BEIJING, Oct. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The recently held Yiwu Furniture Fair put the Yiwu furniture market under spotlight by featuring all kinds of brands, both in domestic and foreign trade. Despite under an adjustment phase, the Chinese furniture industry ( http://www.china-furniture-supplier.com/ ) remains strong in export trade, with more foreign investments and designs rolling into China..
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JIA Qing from the China Furniture Association said, "14 companies with more than 40 foreign designers were among the companies participated in the furniture fair. These designers have greatly influenced the design of Chinese furniture. Chinese consumers will buy more products
( http://www.china-furniture-supplier.com/Buying_Leads/ ) that are designed by the overseas famous designers.
Tootoo.com analyzed that, with Chinese families having the habit of changing furniture at a 10-year interval, the next round of upsurge of replacing furniture will take place in the next two or three years.
Under the current pace of urbanization, the threshold of China's cities will allow residential furniture to reach a consumption capacity of RMB600 million every year during the "11th Five-Year Plan" period. A huge market would attract even more overseas designers.
Several special exhibitions were held during the Yiwu Furniture Fair, namely "Furniture History Exhibition", "Furniture Art Appreciation" and "Brand Furniture Cultural Exhibition" and so on. Two high-standard forums also took place with top designers in the furniture industry discussing the direction of the Chinese furniture industry.
