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Recently, the National Bureau of Statistics released the national economic operation in 2024, showing that the economic operation in 2024 will be stable and make progress, and the main development goals will be successfully achieved. According to preliminary calculations, the annual GDP is 1,349,084 billion yuan, an increase of 5.0% over the previous year. However, it is undeniable that my country's economy is still facing the deepening of adverse effects brought about by changes in the external environment, insufficient domestic demand, and production and operation difficulties of some enterprises. Overall, it still faces a lot of pressure and challenges.

The 2025 China International Hardware Show (CIHS) will continue to be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center from October 10 to 12, providing exhibitors with more market opportunities and helping enterprises seek a window to break through. In order to give exhibitors and buyers a better exhibition experience and bring greater benefits, this year the organizers have taken a number of positive measures to further deepen the exhibition, investment promotion, conference operation services, publicity and promotion and other related work, and strive to build a better trading, communication and friendship platform for all parties participating in the exhibition.

2025 China International Hardware Show
Nearly 90% of booths have been sold

CIHS 2024 has achieved satisfactory results for all parties. On this basis, CIHS 2025 has been widely expected by industry enterprises. It is reported that the exhibition area of ​​CIHS 2025 is about 120,000 square meters, and it is expected that more than 2,800 exhibitors and more than 80,000 professional visitors will participate. The overall scale and level will maintain steady development.

The exhibits of this exhibition will continue to focus on hand tools and accessories, power tools and accessories, pneumatic tools and accessories, abrasives, welding equipment and tools, small mechanical equipment and lifting facilities, fasteners and technology, construction hardware equipment and accessories, gardening, outdoor equipment and technology, labor protection equipment and accessories, door locks, keys and related accessories, hardware processing and manufacturing equipment, etc.

The audience includes wholesalers/retailers, agents/distributors, importers and exporters, industrial product procurement platforms/e-commerce platforms, building materials supermarkets/home improvement stores, manufacturers, engineering contractors/decoration companies, real estate developers/architectural design institutes, greening construction and operation and maintenance companies, hardware manufacturing equipment and raw and auxiliary materials suppliers, personal users/DIY enthusiasts, professional colleges/research institutes, media and related associations.

The organizer revealed that although it has just entered February, all the work of the exhibition has progressed smoothly, and the booths have been sold nearly 90%. At present, all the key well-known enterprises and gold medal customers at home and abroad have signed up, reflecting the industry's high trust and expectations for CIHS.

The appeal of CIHS comes from its strong professional capabilities and strong resource strength, especially its popularity in the buyer's market has received high attention from industry companies. In addition to the rich industry resources of the organizer China Hardware Products Association in China, the Cologne International Hardware Fair in Germany strongly supports it, bringing rich global resources and promoting companies to build a bridge to the global market. Over the years, the exhibition has brought together channel resources such as retail industry giants, trading companies, and overseas service providers from all over the world, helping export-oriented enterprises to deepen their presence in Europe, the United States and emerging markets and quickly open up international channels.

It is understood that the comprehensive data of CIHS has maintained a steady growth year by year. In 2024, it received a total of 76,952 professional trade visitors from 102 countries and regions, including nearly 5,926 overseas visitors. Multinational buyers Wurth, Metro, GE Vernova, Home depot, Xiyu, Tellus Group, Hoffman, HORNBACH, Wellmax, Bosch, eBay, OBI, Alibaba International Station, Kingfisher, Lowes, B&Q, Anda House, Carrefour, Wuling, RT-Mart, Stanley, Makita, Panasonic and other resident purchasers.

This year, the organizer will further upgrade the exhibition and investment promotion plan and send invitations to customers at home and abroad. For example, through the exhibition @home platform, the previous professional audiences will be attracted to further improve the efficiency of the exhibition; international customers will be invited to participate in the exhibition through traditional email EDM, telephone call center or other means, and necessary assistance and support will be provided; in terms of media promotion, the exhibition press releases will be delivered to hundreds of domestic and foreign media; publicity will be carried out through overseas social media platforms and search engines to attract more international customers' attention and participation, and the tweets will cover mainstream overseas countries as well as Japan, Europe, the Belt and Road Initiative and other regions.

The New Year has passed, and all kinds of new news of spring are coming. Facing the new journey, CIHS 2025 will continue to uphold the exhibition concept of "trading, communicating, and making friends", continue to strengthen the "technology-oriented and market-oriented" positioning, lead the "China International Building Hardware and Fasteners Pavilion" and "China International Locks, Security and Doors Products Pavilion", further strengthen the policy guidance of products such as fasteners, labor protection tools and garden and horticultural supplies, and expand the number of exhibitors; increase efforts to continue to cultivate "small machinery", "door industry" and "door and window supporting facilities, accessories" and other upstream and downstream products; promote the organic integration and innovation of existing categories of the exhibition; cooperate with the country's "Belt and Road" policy to increase the number of exhibitors from countries along the "Belt and Road"; advocate "green, low-carbon and environmental protection"; increase promotion efforts, and strive for the continuous growth of professional buyers; continue to promote integration and win-win, promote exchanges and interactions between major industrial clusters and upstream and downstream industries, and let CIHS go further and further on the road of becoming the world's top hardware professional exhibition.