According to the news released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in September this year, China has maintained the world’s first shipbuilding completion volume, new orders, and hand-held orders for 14 consecutive years, with a market share of more than 50%, and is becoming the world’s “shipyard”. China’s booming shipbuilding industry is signaling a sustained economic recovery.
China’s shipbuilding system continues to upgrade. The 28th China (Shanghai) International Boat Show (CIBS2025) also fresh start! As an important part of Tourism Plus Shanghai, one of the “three major iconic events of Shanghai tourism” during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, CIBS2025 will be held from March 30th to April 2nd, 2025, at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, sharing 70,000+ square meters of exhibition space, 40,000+ visitors, 850 quality exhibitors, and more than 150 exciting events, with the concurrent exhibition—The Lifestyle Show 2025 Shanghai. Visitor pre-registration is now officially opened!
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Through innovative product design and application display of ” the linkage of water, shore and ship”, CIBS2025 presents exhibits integrating multiple formats such as “waterfront + cultural tourism”, “maritime + cultural tourism” and “yacht + cultural tourism”.
There are boat and related services exhibition area including power boat, sailboat, etc., boat equipment and accessories exhibition area including boat power equipment, boat electronic equipment, and water sports exhibition area including kayaking, inflatable boat and other water sports equipment.
China’s sustained economic development, continued opening up to the outside world, and other effective policies, such as cross-border pilot, tax support, free trade zones, are attracting overseas exhibitors to accelerate their entry into the Chinese market. China’s huge consumer groups and strong market demand transformation ability make overseas merchants regard China as one of the important strategic markets.
CIBS2024’s overseas buyers and several large orders of intention on site impressed exhibitors and sellers. Compared with last year, the number of domestic and international exhibition groups at CIBS2025 is expected to increase, including Italy, South Korea, Taiwan, the United States, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and other pavilions are interested in entering. “CIBS Matchmaking Meeting” continues to accurately connect global resources for exhibitors, seize development opportunities, and achieve a jump in channels from the mainland market to overseas markets.
In addition, many overseas guests will also be invited to participate in the on-site forum, sharing on various topics such as venture capital trends in the leisure maritime industry, clean energy, innovative environmental protection technology, digitalization and intelligence. We will jointly explore the development trend of European ships and create a new era of global green development.
This exhibition plans to cooperate with China Water Sports Administration, and set up related industry forums at the same time of the exhibition. Center leaders, experts and scholars from leading enterprises, corporate executives and industry leaders are expected to attend.
It is worth mentioning that the forum held in cooperation between CIBS2025 and Shanghai Science and Technology Exchange Center is a new upgrade, and several overseas guests will exchange ideas around European green ship technology and trends.
