GUANGZHOU -- The China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, closed here Monday with nearly $25 billion worth of deals signed, a 10% jump from the previous fall.
More than 253,000 buyers from outside of China came to the fair, the number exceeding 250,000 for the first time, organizers said. Traffic rose 30% from a year earlier, and the buyers came from 214 countries and jurisdictions.





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