CIFF Guangzhou 2026: Industry Leadership in Times of Global Transformation

GUANGZHOU, China, Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In an era marked by shifting global dynamics and evolving market demands, the 57th China International Furniture Fair (Guangzhou) emerges as the definitive platform for industry transformation and growth. Set for March 18-21 and March 28-31, 2026, this landmark event will unite the global furniture community to navigate challenges and shape the future of design and manufacturing. 

Confronted with significant downward market pressures and complex international trade dynamics, the global furniture industry has found its strategic response in CIFF Guangzhou. Through its ability to unite industry consensus and mobilize resources from all sectors, the fair CIFF Guangzhou emerged as the definitive solution platform, delivering exceptional exhibition services that inspire industry directions and connect vital business opportunities.

CIFF Guangzhou 2025's unprecedented success exemplifies this leadership: with over 4,900 exhibitors and 363,000 professional visitors from 187 countries across 850,000 square meters, including 56,794 overseas attendees representing a 10.91% year-on-year increase, the fair demonstrated its unparalleled capacity to stabilize foreign trade and boost market demand while establishing new industry benchmarks.

As the entire furniture ecosystem undergoes fundamental reshaping, CIFF Guangzhou 2026 advances its proven formula with an expanded strategic response. Enterprises pursue dual export-to-domestic and domestic-to-export strategies while navigating blurred B2B and B2C boundaries. International buyers, influenced by U.S. tariff policies and European environmental regulations, look increasingly toward China. Consumers drive demand for smart homes, green homes, senior-friendly homes, and pet-friendly homes through integrated online-offline retail experiences.

Recognizing that every industry link undergoes model innovation and value reassessment, CIFF Guangzhou 2026 has developed a comprehensive strategic response cantered on three core focus areas:

1. Industry Chain: Breaking Boundaries and Forging New Growth

CIFF Guangzhou 2026 expands beyond traditional furniture categories to encompass emerging sectors including elderly-friendly home furnishing, bamboo and wood eco-friendly solutions, medical and elderly care environments, smart office systems, and innovative upholstery materials. New additions include pet home furnishing, creating growth opportunities through diversified exhibition categories and enhanced specialization.

2. Value Chain: Design Renewal and Quality Enhancement

The 2026 edition elevates exhibition content through comprehensive upgrades in theme positioning and event programming. Enhanced featured halls including the Contemporary Design Fair, Trendy Design Hall, and Original Design hall serve as catalysts for industry-wide quality improvement. High-quality cross-industry exhibition projects promote design-industry integration, while the prestigious "CD Awards" event continues honoring benchmarks and encouraging innovation, supporting the industry's evolution from competitive involution to sustainable upward growth.

3. Ecosystem Chain: Growing New Links Globally and Locally

CIFF Guangzhou 2026 strengthens domestic and international connections through enhanced regional industrial cluster cooperation and expanded international partnerships. Targeted buyer engagement intensifies across home renovation, commercial projects, e-commerce, and cross-border e-commerce sectors, while proactive exploration of the Belt and Road regions, Middle East, and Latin America expands global reach.

Comprehensive Exhibition Highlights

Home Furniture Exhibition: "Navigation" (~430,000+ m²)

Key highlights include the Contemporary Design Fair establishing a "Industry-Academia-Research-Application" ecosystem; upgraded SOFA PLUS featuring 50+ signature windows and smart sleep technology; International Pavilion with exhibitors from Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, and Belgium enabling "visit one exhibition, buy globally"; specialized Dining and Living Design Halls with Cross-border E-commerce capabilities; upgraded Hall 19.1 Brand Pavilion featuring garden landscapes, trendy toys, and pet furnishing themes; and comprehensive Outdoor Furnishing ecosystem development.

Office and Commercial Space Exhibition: "Sustainability" (~240,000+ m²)

Focused on sustainability, this section demonstrates transformation toward low-carbon, high-value solutions through leading companies showcasing the shift from "high energy consumption and low efficiency" to "low-carbon and high-value" operations, innovative office seating emphasizing comfort and functionality, exploration of educational and commercial space possibilities, and Luminous Path themed displays promoting sustainable office design paradigms.

CIFM/Interzum Guangzhou: "Drive the Global Chain" (~170,000+ m²)

This specialized section focuses on supply chain innovation through world-leading intelligent equipment and production technologies, CMF surface design innovations and material breakthroughs, comprehensive integrated hardware solutions, and Luminous Path's "Link the World" theme featuring collaborative spaces with furniture auxiliary materials and hardware brands.

Strategic Vision and Global Leadership

CIFF Guangzhou has established itself as the essential platform connecting three critical bridges: The Industry Bridge linking upstream manufacturing to downstream consumption, The Trade Bridge connecting domestic and international markets, and The Innovation Bridge integrating production, academia, and research.

