A trade fair in two phases

The spring edition of CIFF happens in two phases, every year on the same dates. The first phase, March 18-21, is focused on residential furniture, textiles, outdoor and leisure. In March 2023, CIFF occupied 700,000 square meters of exhibition space and hosted 4,000 exhibitors. There were 380,763 visitors from 166 regions and countries around the world.

Discover CIFF Guanzghou 2024

At CIFF Guangzhou 2023, therefore, the home furnishing industry provided many solutions for customizing indoor and outdoor home spaces. Many of the products on display focused on sustainability and technological innovation.

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The second phase, on the other hand, comes from March 28-31, and is focused on office furniture, commercial furniture and hotel furniture. Along with CIFF Guangzhou, there is also Interzum Guangzhou, the trade fair for woodworking semi-finished products and machinery. All components and semi-finished products for furniture are on display here, along with machinery, paints and finishes.

Discover the contemporary office at CIFF Guanzghou

CIFF Guanzghou, in China, then, is a system that involves not only a presence at the fair. Indeed, it’s a partner in the creation of new business visions. Among the various synergies activated, in fact, the collaboration with Tmall emerges. Tmall is one of the largest e-commerce portals in the world, and is among the 20 most visited sites in the world. Together with Tmall, CIFF Guangzhou set up, at the fair, the Tmall Carnival Trendy Furniture Show, to launch a selection of products, simultaneously online and offline.

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CIFF Manifesto

“China is the first destination for international furniture and home furnishing purchases.” CIFF aims to offer visitors new concepts of living and working, surrounded by high-quality products and new business opportunities. CIFF highlights the latest global trends in home furnishings and promotes cross-border dialogue and exchange within the community. The goal of CIFF is to introduce foreign markets to the quality and variety of Chinese design. This is the concept behind the main exhibition areas in which the fair is organized.
The opportunity is double! 2 cities, 2 seasons of the year, 2 trade platforms. Both editions of CIFF, the one in March in Guangzhou, the quintessential commercial city nestled on the Pearl River Delta, and the one in September in Shanghai, the modern megacity on the Yangtze River Delta, offer the most comprehensive range of furniture products from Chinese and international brands.
You just have to choose what suits you best!

Why visit

CIFF is the world’s largest furniture fair, and the most important one in China. The product segments cover the entire supply chain, thus encompassing home furniture, home furnishings, and home textiles. Also exhibiting at CIFF are outdoor, leisure, office, and hotel furniture. Finally, manufacturers of machinery and semi-finished products are exhibiting at CIFF.
In addition to innovative products and solutions, CIFF offers a series of events and activities, forums, and seminars. Seminars and workshops are important educational moments for product designers and interior designers.
Finally, CIFF’s location is easily accessible by public transportation, with two subway stops at opposite ends of the fairgrounds.