Canton Fair Entry Fee and Buyer Badge

Last fact-checked: November 10, 2026.

A Canton Fair entry fee is the question that fills the search box, and the organiser's answer is on a badge page, not on a tour desk. The badge guide marked published 26 September 2026 is labeled session 140. It says new applications, replacements and renewals of the overseas buyer badge are free of charge. On 10 November 2026 that URL had not been replaced by a document that names the 141st session. Treat the free line as a 140th statement. Reopen the page before you pay anyone for April 2027.

How to create the account, which ID the desk accepts, and where to collect the badge are already on the registration and badge guide. This page does not walk those steps again. It only separates the papers people pay for by mistake. The first visit, once the badge question is settled, is the first-time routine. Whether a small order justifies the trip at all is the small-buyer decision.

Invitation, badge, and a bill that is neither

Paper	Where it was printed	Leave it alone if
Overseas buyer badge	140th guide, 26 September 2026: free to apply, replace, and renew	You need a 141st figure and the page still says 140th
Invitation	Pre-registration notice, published 19 August 2026, says invitation applications are open	You expected that sentence to be a visa approval
Someone's service invoice	Not on those two pages	The invoice calls itself a ticket

The badge guide also says a valid overseas buyer badge from a previous session can be used on verification, with no activation. Badges issued on a work visa at or before the 134th session are no longer valid, and those holders must apply for a purchasing-agent badge. The guide does not print a fee for that purchasing-agent badge. Staff and interpreter badges are a different notice. This page does not copy the amounts from it. If you are taking someone into the hall with you, open that notice and read the session name on it.

Where the number has to be written

The buyer system linked from the organiser is buyer.cantonfair.org.cn. A fee that matters will be on that system or on a notice that names the session you are attending. A PDF from a hotel desk, a WeChat contact, or a "badge agency" can charge for labour. That labour is not the door. The 141st dates themselves, which are not a price, are on the dates and phases page.

A buyer who pays the wrong person

A first-time gift buyer is quoted an "entry package" that bundles the badge, a hotel, and two interpreters. The 140th guide says the buyer badge itself is free to issue. The hotel is a hotel. The interpreters, if the accompanying-personnel notice still applies, are a separate badge with its own rules. The buyer asks the sender to point at the organiser URL for each line. The lines that cannot point at one are services. The case is typical. It is not a named agency.

Questions that stay on the notice

Is the 2027 badge free?

Unavailable. The guide retrieved on 10 November 2026 is a 140th document. A 141st price was not in it.

Does the invitation replace the badge?

The pre-registration notice says invitation applications are open. The badge guide describes the credential you present. They are different sentences.

Is there an on-site ticket price?

Not on the badge guide or the pre-registration notice opened for this check. If a later notice prints one, it will name the session.

If you would rather have the short list built before anyone talks about badges, start at the buying-trip page or send the spec on the RFQ form.

The fair logistics around this are opening hours and a day plan, the Pazhou hall map, spring versus autumn, and Canton Fair versus Global Sources.

Official sources

Canton Fair badge guide for overseas buyers, marked published 26 September 2026, labeled session 140.
Year-round overseas buyer pre-registration, published 19 August 2026.
Canton Fair buyer service system.

Canton Fair Entry Fee: Badge, Invitation, and What Is Not a Ticket