Buyers select porcelain products Sunday at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong province. The second phase of the fair kicked off that day. Photo: Wang Xue, intern reporter/Caixin

A buyer tries on a lion mask at the fair on Sunday. Photo: Wang Xue, intern reporter/Caixin

A customer checks out lighting products. Photo: Wang Xue, intern reporter/Caixin

A visitor takes a photo of artificial flower arrangements. Photo: Wang Xue, intern reporter/Caixin

A buyer picks out children’s clothing at a booth. The fair’s second phase has set up an area especially for maternity and child products, attracting nearly 400 sellers to participate. Photo: Wang Xue, intern reporter/Caixin

Vendors promote their toys online during the fair. Data shows that China’s exports in the ‘luggage and bags’ category grew 90.1% year-on-year in March, while the figure was 32.3% for footwear and 30.9% for toys. Photo: Wang Xue, intern reporter/Caixin

A man looks at an assortment of clocks on display. Photo: Wang Xue, intern reporter/Caixin

Visitors stroll around the fair’s imported goods exhibition area. Around 12,000 domestic and international enterprises have set up more than 24,000 booths in 18 exhibition sections for the fair’s second phase. Photo: Wang Xue, intern reporter/Caixin

The fair consists of three phases. The second phase, which features daily consumer goods, gifts and home decoration products, will run through Thursday. The third phase will begin on May 1. Photo: Wang Xue, intern reporter/Caixin