CIFF Guangzhou serves as a strategic platform for the furniture industry, encouraging design and innovation, boosting consumption, and providing tangible growth prospects for the global furniture sector in both domestic and foreign markets.
CIFF Guangzhou stands for the complete furniture supply chain with its motto, “Design trend, global trade, full supply chain.” During the eight days of the fair, as well as online during the rest of the year, it brings together the top businesses and promotes new ideas, products, and solutions to satisfy the changing demands of the market. It also hosts design events, business-to-business meetings, and matchmaking activities.
The 55th CIFF Guangzhou 2025, “Powered by Design,” is divided into two stages based on product categories.
The first phase, which will take place from March 18 to 21, 2025, will focus on home furnishings, showcasing every aspect of the industry from dining and living to sofa and bed, as well as the Homedecor & Hometextile and Outdoor Furniture, Sunshade & Leisure sectors.
The Home Furniture will provide “one-stop” solutions for sourcing and buying all kinds and levels of home furnishings, showcasing the most recent innovations from top Chinese and international companies. This will satisfy the needs of buyers from around the world and further solidify CIFF’s crucial role as a conduit between furniture production and international markets.
In this regard, the CIFF Contemporary Design Fair will be the focal point, uniting leading companies, internationally recognized designers, and educational institutions to establish a distinctive system devoted to design product research, education, manufacturing, and commercialization. Taking advantage of the presence of the most powerful buyers from around the globe, the multinational Pavilion will serve as a prominent platform for large multinational enterprises who have selected CIFF Guangzhou as a venue for marketing and selling both in the domestic Chinese market and in foreign markets. Additionally, living and dining room furniture with multipurpose and flat-pack options created especially for global trade, mass distribution, contract projects, and OEM-ODM services will be available in the Dining & Living department. Along with the Upholstered Furniture segment, which will feature couches, mattresses, furniture, bedding, and bedroom accessories, Suite Furniture will offer chances for businesses who are interested in developing their local and international markets as well as experts in cross-border e-commerce.
International traders, retailers, designers, and decorators will have the chance to find a variety of home accessories at the Homedecor & Hometextile sector, the largest exhibition in Asia devoted to interior decoration and home textiles. These products include artificial flowers, ceramics, glassware, decorative lighting, fabrics, curtains, carpets, bed linens, cushions, and many more.
The Outdoor Furniture, Sunshade & Leisure sector, which is acknowledged as the biggest and most prestigious event in the Asian market, will concurrently concentrate on outdoor furniture, garden sunshades, recreational equipment, and decorations that are made to satisfy the wide range of demands of the worldwide market.
The Office and Commercial Space, the largest expo in the world devoted to office furniture and commercial design, will be the focus of the second part, which runs from March 28 to March 31. Office Seating, which continues to be the world’s leading reference point for seating designed for professional use and the contract market; the Office Environment, where premium brands will showcase trends that redefine the concept of modern and functional workspaces, offering comprehensive and cutting-edge solutions; and the Public Commercial Space, a leading venue for the presentation of furniture for public spaces such as schools, airports, sports facilities, movie theaters, auditoriums, hotels, and healthcare facilities.
The needs of furniture producers and foreign traders will be met at the same time by Chinese and worldwide businesses prepared to showcase creative ways to make the furniture industry smarter. This will take place at CIFM/interzum Guangzhou 2025. With unique surface patterns and high-performance materials for upholstery and furniture, the Furniture Materials department will concentrate on offering solutions that influence future furniture trends. Furniture Hardware will be guided by the main topic of “Functional Innovation,” which emphasizes technical advancements to establish a crucial business platform for the supply chain of luxury furniture and smart home solutions. The Machinery area will bring together the leading machinery manufacturers in the globe to produce a strategically significant event for the growth of the entire industry, with the goal of promoting intelligent furniture manufacturing.
With more than 4,700 exhibitors and 850,000 square meters of exhibition area, CIFF Guangzhou is undoubtedly the biggest trade show in the industry worldwide. The Canton Fair Complex and PWTC Expo in Guangzhou, Pazhou, is anticipated to welcome more than 380,000 professional visitors from more than 200 regions and nations globally.
Preparations are already underway; the website www.ciff-gz.com offers free pre-registration as well as information on how to arrange the trip to Guangzhou.