Good news for animation buffs! Pokemon, Snoopy, Kumamon, Boonie Bears, Super Wings... Large numbers of cartoon icons are going to gather in Guangdong's Dongguan!

"Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) is serving as an increasingly significant investment platform, it has seen more than 260,000 newly registered enterprises since its establishment in 2015," said Zhang Jinsong, Director General of the Guangdong Department of Commerce and Director of the General Affairs Office of the Guangdong FTZ, at a press conference held on June 7.

Cultural and Natural Heritage Day (the second Saturday of June) falls on June 10 this year. From June 10 to 11, Guangdong will roll out a series of activities in Dongguan, the host city of this year's celebration in the province, according to a press conference on May 26. Featuring a grand dragon boat race, the event will showcase the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao.

The Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo will kick off in Zone A of the Canton Fair Complex on June 2, lasting for three days, according to the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province at the latest press conference.

"To prevent major fire accidents, the Guangdong Provincial Fire Safety Committee has issued an 'Implementation Plan for Fire Safety Inspection and Rectification in Guangdong Province in 2023', and will carry out a series of fire safety rectification works in the future." Zhang Mingcan, head of the Fire and Rescue Corps of Guangdong Province, said at a press conference on May 19.

The Greater Bay Area Science Forum 2023 will be held in the Nansha District of Guangzhou online and offline from May 20 to May 23.

The 2023 Overseas Chinese Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Conference will be held from May 16 to 18 in Jiangmen of Guangdong province, known as “the city of overseas Chinese”, according to a press conference on May 10.

The “Understanding China·Greater Bay Area Dialogue” will be held in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province, from April 18 to 20, with the theme of Chinese Modernization and New Opportunities for the World, according to a press conference on April 15.

On April 6, the first batch of typical rule coordination mechanism cases in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) was released by the Guangdong Provincial Office of the Leading Group for the Development of the GBA.

Buyers with an invitation to the 133rd Canton Fair, can apply for visas to China at any Chinese embassy or consulate of the country they are in.