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Application Filed by Domestic Companies for Participation and Holding of Exhibitions Abroad


Application Filed by Domestic Companies for Participation and Holding of Exhibitions Abroad

Participation and holding of exhibitions abroad means the holding abroad (outside the territory) of exhibitions of achievements of economic construction, exhibition and trade fairs of goods and technology trade, and economic and trade symposiums with a view to promoting the sale of commodities from our country. As well as participation in any and all activities with a certain scale of commodities exhibition and economic & trade negotiation for the purpose of promotion of foreign economics and trade, such as international fairs and international economic & trade exhibitions etc...
The Ministry of Commerce is in charge of the macro control and Convergence Case-management of the activities of participation and holding of exhibitions abroad (outside the territory).

Flowchart for Enterprises to Apply for Participation and Holding of Exhibitions Abroad (outside the Territory)


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Sponsor Unit of Exhibition
   
Soliciting of opinions from Embassies of the People's Republic of China Stationed in Foreign Countries
  by the end of April or September
Submitting the Pre-Qualified Materials
(to CCPIT )

  At the end of July or December
Obtaining the Notice of Pre-Qualification
(the Ministry of Commerce)
   
Preparing for invitation to exhibitions
  3 months prior to the Commencement of Exhibitions
Submitting the Final Verified Materials
(to the Ministry of Commerce)
  Within 1 month
Obtaining Documents that are Duly Replied
   
Carrying out External Substantive Work
  Within 1 month after the Completion of Exhibitions
Submitting the Summary Reports of Activities on the participation and holding of exhibitions abroad (outside the territory)


Sponsor and Participating Units

Undertaking units of exhibitions shall be those possessing the right authorized by the Ministry of Commerce to carry out external exhibitions, and those enterprises that have had experience and a good credit standing for undertaking such activities. Some of controlling companies of foreign trade (industry and trade) belonging to the State may recommend a subsidiary of theirs. Competent authority of foreign trade & economic cooperation of various provinces and municipalities may recommend one to two enterprise(s) engaging in foreign trade or advertisement or exhibition companies, all of which shall act as undertaking units after submitting to the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic Trade and going through the formality of qualification verification. Sponsor unit of a nature of an enterprise may undertake exhibitions that are sponsored by itself.
Units participating in exhibitions must be foreign trade enterprises, productive enterprises and enterprises with foreign investment, all of which must possess the management right of foreign trade & economic cooperation. Personnel from units supplying goods and assisting units may act as those invited by unit exhibitors to participate in exhibitions. Participants of exhibitions must be leaders in charge of business and the business personnel who understand foreign languages. The number of persons in each standard booth for participating groups and teams shall not be more than two.

Functions

Functions of a sponsor unit shall be: In accordance with the requirements of development strategy of foreign trade & economic cooperation and exploitation of markets, and in light of actual conditions of business in the local area and this enterprise, to formulate the plan of activities for holding exhibitions abroad (outside the territory) and bear responsible for the submission of the plan to the Ministry of Commerce, to select enterprises and commodities to be exhibited, to verify the undertaking scheme of exhibitions and to supervise and inspect the effects of activities that have been carried out.
Subject to pertinent provisions prescribed by the Ministry of Commerce, a sponsor unit shall, according to its own organization's capacity, draw out a plan of activations on the holding of exhibitions in which large-scale exhibitions beyond the organization's capacity of such unit must be excluded. Approval documents for holding exhibitions are forbidden to be sold or sold in disguised form.
Main functions of a undertaking unit shall be: Pursuant to the requirement of a sponsor unit, to specifically handle the booth arrangement, to deliver exhibiting items, to conduct advertising campaigns and displays on site, to carry out security, to take responsibility of arrangements of accommodation and transportation for participating personnel and deal with all the formalities of going abroad.

Contact Us:

Add: Foreign Trade Development Division of the Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of Guangdong Province, Provincial Foreign Trade and Economic Building, 351 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province.
Tel: 38819890
E-mail: fazhan@gddoftec.gov.cn

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