Shenyang furniture fair shows great flair

The 12nd China Shenyang International Furniture Fair, which was held in Shenyang International Convention and Exhibition Center on Sept 11-13, showed great flair and panache, according to the organizers.

They said that this year’s fair was held both online and offline, responding to the novel coronavirus prevention and control requirements.

The offline exhibition attracted 925 exhibitors from 13 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Heilongjiang and Guangdong. Preliminary agreements for a total of 3.35 billion yuan worth of deals were signed.

Of these, exhibitors from Shenyang was 407, accounting for 44 percent of the total. Their signed deals worth 1.56 billion yuan.

Meanwhile, all eight exhibition halls of the Shenyang center were used to set up 11 exhibition areas, with a total exhibition area of 120,000 square meters.

Over a three-day period, the number of visitors to the fair reached 153,000. Around 89 percent of them were professional purchasers, there to negotiate orders, seek business opportunities and learn about new trends in the market.

The organizers reported that on-site negotiations and transactions at the fair were fierce. More than 95 percent of the exhibitors received production orders for the second half of the year and over 70 percent of the exhibitors reserved stands for the 2021 fair.

The online exhibition, which started the same day as the offline event, will run to Sept 30. As of Sept 13, it was viewed by 26,915 visitors.