Name: CIFF Shanghai 2026
Start: 2026-09-05T09:00:00+08:00
End: 2026-09-11T18:00:00+08:00
Location: National Exhibition & Convention Center Shanghai Hongqiao

CIFF Shanghai, September, 5-8, 2026

CIFF Shanghai is for professionals only
Size: over 1,500 exhibitors, 100,000 visitors in 2025
Venue: National Exhibition and Convention Center Shanghai Hongqiao
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Discover CIFF Shanghai 2025

Design: creating new value for brands

Design now sits at the heart of brand identity, product value and competitive differentiation, and CIFF Shanghai is leaning into that shift. The fair reinforces its role as a reference point for contemporary design and original furniture in China, anchored by Design Eden · Contemporary Design Trade Fair—a 50,000-square-metre area given over to design brands, creative studios and emerging independent designers, with exhibitions, forums, awards and product launches.

The programme also hosts the CIFF Shanghai Design Conference, bringing together international designers and some of China’s most influential creatives, alongside the launch of the Golden Creation Award, dedicated to product innovation and the new benchmarks of design.

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Digital intelligence: new retail models, greater efficiency

Digitalisation and intelligent technologies are reshaping the entire supply chain, from production and distribution through to the point of sale. Among the headline additions this year is a redesigned New Retail Hall, an 8,000-square-metre space where 15 leading brands present integrated retail scenarios that blend online and offline channels with data-driven management.

Virtual and augmented reality bring immersive product and spatial experiences, while an enhanced online platform—supported by a multilingual official website and an integrated social media ecosystem—offers a full suite of digital services to exhibitors and international buyers. In partnership with Red Star Macalline, CIFF Shanghai is also launching a national matchmaking programme designed to forge more efficient connections between brands, distributors and retail channels.

Sustainability: competitiveness for the long term

Sustainability has become a shared priority across the industry, from eco-friendly materials to low-carbon production processes. Running alongside the fair, the CIFF Shanghai WMF International Woodworking Machinery Fair showcases advanced technologies for more sustainable woodworking and more efficient use of resources.

The Golden Creation Award 2026 introduces a dedicated Green Sustainability Award to champion recyclable structures, eco-compatible materials and low-emission construction solutions. A new International Materials Selection Center presents next-generation sustainable materials, supporting the green transformation of production chains.

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Three content areas at CIFF Shanghai 2026

CIFF Shanghai 2026 is organised around three main content zones: Design Eden, devoted to original design and new product launches; New Retail, focused on immersive retail scenarios and data-driven business models; and Integrated Home Building, developed together with the China International Building & Decoration Fair 2026 (Shanghai) in response to growing demand for integrated interior design solutions.

An increasingly global platform

To strengthen its international presence, CIFF Shanghai continues to invest across five strategic segments: woodworking machinery, upholstered furniture, outdoor living, office spaces, and living and dining spaces. In parallel, the fair is expanding its international roadshows, its collaborations with design media and institutions, and its matchmaking programmes for global buyers. In 2025, these initiatives generated more than 470 business meetings and on-site orders worth over 8.14 million US dollars. Building on those results, the 2026 edition aims to raise the quality of connections between exhibitors and international markets further still.

Content and immersive experiences

CIFF Shanghai 2026 also deepens its role as a cultural platform through five curated exhibitions: The Hidden Realm Thematic Exhibition, HOTLINE – Joint Exhibition of Design Creators, Grand Tea Gala, The Design & Imagination Contemporary Design Exhibition, and Design Gravity. Together they explore new relationships between design, lifestyles, sustainability and commercial transformation through immersive experiences and interdisciplinary experimentation.

From trade fair to industrial platform

As it steadily strengthens its capacity for content creation and resource integration, CIFF Shanghai is evolving on several fronts: from a single fair into a year-round active platform, from the simple distribution of information into collaborative content creation, and from exhibition services into a broader ecosystem of industrial services.

With design as the creative engine, digital intelligence as the tool of transformation and sustainability as the strategic foundation, CIFF Shanghai 2026 sets out a forward-looking vision for the global furniture industry. This September, at Shanghai Hongqiao, the international sector gathers once again to open a new chapter for design, manufacturing and global trade.

Why visit

Because it’s no longer just a trade fair, but a year-round industrial platform built on three pillars—design, digital intelligence and sustainability. You’ll find Design Eden (50,000 sqm of contemporary design and emerging talent), the CIFF Shanghai Design Conference with leading Chinese and international creatives, and the new Golden Creation Award. The New Retail Hall showcases integrated online-offline retail models, while a strong sustainability agenda runs through materials, machinery and a dedicated Green Sustainability Award. With expanded matchmaking, five curated exhibitions and proven business results, it’s the key gateway to China’s furniture and interior design market this September at Shanghai Hongqiao.