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Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center occupies 330,000 sqm at 1 Furniture Avenue, Houjie, Dongguan, in the middle of the Greater Bay Area and on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen innovation corridor. It was built by a private operator for the manufacturing base around it — the company was founded in December 2000, the halls opened in 2002 and it joined UFI in 2004 — which makes it one of the earliest privately run, industry-facing venues in South China. When it was planned, the argument was size: the first-phase main hall of more than 70,000 sqm was promoted as the largest single exhibition hall in China. Today the site holds five halls, with indoor exhibition space of roughly 100,000 to 130,000 sqm depending on which year's figure is used, and 80,000 to 90,000 sqm outdoors. That supports 5,500 to over 7,000 standard booths, and the venue is usually counted among Asia's larger single-site exhibition grounds. The engineering suits the trades it serves. The main structure spans 90 m without columns and the floor divides into zones of different sizes, so a furniture fair, a shoe-machinery show and an electronics expo can run side by side without temporary walls fighting the roof. Eleven meeting rooms range from 85 to 2,400 sqm, and the 2,400 sqm multipurpose hall has a retractable stage for launches and ceremonies. The roof is a cable-net structure, an unusual choice for a hall of this age, and an elevated walkway links the halls to the Jiahua Hotel, so buyers and exhibitors move between stand and room without going outside. That is the exhibition-and-trade arrangement Houjie's furniture and footwear industries were built on, and a third phase of expansion began in 2023. Transport: the site sits at the Houjie exit of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen expressway, off Guantai Road, about 15 km from Humen high-speed rail station and 40 km from Shenzhen Bao'an Airport.