48th CIFF Shanghai 2021 Set for September

Furniture World News Desk on 7/23/2021

Organizers of the of CIFF, the China International Furniture Fair, recently announced that the 48th edition will take place on September 3-6 in Shanghai, Honggiao this year.

Founded in 1998 in Guangzhou, CIFF takes place twice a year, in spring and autumn. In 2015, the organizers moved the September edition from Guangzhou to Shanghai, distinguishing the two editions, which attract distinct markets and visitors.

Together, the two editions involve over 6,000 of the top Chinese and international brands each year and host over 500,000 trade visitors from around the world. During the pandemic, CIFF has seen no decline in attendance, with the latest edition of CIFF Guangzhou seeing a 20% increase compared to the pre-COVID period.

This year, there will be over 2,000 exhibitors at CIFF Shanghai, occupying an area of more than 4.3 million square feet, and over 150,000 buyers, mainly from China due to the COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Chinese government.

The 48th edition of CIFF Shanghai will be business-oriented, ranging across categories such as Home Furniture to Homedécor & Hometextile, from Outdoor & Leisure to Office Furniture to Furniture Machinery & Woodworking Machinery.

The EAST Design Show will alo make its appearance at CIFF. Organized by Zhu Xiaojie and now in its sixth edition, the show is positioned as an ‘incubation platform for young, up-and-coming designers’, bringing the leading brands in home furnishings together with Asian designers and design schools in an exploration of the value of design.

Other events at CIFF include The Design Dream Show (DDS), which will create eight trend sectors under the theme ‘New Wave · New Sound Filed’, including Trendy Play Special Exhibition Zone, Creative Market, Modern Fashion Workshop, Materials Academy, High-end Social Platform, Future Life Exploration Zone, D-Talk Forum, and Designers’ Club!; the Office Life Theme Pavilion, organized by Xu Zhaoming, will present interesting new concepts for workplace design under the theme ‘Office Customization • Harmony & Symbiosis’; and the Daguan Tea Ceremony will be dedicated to furnishings designed to facilitate better living and tea appreciation while also sharing the ancient tradition’s values.

In conjunction with CIFF Shanghai 2021, the 4th edition of the Shanghai International Furniture Machinery & Woodworking Fair, a furniture industry trade fair organized by CIFF in collaboration with Hong Kong Adsale, will be held in Halls 7.1 and 8.1 and brought to life by leading Chinese and international manufacturers who will present production technologies and all types of process machinery.

Though it is still difficult for Westerners to attend this edition, there will be no shortage of articles, livestreams, and resources to make everyone feel present.

About CIFF

CIFF Guangzhou and CIFF Shanghai complement each other in order to strengthen each other and to grow together.

The 48th CIFF Shanghai will be held in Shanghai Hongqiao from 3rd - 6th September 2021 (home furniture, homedecor & hometextile, outdoor & leisure furniture, office furniture, commercial furniture, hotel furniture and furniture machinery)

The 49th CIFF Guangzhou will be held in Guangzhou Pazhou from 18th - 21st March 2022 (1st phase - home furniture, homedecor & hometextile, outdoor & leisure furniture) and from 28th - 31st March 2022 (2nd phase - office furniture, commercial furniture, hotel furniture and furniture machinery & raw materials).

Choosing CIFF means choosing both the entire extraordinary Chinese market and the global furniture market!