The 56th CIFF – China International Furniture Fair Shanghai returns to the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai Hongqiao) from September 9 – 12, 2025, and positions itself as China’s premier home design platform. As the furniture industry undergoes unprecedented transformation, CIFF Shanghai drives cross-border collaboration and creative excellence.

Discover CIFF Guangzhou 2025

CIFF Shanghai 2024

CIFF stands as the world’s largest furniture exhibition, with 55 successful editions and a dual-city format established since 2015 – Guangzhou Pazhou hosts the spring edition, while Shanghai Hongqiao presents the autumn showcase.

The trade show delivers more than a traditional trade show—it builds a dynamic ecosystem where design meets commerce, encompassing the complete furniture value chain from residential collections to commercial solutions, production technology, and home accessories. Expanding across 10 halls and 300,000 sqm, the 2025 edition hosts more than 1,500 carefully selected global brands and 150,000 professional visitors. It covers eight major product categories: upholstered sofas, sleep systems, living/dining room furniture, office/commercial & hospitality furniture, furniture production equipment, outdoor furniture, and home accessories & textiles.

Discover CIFF Shanghai 2024

As China’s premier marketplace for luxury home furnishings, CIFF Shanghai leverages its extensive media network and strategic partnerships to connect international brands with top-tier Chinese retailers. The event attracts tens of thousands of industry professionals—designers, interior designers, and buyers—through its comprehensive program of exhibitions, trend forums, and networking opportunities that fuel domestic market growth and global trade expansion.

CIFF Shanghai 2025 pillars of excellence: original design 

The creative powerhouse of Asian furniture innovation
Design Eden, Contemporary Design Trade Fair (Hall 4.1) serves as the exhibition’s creative epicenter, evolving significantly since its 2024 transformation. Under the 2025 theme “Preciousness,” Design Eden showcases the complete ecosystem from conceptual creation to market validation, acting simultaneously as an aesthetic laboratory and commercial proving ground.

Among the companies presenting innovative design, we can mention HC28, which at CIFF Shanghai 2025 is launching new products designed by international designers Yabu Pushelberg, Marcel Wanders, Pearson Lloyd, and Ma Yansong (MAD Architects). 

HC28 booth at CIFF Shanghai 2024

By gathering China’s most commercially viable original design forces, Design Eden proves how innovative thinking translates into market success. This curated space demonstrates how contemporary design reshapes industry value and bridges artistic vision with business reality.

Special curations at Design Eden include:

• East Design Show (Curator: Zhu Xiaojie): CIFF Shanghai’s first special design exhibition nurtures emerging talent through four sections: Design Foyer, Design Workshop, Design Market, and Tea Talk.

East Design Show 2024

• The Italian Lounge (Organized by Edimotion): This meeting point brings prestigious Italian design brands, professionals, and institutions together with key stakeholders from China’s thriving market. Supported by Politecnico di Milano – Scuola del Design, it features a comprehensive program of forums, talks, B2B meetings, and educational events.

The Italian Lounge 2024

• HOTLINE Design Creators’ Joint Exhibition (Curator: Zhang Zhongyu): Exploring “Signal from the Nearby,” this exhibition maps networks and resonance fields of independent designer brands through interconnected creative communities.
• Grand View Tea Ceremony (Curator: Huang Jianhui): This cultural showcase integrates Eastern tea traditions with contemporary ecological concepts through immersive, interactive experiences.
• “Envision” Contemporary Design Living Exhibition (Curator: Jiang Boming): Under the theme “Wandering in Dreams and Realms,” this sensory journey blends designer works across sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing.
• Design Gravity Field (Curators: Li Xuelian, Wang Shichao): This initiative tackles sustainability with “Economy” and “Just Enough” design philosophies, challenging excess and waste in the industry.

Elevating Chinese design on the world stage

CIFF Shanghai 2025 positions Chinese furniture design as a sophisticated interpreter of Eastern lifestyle aesthetics, creating dialogues that connect space and emotion. The exhibition elevates furniture from functional objects into cultural ambassadors that carry Chinese design philosophy into global markets.

Key International Showcases include:

• Living & Dining Rooms Interior Pavilion (Pavilion 6.1): This showcase highlights holistic home solutions with integrated soft furnishing coordination and spatial harmony concepts.
• Urban Outdoor Furniture Exhibition (Pavilion 1.1): This pavilion presents comprehensive outdoor living solutions, from luxury garden collections to innovative camping equipment, merging international standards with Chinese innovation.
• Office & Public Space Exhibition (Pavilions 7.2/8.2): This showcase introduces revolutionary workspace concepts that balance efficiency with human-centered design through “Full Category Coverage × Smart Scenarioization.”

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Camerich booth at CIFF Shanghai 2025

From Manufacturing Excellence to Brand Leadership

Featured categories include:

• Sofa Excellence (Pavilions 2.1/5.1): Exhibitors present revolutionary seating comfort under the philosophy “Channels Build Commercial Value, Quality Empowers Enterprise Future,” covering Chinese luxury and international quality standards.
• Smart Sleep Solutions (Pavilion 3): Exhibitors combine technology with natural comfort, redefining bedroom spaces as healing sanctuaries that deliver deep restorative experiences for domestic and export markets alike.

Pioneering the future of Home Furnishing commerce

The debut New Retail Pavilion (North Pavilion) transforms traditional product transactions into comprehensive lifestyle operations, demonstrating how emerging brands revolutionize customer engagement.

Innovation Focus includes:

• Data-Driven + Scene Experience: A dual approach combining smart shopping guidance with immersive brand experiences.
• Lifestyle Proposers: Retail spaces redefine themselves as cultural and aesthetic influencers rather than product distributors.

Smart Manufacturing for Industry 4.0

CIFF Shanghai addresses the challenge of achieving “Smart Manufacturing New Balance” by optimizing aesthetics, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness in an era of mass customization.

Technology Showcases include:

• International Woodworking Machinery Fair (Pavilions 7.1/8.1): More than 340 global technology brands present solutions for “light high customization” challenges through AI timber selection, flexible cutting systems, and integrated smart production lines.
• Upholstered Furniture Technology Exhibition (Pavilion 8.1): This exhibition highlights advanced automation that reduces labor dependency and boosts production efficiency with automatic cutting, AGV handling, and intelligent packaging systems.

Why visit

CIFF Shanghai is one of China’s most influential design and furniture events. In addition to the furniture exhibition, there are several side events, such as CIFF Select Show, which selects products with the highest design content. On the other hand, Design Eden – Contemporary Design Trade Fair will welcome Chinese brands specializing in high-end design, brands known worldwide. In addition to design products, CIFF offers an extensive program of side activities, such as forums and seminars with Chinese and international guests. Finally, the Creative Design Showcase, curated by designer Zhu Xiaojie’s team, is an excellent opportunity to see emerging designers and brands up close.

CIFF Shanghai, September, 9-12, 2025

CIFF Shanghai is for professionals only
Size: 1,500 exhibitors, 150,000 visitors in 2023 
Visit CIFF-sh.com website for more info

In the gallery, some images from CIFF Shanghai 2024