The ISH China/CIHE trade show has grown bigger and smarter in recent years. Held May 30 through June 1 in Beijing, the 2016 version was bigger because the trade show filled all eight halls of the New China International Exhibition Center for the first time. Smarter because the products exhibited this year focused more on intelligent building technology.
ISH China celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016. Both descriptions of bigger and smarter mentioned above represent huge leaps from where the show started in 1996. The show attracted 180 exhibitors that year vs. 1,128 in 2016 and the emphasis 20 years ago was on big boilers and big burners. The challenge then was to convert coal-fired heating equipment to products powered by natural gas.