With the success of organizing the trade fair for 3 consecutive years and gaining sound reputation from the industry, the 4th Shanghai International Gift & Home Décor Trade Fair was once again being held from August 5-8, 2010. The fair started its 1st edition in year 2007 with only 231 exhibitors with 423 booths and attracted 23,434 visitors. It grew over the years and this year had attracted 517 exhibitors with 838 booths and 34,083 visitors. The fair has constantly grows in terms of scale and quality and has become the largest professional Gift & Home Décor Trade Fair in Eastern China, especially in the Yangtze River Delta Region. The fair creates a trade platform for all parties involve in the gift & home décor industry.

This year was also the 2nd time that Business Guide Sha (BGS) – Tokyo Gift Show organizer organizes its overseas show in the company history participating in the Shanghai Gift Fair and had expanded its size twice bigger than the previous year. The uniqueness of the Japanese products in the fair had attracted visitors and buyers from various business nature covering wholesalers, Retailers, Dept. Stores, Boutique Stores and online shops. Besides the show, BGS exhibitors also took part in the B-match program looking for buyers and commercial paths into the China market. BGS had confirmed to continue co-operating with Shanghaimart for many more years to come in building the bridge for Japanese gifts & home décor products penetrating into the China market.

2010 was called as “World Expo year” in Shanghai, since the 2010 World Expo participated by 246 countries was held here in Shanghai. The World Expo has attracted millions of visitors from all over the world visiting the event and Shanghai. In order to associate with such a great event, a Theme pavilion of “World Expo” was formed and has created another major highlight in the 4th Shanghai International Gift & Home Décor Trade Fair showcasing all the World Expo gifts.

2010 (Spring) Shanghai International Gift & Home Décor Trade Fair Opening Ceremony

March 25, 2010
Venue: Shanghai Mart, 1st Floor Lobby

2010 Shanghai World Expo Licensed Products Sourcing Fair

With the 2010 Shanghai World Expo drawing near, World Expo gift & souvenir has received great attention and demand among the government agencies, corporate firms, retailers, and even general publics. [More]

The 3rd International Gift & Home Décor Trade Fair 2009 won a big success when it drew down its curtain on the 9th August 2009 after a 4 days exhibition at Shanghaimart – 2 days (B-to-B) and 2 days (B-to-C). Occupying a gross space of approximately 20,000 sqm, the 3rd edition fair has attracted near 500 exhibitors covering near 800 exhibition booths, a tremendous increase from the previous year (2nd edition) and become the biggest gifts expo in the Eastern China. More than 26,000 visitors attended the fair and more and more events and major highlights were brought into the fair creating bigger attraction such as the theme and international pavilions.

Visitors Arrival

The 3 Theme pavilions are the major highlights of the 2009 fair - Tokyo gift pavilion, World Expo pavilion and Ceramic pavilion, with each has its own specialty and characteristics.

The 2nd edition of the fair came even stronger. In that year, China is hosting the whole world awaited Beijing Olympic Games which has created great demand and opportunity in the gift and souvenir market. The 2008 fair gathered all the best players in the gift industry – a total of 570 exhibitors attracted 24,800 visitors to Shanghaimart. It was also the first time that Shanghaimart proposed the concept of “2-hour radius” buyers, meaning cities or regions within distance of 2 hours (by any traffic methods) to Shanghai as the targeted buyers. With this concept, more and more exhibitors from cities within the vicinity of 2 hours radius are coming for the gala, such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Beijing, Guangdong, or even Japan and Korea.

The fair was held from August 29th - September 1st, 2007 with intention of creating a trade platform for the gift industry in Eastern China. The fair was well accepted with overwhelming demand. The show has achieved a scale of 450 booths in its 1st year and turned out to be an excellent show with high-quality exhibitors and well organized events. The fair has also attracted a total of 20,800 visitors from home and abroad. From then on, people in the industry started to pay more attention to this fair in Eastern China.