During the Canton Fair, the number of foreigners entering and leaving the Baiyun Airport Port reached a record high

China News Service, Guangzhou, November 4 (Fang Weibin, Zhou Xiaochen) The 140th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) closed on November 4. The reporter learned from the Guangzhou Baiyun Border Inspection Station that from 0:00 on October 15 to 0:00 on November 4, during the Canton Fair, the station inspected more than 1.16 million people entering and exiting the country, a year-on-year increase of 14.2%. Among them, more than 675,000 foreigners entered and exited the country, a year-on-year increase of 23.1%, accounting for more than 57.8%, and both the number and proportion set a new historical record.

The "magnetic attraction" of this Canton Fair is remarkable: the single-day passenger flow at the port exceeded 60,000 for 4 days; the number of foreigners entering for business and visit purposes exceeded 136,000, accounting for 39.4%, an increase of 9 percentage points year-on-year. In terms of passenger sources, ASEAN grew by 9.6%, Europe grew by 37.1%, and emerging markets such as the five Central Asian countries grew by more than 57.7%.

The immigration facilitation policy continues to deliver dividends. During the current Canton Fair, foreigners who enjoyed various convenient policies such as 240-hour transit visa exemption, unilateral visa exemption, and mutual visa exemption at the port accounted for more than 57.2% of the total number of foreigners entering the country. Many merchants took advantage of the visa-free window period to connect with Guangzhou, Foshan and other places to achieve a multi-stop journey of "exhibition + supply chain inspection + Lingnan cultural experience".

Strong passenger flow also pushed up the annual market share price. Jiang Mingzhe, director of the Border Inspection Department of Baiyun Border Inspection Station, told reporters that as of November 3, the station had inspected more than 17 million people entering and exiting the country during the year, of which 6.6 million foreigners had been inspected, reaching the total for 2025 61 days ahead of schedule, a year-on-year increase of more than 30%.