The Xiamen International Stone Fair is an annual trade show for the stone industry. The exhibition takes place March 16-19 every year in Xiamen, China. With 2,000 exhibitors from over 40 countries and 150,000 visitors from 120 countries, the Xiamen Stone Fair is one of the most influential in the industry. [1]
The majority of visitors are from Asia while approximately one-third of visitors are from North America, Europe, and Oceania in 2016. [2] [3] [4]
350 exhibitors are from outside China, including Turkey, Italy, Brazil, Egypt, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Iran, India, Pakistan, Cambodia, Vietnam and more representing quality natural stones. Total exhibition space is 191,000 sq. m. (~over 2 million sq. ft.). [2]
The city of Xiamen has over 12,000 stone processing factories in its neighboring area. 60% of Chinese and 15% of global stone trading volume is a direct result of the local stone industry activity in Xiamen.
Concurrent with the Xiamen Stone Fair is the World Stone Congress, a series of 40 seminars and educational sessions. [5] Among the most influential of these is the Global Master Architects Forum which was presented by Sou Fujimoto in 2016. [6]
The stone industry organization, MIA+BSI, attended the 2016 edition of the Xiamen Stone Fair. Jim Heib, is the CEO of MIA+BSI. [6] A delegation of 30 members is organized by MIA+BSI to join the 2017 edition. [7]