The 2026 Global Investment Promotion Conference for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) will be held in Guangzhou on November 3, with 254 companies, including Fortune Global 500 firms, China 500 companies and leading industry enterprises, confirmed to attend as of October 27.
A delegation of more than ten leading US arts figures visited the Bai'etan Greater Bay Area Art Center and Xinghai Concert Hall. The cutting-edge immersive digital exhibitions in these cultural venues left them deeply impressed, sparking interest in launching joint art programs between China and the United States.
Autumn in Guangdong is far from dull. Pink kapok trees line the streets, bougainvillea brightens city corners and fields of yellow and purple flowers bring color to the season.
As of 17:00 on October 27, a total of 278,000 overseas buyers from 218 countries and regions had attended the 140th Canton Fair, up 13.4 percent from the same period of the previous session. A total of 152 overseas business organizations and 384 leading buyer companies attended the fair as delegations.
Guangzhou's Nansha District has been named the Urban Biodiversity Demonstration, becoming the only region in China to receive the designation. The accolade was conferred on October 24 at the 9th Summit for Subnational Governments & Cities—an official parallel event to the UN Biodiversity Conference COP17 held in Yerevan, Armenia.
A promotional video for the 6th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Culture and Arts Festival has been released ahead of the festival's opening in Shenzhen on October 31.
Guangzhou's economy grew 5.7 percent year on year in the first nine months of 2026, outpacing growth in both Guangdong Province and China as a whole, according to data released by the city on October 26.
The 2026 Greater Bay Area Science Forum (GSF) will bring four Nobel laureates to South China, with one of the 2026 Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine delivering a keynote address, organizers announced at a press conference in Guangzhou on October 27.
Iranian carrier Mahan Air will operate daily direct flights between Guangzhou and Tehran during the 2026-27 winter season, which began on October 25. It also maintains services linking Beijing and Shanghai with Tehran.
A delegation of more than 10 American arts-world luminaries visited Guangzhou on October 26. They toured the Chen Clan Academy, Yongqing Fang and other sites as part of the China-U.S. arts education and cultural industry exchange program.
Guangzhou Mayor Sun Zhiyang met with Evgenios Kalpyris, Greek Ambassador to China, and his delegation on October 26, as the two sides explored opportunities to strengthen cooperation in shipping, trade, tourism and cultural exchanges.
For Danish buyer Michael Jensen, the Canton Fair is more than a sourcing event. It is where long-term business partnerships begin, product ideas take shape and emerging consumer trends come into view.
The 4th Guangzhou Cosmetics Week will be held from November 4 to 8, aiming to connect China's beauty industry with the global market.
Jordan Yeoh had heard of the Canton Fair for a decade. But stepping inside the massive exhibition for the first time was a completely different experience.
"What we are seeing now is that many European companies are beginning to get increasingly focused on how they can integrate Chinese supply chains into their own overseas supply chains," said Jens Eskelund, President of the European Union (EU) Chamber of Commerce in China, in an interview with South.
As the 140th Canton Fair unfolds in Guangzhou from October 14 to November 4, the exhibition halls once again buzz with the language of global commerce. Blidi Taoufik, a Tunisian trader with three decades of Canton Fair experience, has returned—to buy and sell, of course, but also for something more: to belong.
The 140th Canton Fair opened in Guangzhou on October 14 and will run until November 4, 2026, marking 70 years since its first session in 1957. The exhibition area totals about 1.55 million square meters, with 32,000 exhibitors. The first phase of the 140th Canton Fair, which concluded on October 19, attracted 189,000 overseas buyers from 214 countries and regions, up 13.3 percent from the same phase of the previous session, hitting a record high.
China Southern Airlines will launch a daily service between Guangzhou and Macao on December 10, adding a new air link between the two cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Guangdong Intercity Railway Operation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guangzhou Metro Group, signed an infrastructure maintenance service contract with Malaysia's East Coast Rail Link Operation in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday for the Maran section of the East Coast Rail Link.
The 2026 Guangzhou Sci-Tech Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, held jointly with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition, concluded on Wednesday in Guangzhou's Nansha district, drawing over 400 projects from more than 30 countries and regions.
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