons of steel. The surface uses frosted stainless steel. The external walls in the east, west and north are glass walls. With a total area of 58000m², these glass walls give a brilliant and spectacular appearance.

The main design principle of Pazhou Complex is to extend the image of "flowing" of Pearl River. The wave like rooftop just likes the river flowing by. It integrates with surrounding environment elegantly. This design principle is unparalleled in all of the exhibition centres in the world. (file data)

Kapok, City Flower of Guangzhou

Kapok, also called the Hero Flower, was named the City Flower of Guangzhou in June of 1982 for its characteristics of vigor and struggle.

Kapok mainly grows in south China's Guangdong and Guangxi areas. What is special about this large tropical tree is that the flowers blossom before the leaves grow. It blooms in spring and produces bushy leaves in the summer.

Besides its distinctive look, kapok can also be used as a herbal medicine. It is also a common ingredient in the herbal tea favored by Cantonese. (by Carrot Chan)