The 2026 edition embodies CIFF Guangzhou's commitment to "Chinese Smart Manufacturing + Global Sharing"—leveraging China's manufacturing excellence while fostering international collaboration. This vision transforms today's complex trade challenges into opportunities for sustainable growth, reinforcing CIFF Guangzhou's position as the definitive catalyst for global furniture industry development.

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CIFF Guangzhou 2026: Industry Leadership in Times of Global Transformation

ZYT's German Office Commences Operations in January, Debuting Local Recruitment for European Push

SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelligent driving solution provider ZYT launched its commercial vehicle strategy at the "ZYT Brand Gala 2025," expanding its business from passenger car ADAS into heavy-duty truck Navigation on Highway (NOA) and unmanned logistics vehicles.

ZYT has partnered with three major Chinese OEMs — XCMG, SHACMAN, and SINOTRUK — to bring the first ZYT-powered heavy trucks to mass production in the first half of 2026. Beyond highway transport, ZYT is extending its intelligent driving capabilities to broader automated scenarios. In early 2026, the company will co-develop unmanned logistics vehicles with leading industry players, targeting automated transport in ports, industrial parks, and mines.

This move marks a natural extension of ZYT's core technical pillars: its transferable architecture, platform adaptability proven through "Equal Intelligence for ICE and EV Vehicles," and a world-class engineering system.

Leveraging Transferable Architecture for Peak Performance

ZYT is porting its mature, full-stack "Perception-Decision-Control" technology from passenger cars to commercial vehicle applications. To address the unique dynamics and operational environments of heavy-duty transport, the company remains committed to its "Stay Passionate" engineering philosophy — extracting peak performance from constrained hardware resources.

The heavy-duty truck intelligent driving system features ZYT's proprietary 1L3R7V sensor suite, powered by an SA8650 domain controller delivering 100 TOPS of computing power. At its core is ZYT's self-developed End-to-End model. Optimized for heavy-truck scenarios, the system enables Navigation on Highway (NOA), driving assistance, and active safety features across a full speed range of 0–110 km/h. Supporting diverse environments — including urban roads, expressways, and highways — the architecture establishes a robust capability for rapid technical migration across different models and scenarios.

Solving Compatibility Challenges through "Equal Intelligence for ICE and EV Vehicles"

The commercial vehicle market — spanning diesel, natural gas, pure electric, and hybrid platforms — demands exceptional system compatibility and stability. Compared to the more uniform passenger car sector, commercial fleets require intelligent driving solutions with far more rigorous universality and reliability.

Building on its "Equal Intelligence for ICE and EV Vehicles" strategy pioneered in the passenger sector, ZYT has validated its multi-platform adaptability, laying the technical foundation for its expansion into commercial vehicles.

Achieving true "Equal Intelligence for ICE and EV Vehicles" is a complex technical feat. Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) powertrains are highly non-linear and present significant thermal management challenges. ZYT specializes in delivering high-level intelligent driving functions using low-power, cost-effective chips, enhancing system stability and adaptability from the ground up.

While industry resources are largely concentrated on New Energy Vehicle (NEV) intelligence, ZYT recognizes the persistent demand for ICE vehicles in markets like Europe. Through its "Equal Intelligence for ICE and EV Vehicles" capability, ZYT provides ICE users with a smart experience on par with EVs. This offers a differentiated upgrade path for legacy automakers like Volkswagen and FAW, who maintain massive global ICE fleets.

By 2025, ZYT had already facilitated the mass production of intelligent driving features in several ICE models, proving its ability to deliver standardized, high-reliability solutions for any commercial powertrain.

Meeting Global Standards to Drive European Localization

Entering the European market with intelligent driving systems requires adherence to the highest levels of functional safety and engineering process standards. Through seven years of deep collaboration with the Volkswagen Group, ZYT has established a research and development and quality management framework that complies with international standards such as A-SPICE CL2 and ISO 26262. This robust engineering foundation serves as a key enabler of ZYT's European strategy.

In August 2025, ZYT successfully passed a third-party joint audit and obtained the relevant certifications. This system is a concrete reflection of ZYT's "Users First • Clients Empowered" philosophy and acts as a critical "passport" for entering high-standard global markets like Europe.

Building on this groundwork, ZYT is steadily advancing its European localization. Following the official launch of its European strategy during the IAA Mobility show in Munich, ZYT is positioning Germany as a key hub and has begun recruiting for local roles. Looking ahead, ZYT aims to provide European OEMs with intelligent driving systems that comply with EU regulations, while simultaneously supporting Chinese automakers in their global market entry by offering solutions ranging from L2+ to L3 and L4 levels.

Moving Toward an Era of Autonomous Mobility

As its business footprint continues to grow, ZYT officially enters a new phase of "Empowering Autonomous Mobility." Moving forward, the company will prioritize its robust engineering framework and localized capabilities as key strategic levers for long-term development. With the passenger car business as its foundation and the commercial sector as a new growth engine, ZYT remains dedicated to its mission: "Safe and Effortless Mobility for ALL."

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Scales Intelligent Driving into Heavy-duty Trucks and Unmanned Logistics