Suzhou Furniture Exhibition

The 17th Suzhou Furniture Exhibition (FURNITURE SUZHOU) 2025 was successfully held from September 10 to 12, 2025, at the Suzhou Yuanhetang Convention and Exhibition Center. With the theme “AI Empowers, Smart Living,” this edition of the exhibition is the annual highlight of the furniture industry in East China.

In terms of scale, the event spanned 45,000 square meters, bringing together over 200 premium brands across the entire value chain—covering smart home solutions, custom branding, solid wood suites, upholstered furniture, office furniture, and raw and auxiliary materials. On the first day alone, visitor numbers exceeded 40,000. For the first time, the exhibition relocated from the banks of Jinji Lake to Lijiang, forging deep synergies with 41 nearby large-scale furniture malls to pioneer a new “exhibition–market integration” business model.

This year’s show featured numerous highlights, with AI-driven innovation taking center stage. At Huawei’s HarmonyOS Smart Home exhibit, users could seamlessly interact via the Smart Life app, tablets, and smart panels, connecting effortlessly with appliances from brands such as Gree and Midea. Meanwhile, Xiaomi’s showcase demonstrated an automated system that recognizes when the homeowner returns home, coordinating air conditioners, range hoods, televisions, and robotic vacuum cleaners to respond accordingly. Yalan’s smart mattress drew significant attention, offering eight distinct sleep modes—including full-body massage, anti-snoring settings, and gentle wake-up functions—and leveraging five cutting-edge cloud‑based sensing technologies to deliver comfort throughout the entire sleep cycle. Brands like Huahua Kasha and Mikalo presented smart sofas that can be charged and play music, embedding technology into everyday life. Aocheng’s intelligent study desks and chairs, designed with children’s healthy development in mind, also captured parents’ interest.

Specialized zones and concurrent events added further excitement. Covering the full spectrum of the furniture industry—from smart home solutions and custom design to solid wood suites, upholstered furniture, office furniture, and raw materials—the exhibition established a one-stop closed-loop ecosystem linking supply chains, smart living scenarios, best‑selling product sourcing, and project implementation. At the opening ceremony, the Lijiang Smart Home E‑commerce Live‑Streaming Night kicked off, igniting a fresh wave of consumer enthusiasm through immersive livestream experiences and limited‑time surprise promotions. The Lijiang Smart Home Research Center, integrating display, trade, R&D, and experiential elements, was officially unveiled, aiming to become a digital home‑industry cluster hub, a new retail operations demonstration center, and a research‑and‑experience base for smart home technologies in the Yangtze River Delta region. Several furniture companies signed on‑site contracts, their substantial order volumes underscoring robust market demand and strong confidence in the smart home sector.

Outcomes and industry response were overwhelmingly positive. Since its establishment in 1992, the Lijiang Furniture Market has grown into one of China’s most influential and widely radiating furniture industry centers, boasting 41 large-scale furniture malls and over 600 street‑side shops, home to more than 5,000 furniture brands and generating annual sales exceeding RMB 12 billion in 2024. Building on this rich industrial heritage, this year’s exhibition, through its “exhibition–market integration” approach, greatly facilitated direct spot procurement and supply‑chain optimization for exhibitors and buyers, while providing industry professionals with valuable trend insights and a robust platform for business matchmaking.

Exhibiting companies universally reported high‑quality professional visitors with clear purchasing intentions, and AI‑enabled smart home solutions have emerged as an industry consensus. Attendees agreed that the Suzhou Furniture Exhibition is not only an excellent platform for brand showcasing and commercial networking but also a critical nexus for understanding industry trends and exploring pathways toward “AI + Home” transformation. From a mattress that “obeys” your commands to a home that truly understands you, Lijiang is redefining the “temperature of home” through AI, writing a new chapter for China’s furniture industry.

The 18th Suzhou Furniture Exhibition will take place from March 26 to 28, 2026, at the Suzhou International Expo Center. The event is expected to feature an exhibition space of 100,000 square meters, with over 600 exhibitors and more than 138,000 visitors. Thirteen specialized zones will be set up, covering branded furniture, whole‑house customization, smart home solutions, office furniture, and other segments, continuing to provide an efficient forum for industry-wide exchange.