CHINA INTERNATIONAL FURNITURE MACHINERY & WOODWORKING MACHINERY FAIR (SHANGHAI)
- Dates
- 5 September 2026 – 8 September 2026
- City
- Shanghai上海
- Venue
- National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai)
- 333 Songze Avenue, Qingpu District, Shanghai
- 上海市青浦区崧泽大道333号
About the fair
The Shanghai International Furniture Machinery & Woodworking Machinery Fair (WMF) is one of Asia's most authoritative and professional woodworking-machinery exhibitions of its kind since 1986. Given the growing demand for innovative technologies across the furniture-manufacturing and woodworking supply chain, WMF has been co-located with CIFF (Shanghai) once a year since 2018 in Hongqiao, Shanghai, serving as a one-stop sourcing platform that connects upstream and downstream enterprises across the whole woodworking industry. Held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai Hongqiao, the fair is expected to gather more than 420 exhibitors from around the world showcasing over 1,000 of the latest machines and equipment across a 53,000 sq m exhibition area.
Manufacturers making what this fair covers
Factories in our directory whose product lines match this fair. Worth contacting before you book the trip — or instead of it.
Planning the trip
- Register the badge online. Every major fair issues visitor badges in advance, and on-site registration means queueing on the busiest morning of the show. Registration usually opens one to two months out.
- Check the visa position early. China's entry rules have changed repeatedly in recent years, including visa-free arrangements for a growing list of countries and transit exemptions. Confirm what applies to your passport for this month, and ask the organiser for an invitation letter if a business visa is needed — issuing one is routine.
- Book accommodation before the dates firm up. A large fair fills its host city and rates move accordingly. Cancellable bookings made early cost less than confirmed ones made late.
- Decide which halls before you arrive. The bigger Chinese fairs run to several halls across separate phases, and walking them without a plan burns a day. Shortlist the stands you need and treat anything else as a bonus.
- Plan the follow-up, not just the visit. Business cards collected at a fair convert poorly once you fly home: quotes arrive in patchy English, samples stall, and the time difference eats a day per exchange. Deciding who handles that before you travel is what makes the trip pay for itself.
Going to Shanghai?
We are an export agency based in Shanghai. We can meet you at the fair, interpret, arrange factory visits around the dates rather than after them, and carry the follow-up once you have flown home — samples, quotes, inspection and shipment.
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