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Capital: Beijing | Area: 9.597.000 km² | 
Population (2024): 1.408.280 mio | GDP (2024): € 17 321.28 bn

China International Hardware Show expects more than 2,800 exhibitors
In October in Shanghai
China International Hardware Show expects more than 2,800 exhibitors

The organisers are expecting more than 2,800 exhibitors at the China International Hardware Show (CIHS) 2025. They will have an exhibition space of more than 120,000 m² at their disposal. The trade fair will take place …

Events15. August 2025
The first China International Hardware Show in three years
Shanghai
The first China International Hardware Show in three years

The China International Hardware Show (CIHS) has returned after a three-year break due to the coronavirus. The 20th …

Events27. September 2023
The CIHS in Shanghai is now to take place in December
After cancellation in October
The CIHS in Shanghai is now to take place in December

There is a new date this year still for the China International Hardware Show 2021 (CIHS) which should have taken place last …

News18. October 2021
China: above all, fast and agile
Pascal Coppens in the Global DIY-Network
China: above all, fast and agile

The high speed of the introduction of new technology and the agility of companies and people - that, above all, is how China managed to be the only…

News25. January 2021
CIHS cancelled for 2020 and moved to October again for 2021
Koelnmesse
CIHS cancelled for 2020 and moved to October again for 2021

The China International Hardware Show (CIHS) in Shanghai has been cancelled for 2020 and returns to its October date in …

News9. July 2020
The CIHS will be brought forward by two months to August
Returning to the former site
The CIHS will be brought forward by two months to August

In future, the China International Hardware Show (CIHS) will take place two months earlier and is returning to its earlier …

News15. January 2020
“Expansion in growth markets attractive for trade”
Global Retail Development Index
“Expansion in growth markets attractive for trade”

"The faltering economy in home markets makes it attractive for the retail trade to invest in global growth markets." T…

News12. November 2019
Untapped opportunities
DIY InternationalChina - DIY Industry
Untapped opportunities

China’s housing market is not developing as desired, and the country continues to have no do-it-yourself culture. Companies such as Alibaba and JD.com are …

Distribution23. September 2019
Chinese online traders are becoming global giants
Largest e-commerce market
Chinese online traders are becoming global giants

Six megatrends which are boosting the development of Chinese companies as global trade giants have been identified by the …

News26. August 2019
Leroy Merlin opens first Artens shop in Beijing
Own brand of floorings
Leroy Merlin opens first Artens shop in Beijing

The French Groupe Adeo has opened the first Artens shop of its Leroy Merlin stores in China; Artens is the own brand of Leroy Merlin…

News26. June 2019
China and Asia at the start of the second day
7th Global DIY Summit
China and Asia at the start of the second day

The second day of the 7th Global DIY Summit in Dublin started thematically with a focus on Asia and China. In this sense, Andreas …

News11. June 2019
CIHS remains on the new dates in the first half of October
Shanghai
CIHS remains on the new dates in the first half of October

The next China International Hardware Show (CIHS) in Shanghai will take place this year from 10 - 12 October. The …

News26. March 2019
CIHS in Shanghai will take place two weeks earlier than planned
Political reasons
CIHS in Shanghai will take place two weeks earlier than planned

The China International Hardware Show (CIHS) has been brought forward at short notice by almost two weeks and has …

News19. April 2018
New store format in China
Leroy Merlin
New store format in China

On 12 December Leroy Merlin China opened Decorating Company, a new small-format store, in a shopping centre in Kexing, five kilometres from Beijing, …

News20. December 2017
Ten per cent rise in visitors and lots of discussion at the CIHS
Shanghai
Ten per cent rise in visitors and lots of discussion at the CIHS

The China International Hardware Show (CIHS) has increased its number of visitors by around ten per cent. According…

News11. January 2017
Internet Plus and hardware
DIY InternationalCIHS
Internet Plus and hardware

China is relying on its own strategy in order to face the challenges of Industry 4.0 – a discussion point at CIHS

Events10. October 2016
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