Tomorrow, October 15, 2026, the 140th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) will officially open in Guangzhou, China.
As the lights of Pazhou shine once again, global buyers, exhibitors, and industry partners will gather at the China Import and Export Fair Complex. Plutools is ready for the event and warmly invites new and existing customers from around the world to visit us at Booth 20.1G40-41.
1. Why Does the Canton Fair Matter?
Known as "China's No. 1 Fair," the Canton Fair is a major gateway for China's opening-up and one of the world's largest comprehensive international trade events. For decades, it has served as a vital platform connecting Chinese manufacturers with global markets.
From its inaugural session in 1957, when the exhibition area covered just 9,600 square meters and attracted more than 1,200 buyers, the Canton Fair has grown into a global trade event of extraordinary scale. For the 140th session, more than 210,000 overseas buyers had completed pre-registration, while approximately 32,000 companies were set to participate. Among them, more than 11,000 are specialized and innovative enterprises and single-product champions.
From serving a limited number of markets to connecting businesses across 229 countries and regions, the Canton Fair has continued to demonstrate the importance of international trade and cooperation.
Openness is a shared choice between China and the world.
With the theme "Canton Fair, Global Share," this session will spotlight emerging technologies and innovative products in fields such as new energy storage, embodied intelligence, and smart healthcare. New industries, technologies, and market opportunities will converge in Guangzhou.
For international buyers, the Canton Fair is an important gateway to discovering Chinese manufacturing capabilities and connecting with China's supply chains. For Chinese manufacturers, it provides a valuable platform to expand overseas markets, strengthen brand recognition, and build lasting international partnerships.
2. From an Exhibition Hall to a City, a Greater Bay Area, and the World
The Canton Fair has moved between venues over the decades, but Guangzhou has always remained its home.
From Yuexiu to Liuhua, from Liuhua to Pazhou, the fair's development has gone hand in hand with the expansion of transportation networks, commercial districts, and industrial parks. Its influence has helped shape Guangzhou's urban development and strengthen connections across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The exhibition halls are in Guangzhou, factories operate throughout the Pearl River Delta, ports and airports connect the Greater Bay Area to international destinations, and orders reach customers around the world.
The Canton Fair's influence extends far beyond a single city. It supports the broader industrial ecosystem of Guangdong and the Greater Bay Area, connecting manufacturing capabilities with global demand.
It has helped Chinese manufacturers move beyond the role of the "world's factory" toward deeper participation in global markets, international collaboration, and integrated supply chains.
Today, the Canton Fair is about much more than trade transactions. It serves as a vital connection point between global market demand and Chinese manufacturing. It brings international buyers, emerging technologies, and industrial resources together while helping Chinese manufacturers introduce their products and capabilities to the world.
From a window into Chinese manufacturing to a gateway for global supply chain collaboration, the Canton Fair continues to strengthen China's connection with international markets.
3. Beyond Trade: The Canton Fair's Wider Economic Impact
The international visitors arriving in Guangzhou for the Canton Fair bring far more than purchasing orders.
Their presence generates business for hotels, restaurants, transportation providers, and commercial districts. The fair creates opportunities for the city to turn international business traffic into broader economic activity, benefiting Guangzhou and the surrounding Greater Bay Area.
More importantly, the Canton Fair helps global buyers discover the capabilities of Chinese manufacturing while enabling Chinese companies to better understand changing international market requirements.
As Chinese brands expand overseas and advanced manufacturing industries gain international momentum, the focus is increasingly shifting from exporting individual products to building global brands, delivering technical capabilities, and developing long-term partnerships.
For manufacturers like Plutools, this makes the Canton Fair an important opportunity to connect with international customers, exchange technical insights, and explore new applications for motion control technologies in mobile robotics and industrial automation.
4. Plutools at the 140th Canton Fair
Headquartered in Shanghai, China, with its manufacturing facility in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, Plutools specializes in motion control components and drive solutions for automated guided vehicles (AGVs), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and other industrial applications.
With more than 20 years of industry experience, Plutools focuses on developing and manufacturing essential drive and motion control products that help mobile robots operate reliably and efficiently.
Our product portfolio includes:
AGV Drive Wheels: Drive and steering solutions designed for mobile robot traction, maneuverability, and load handling.
Drive Axles: Integrated drive solutions for industrial vehicles and mobile equipment.
Servo Motors: Precision motion solutions for a range of industrial automation applications.
Controllers and Drives: Motion control products designed to support efficient and coordinated system operation.
Magnetic Navigation Systems: Navigation components for applications requiring guided mobile robot movement.
Other Motion Control Components: Products and customized configurations developed around specific equipment requirements.
Beyond standard products, Plutools works with customers to develop customized drive solutions based on vehicle structure, load capacity, operating conditions, and system integration requirements.
Our products serve applications in intelligent warehousing and logistics, autonomous forklifts, industrial automation, new energy, agricultural machinery, construction machinery, and other specialized equipment sectors.
With a focus on product development, manufacturing capabilities, and application-oriented engineering, Plutools is committed to helping equipment manufacturers build dependable AGV/AMR drive systems and improve the performance of their mobile equipment.
At the 140th Canton Fair, Plutools will showcase its core motion control products and customized drive solutions for AGVs, AMRs, and related industrial applications.
The exhibition offers an opportunity to meet international customers face-to-face, better understand market requirements, exchange technical ideas, and explore new opportunities for cooperation.
For Plutools, exhibiting at the Canton Fair is about more than presenting products. It is about understanding real-world applications, discussing engineering challenges, and working with customers to develop practical solutions.
We look forward to meeting equipment manufacturers, system integrators, distributors, and industry partners from around the world.
Visit Plutools at Booth 20.1G40-41 to discuss your application requirements and explore the right drive solutions for your projects.
Exhibition Information
Event: The 140th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair)
Dates: October 15–19, 2026
Venue: China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China
Plutools Booth: 20.1G40-41
We Look Forward to Meeting You in Guangzhou
Tomorrow, the lights of Pazhou will shine once again.
The 140th Canton Fair marks another chapter in a long-standing tradition of international trade and cooperation, bringing together manufacturers, buyers, and industry professionals from around the world.
Plutools warmly invites you to visit us at Booth 20.1G40-41 to discover our AGV/AMR drive products, discuss your application requirements, and explore opportunities for future cooperation.
From our headquarters in Shanghai to our manufacturing facility in Nantong, Jiangsu, we remain committed to developing practical motion control solutions for the global mobile robotics and industrial automation markets.
We look forward to connecting with you and building new opportunities together.
See you tomorrow at the 140th Canton Fair!
