From 10-14 September 2014, the China International Furniture Expo (Furniture China 2014) will hold its 20th anniversary at Shanghai New International Expo Centre and Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center. The five-day huge event will surely make the design city a restless revelry. Furniture China emerges as an international design-oriented trade show focusing on future channel, and leads the direction of sustainable development in the industry.

The brand-new expo image with the logo of 20th anniversary is full of the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Looking back to 1993, the starting exhibition space was only 3,000 square meters. However in 2014, we have 350,000 exhibition areas with 2,685 exhibiting companies. Furniture China witnessed the change of China’s furniture industry from the unspectacular one to the first largest furniture exporting country in the world. Every year in September, Furniture China attracts nearly 100,000 visitors from more than 150 countries and regions to Shanghai to making orders.

Apart from the huge local furniture suppliers, there are around 220 overseas furniture companies and brands from 26 countries to display their latest products in Hall W1 (International Brand Hall) and Hall W4/W5 (Brand Design / Original Design), such as the pavilion from France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. What’s more, new ones like Korean Pavilion, and the exhibitors from Brazil and Poland. Furniture China has become the valid platform for overseas companies to China and other countries.

On the evening of 10th September, thousand CEO and leaders of furniture industry are invited to attend the Gala Dinner of the 20th China International Furniture Expo with the theme of “Bloom 20 Years – Grateful For YOU”.  

Meanwhile, to encourage original designs, there will be two design awards onsite. The organizer is partnering with Elle Decoration to launch the Gold Idea Furniture Design Award, inviting Professor Dr. Peter Zec, Founder and President of the Red Dot Award, as the president of the jury, The other one is the China Furniture Product Innovation Awards in 2014, which was named the China Furniture Design Awards before. These two awards have already got more than 300 works from 200 companies.

Up to 1st September, 62,534 visitors have made the online pre-registration for Furniture China 2014, 81.2% increase compared with last year. Among this, there are 54,192 local visitors with an increase of 106.3%, and 8,342 overseas visitors, up 1.1%. After 20 years’ accumulation, Furniture China has already become the leading international furniture exhibition in the world. The organizer aims to keep improving the quality for both products and services. The new products and original design will bring Furniture China to its next 20 years.

Furniture China 2015 will be hold during 9th – 12th September, 2015 at the same venue at Pudong, Shanghai: the Shanghai New International Expo Centre and Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center. By that time, a new upholstery furniture expo will be also added and the total number of exhibitors is expected to rise to 3,000.