China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair
Event Dates: May 22-25, 2026 Venue: No. 1 Zhancheng Road, Heping Community, Fuhai Subdistrict, Bao'an District, Shenzhen Exhibition Venue: Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center (Bao'an New Hall) Organized by: Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, and State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television Exhibition area: 160,000 square meters Audience size: 150,000 Exhibitors: 6,000Introduction to Shenzhen Cultural Industries Fair:
The China International Cultural Industries Fair (ICIF) in Shenzhen is the world's first smart exhibition hall to achieve full 5G signal coverage. This advanced IT infrastructure and facilities will not only provide a powerful boost to the ICIF's information services but also bring visitors a more intelligent experience.
As a national-level expo with high standards, large scale, and significant influence in the cultural industry, the China International Cultural Industries Fair (CIIF), known as "China's No. 1 Cultural Industry Exhibition," will utilize the world-class space and facilities of the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center.
The exhibition area for this year's event is planned to expand from 120,000 square meters to 180,000 square meters, an increase of 50%. The area of professional exhibition halls will double from 60,000 square meters to 120,000 square meters. The number of online and offline exhibitors will increase from 3,600 to approximately 6,000, an increase of 67%. The number of participating countries and regions will increase from 50 to 60, an increase of 20%; the number of countries and regions participating in the exhibition (including visitors, exhibitors, and buyers) will reach 108; the international exhibition area will increase from 3,000 square meters to 20,000 square meters, and the number of overseas buyers will increase from 20,000 to 30,000. Market entities will account for more than 75% of the exhibition area.
This year's Cultural Industries Fair comprises nine exhibition halls, including three comprehensive halls and six specialized halls: the International Cultural Trade Exhibition, the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Time-Honored Brands, and Arts and Crafts Exhibition, the Smart Broadcasting, Film Industry, and Digital Publishing Exhibition, the Animation, Games, and Esports Exhibition, the Cultural Tourism Integration and Cultural Consumption Exhibition, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Cultural Industry Innovation Exhibition, the Comprehensive Cultural Industry Exhibition, and the Art, Fashion, Design, and Trendy Toys Exhibition. Each hall has an exhibition area of 20,000 square meters.
This exhibition is a landmark event since the inception of the China International Cultural Industries Fair (ICIF). The ICIF will accelerate its transformation and upgrading, emphasizing its transaction service functions and comprehensively enhancing its internationalization, marketization, professionalization, and digitalization levels. Focusing on the cultural digitalization strategy, the exhibition will improve interactivity and participation, further expand its scale, optimize its structure, enrich its content, improve its quality, and innovate its service mechanisms, striving to create new features, highlights, and achievements .
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China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair
ICIF Cultural Expo- Host region:
- Shenzhen, Guangdong
- Venue:
- No. 1 Zhancheng Road, Heping Community, Fuhai Subdistrict, Bao'an District, Shenzhen
- Exhibition area:
- 160,000㎡
- Number of audience members:
- 150,000 people
- Industry:
- Trade Show
