What's the difference between the World Expo and the international exhibition in Guangzhou?

World Expo (Universal Expo, Expo is short for Exposition; Also known as the World Expo or World Expo), it is a distinctive forum, which encourages human beings to play a creative and positive role. It also encourages human beings to combine science with emotion and present various new concepts, new concepts and new technologies that are helpful to human development to the world. Therefore, the World Expo is known as the "Olympic" event of world economy, science and technology and culture.

The World Expo is an international exposition with great influence and a long history organized by the host country government or entrusted by the government to relevant departments. It has a history of more than one hundred years. At first, it mainly displayed fine arts and traditional handicrafts. Later, it gradually became an exhibition of science and technology and industrial technology, and became a rare place to train industrial talents and enlighten ordinary citizens. The venue of the World Expo is not only to display technology and commodities, but also to be accompanied by colorful performances and charming and spectacular scenery. It is set as a space full of festive atmosphere that cannot be experienced in daily life, and becomes an ideal place for ordinary citizens to entertain and consume.

The China Import and Export Fair, commonly known as the Canton Fair, was founded in the spring of 1957 and held in Guangzhou every spring and autumn. With a history of more than 50 years, it is a comprehensive international trade event with the longest history, the highest level, the largest scale, the most complete variety of goods, the largest number of merchants and the best trading effect in China. Since April 2007, the Canton Fair has been renamed as "China Import and Export Fair".

The China Import and Export Fair consists of 48 trading groups, with thousands of foreign trade companies, production enterprises, scientific research institutes, foreign-invested/wholly-owned enterprises and private enterprises with good reputation and strength participating.

The trade modes of China Import and Export Fair are flexible and diverse. In addition to the traditional sample trade, it also holds online trade fairs. The Canton Fair focuses on export trade and import business, and can also carry out various forms of economic and technological cooperation and exchanges, as well as commodity inspection, insurance, transportation, advertising, consulting and other business activities. Businessmen from all over the world gather in Guangzhou to exchange business information and enhance friendship.