By Yang Yulai, SFC, 21st Century Business Herald

Known as “China’s No. 1 Trade Fair”, the Canton Fair officially kicked off.

The 138th Canton Fairwill run in three phases from October15to November4in Guangzhou, with record-high numbers of booths and exhibitors.

Notably, the Canton Fair’s “friendscircle”keeps growing: more than 240,000 buyers from 218 countries and regions have registered.

On site, international visitors from Canada, Peru, the Philippines and beyond told SFCjournalists their first-hand impressions of the Canton Fair.