CIFF Office Guangzhou 2015: A Review
Guangzhou, about two hours by train from Hong Kong, is China’s third city. It is a massive, sprawling metropolis, and apart from the busy and impressive Pearl River, which chops it into districts and a few landmark, iconic skyscrapers, it has few redeeming features. Unlike previous years, the heavy rains stayed away and the weather was hot and humid. It would probably also have been sunny, were it not for the almost permanent blanket of cloying smog which shrouded the city. The 35th China International Furniture Fair is too large to be held at one time in the 430,000 square meters China Import & Export Fair complex, so it’s split into two, five day phases, held six days apart. Billed as the ‘Fabulous Furniture Fair,’ Phase One concentrated on residential furniture. Phase Two was for CIFF Office and for Interzum, the furniture materials and machinery show. CIFF Office was …