Services highlighted for major show's attendees
Guangzhou, the host city of the Canton Fair, is attaching great importance to quality services of dining, accommodation, transportation and recreation for participants. Additional foreign currency exchange machines and mobile point-of-sale devices have been installed to make payment convenient. E-guides to convenient payment services are available on nearly 1,000 electronic displays at tourism venues, while printed manuals are available at hotels, scenic spots and public cultural venues. Local hotels are providing considerate services for international guests, such as free shuttle buses to the exhibition halls, early bird discounts, dining discounts and other exclusive benefits. Forty distinctive one-day tour routes have been launched for visitors. Theaters in Guangzhou will present various genres of performance from different eras and cultures, including the premiere of the Cantonese opera Shuangxiu Yuan and the French musical Don Juan at the Guangzhou Opera House.
Program launched for travelers' convenience
A mini program called One Stop on the Alipay app to assist services for visitors was launched in Guangdong on Friday ahead of the 135th Canton Fair, which opened in Guangzhou, the provincial capital, on Monday. Powered by Alipay, the mini program, featuring real-time mobile transactions in Guangdong, aims to provide one-stop quality services for all international guests. It is designed as a comprehensive public service and information platform serving overseas visitors to Guangdong province as well as people from China's Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions under the guidance of the Guangdong Administration of Government Services and Data Management. Services ranging from hailing a taxi, entering the metro and booking a hotel room, to paying a bill at a restaurant are available on the mini program.
Assisted entry for inflow of guests
Guangzhou has issued a series of measures to assist entry at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport for overseas buyers attending the ongoing Canton Fair. They include optimized visa services, customs clearance and payment processes. The airport has established an entry visa office and a site for temporary entry permit applications to provide one-stop services for foreign participants in the Canton Fair. Nationals from 54 countries who meet the policy requirements and hold a connecting ticket to a third country or region with a fixed date and seat within 144 hours can apply for visa-free transit in Guangdong. The Guangzhou general station of exit and entry frontier inspection has worked with port and shipping enterprises as well as airlines to provide round-the-clock channels for customs clearance services. China Southern Airlines has also increased domestic and international flights to meet growing travel demand. Some 93,000 overseas buyers from 215 countries and regions have signed up for the fair.
New customs measures unveiled in Guangzhou
Guangzhou Customs recently released 18 measures to improve customs supervision and clearance service for businesses attending the Canton Fair. The new measures include extending the temporary import period for exhibits, supporting enterprises in their participation in the exhibition outside the designated zone, implementing preferential tax policies for imported exhibits, prioritizing business handling and facilitating personnel clearance, which are expected to help ensure smooth and efficient customs clearance for inbound and outbound personnel and materials related to the fair.
