On November 29, 2025, the 3-day 8th Guangzhou International Expo on New Building Formwork, Scaffolding, Construction Technology and Equipment (hereinafter referred to as "Guangzhou Formwork & Scaffolding Expo") successfully concluded at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou. Hosted by China Formwork & Scaffolding Association and organized by Guangzhou Bozhan Exhibition Co., Ltd., this top-tier industry event centered on "Green & Intelligent Integration Drives Industrial Upgrading". Co-located with the "2025 Guangdong Construction Industry Modernization Development Conference & Guangdong International Construction Industry Expo (Project Fair)", it attracted over 500 exhibitors and 30,000 professional buyers to the Greater Bay Area, creating an entire industrial chain platform for technical exchange and business cooperation across an exhibition area of over 30,000 square meters.
I. Industry Leaders Gather to Build a Full-Industry-Chain Ecosystem
Aligned with the high-quality development needs of the construction industry, this expo optimized exhibitor structure and service system, gathering leading enterprises such as China State Construction, China Railway, China Communications Construction, and Guangdong Construction Engineering. It comprehensively showcased new materials, equipment, technologies and solutions in the formwork and scaffolding sector. The exhibits covered full-range products including PVC formwork, aluminum alloy formwork, and cuplock scaffolding, supporting processing equipment such as cutting, welding and environmental dust removal systems, as well as high-end equipment like intelligent monitoring systems and aerial work platforms. This formed a full-chain service loop of "product display-technical exchange-procurement matching", building an efficient cooperation bridge for exhibitors and professional visitors.
II. Technological Breakthroughs Highlight Intelligent and Green Trends
Intelligent and green technologies took center stage at the expo. The high formwork support system and foundation pit online safety monitoring system brought by Guangzhou Institute of Building Science Group attracted wide attention. Integrating IoT and cloud computing, the system uses wireless displacement sensors and pressure sensors to monitor parameters such as deformation, axial force and inclination of formwork supports in real-time. Equipped with a cloud platform and mobile client for automatic over-limit alarms, it has been successfully applied to key projects including Guangzhou International Financial City and the third phase of Baiyun Airport, reducing construction risks by over 80%. In addition, innovative achievements such as 3D-printed customized formwork and biomass composite scaffolding were showcased. Bamboo scaffolding, in particular, has seen its market share jump from 5% to 18% due to low-carbon advantages, demonstrating the development potential of green building materials under the "dual carbon" goal.
III. Academic Exchanges Explore Industrial Upgrading Paths
More than 10 academic conferences and 6 supply-demand matching meetings held concurrently served as core platforms for industry wisdom exchange. At the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area High-Quality Construction Industry Development Summit Forum, government leaders, academicians, experts and enterprise executives discussed hot topics such as "intelligent construction", "urban renewal" and "carbon neutrality", putting forward forward-looking judgments including "standardized products will account for over 80% of the market by 2028" and "intelligent monitoring technology will increase industry value by 40%". The targeted matching meetings accurately connected construction enterprises with equipment suppliers, with over 1,000 cooperation intentions reached on-site, fully demonstrating the expo's pivotal role in industrial chain resource integration.
IV. Industrial Empowerment Activates New Drivers in the Bay Area
As a key window for construction industry modernization in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the expo leveraged regional engineering resource advantages to promote the construction of a "government-enterprise-equipment supplier" data sharing ecosystem, facilitating the transformation of the construction industry towards industrialization and digitalization. Industry forecasts indicate that with the expansion of new infrastructure investment and accelerated urban renewal, China's formwork and scaffolding market scale will reach 150 billion yuan by 2028. By aggregating innovative resources and deepening industrial collaboration, Guangzhou Formwork & Scaffolding Expo is becoming a key platform to stimulate new industry drivers and promote regional industrial upgrading.
The expo organizer stated that the successful holding of the 8th Guangzhou Formwork & Scaffolding Expo has further consolidated its benchmark position in the industry. In the future, it will continue to optimize the expo ecosystem, deepen technical exchanges and industrial cooperation, and inject stronger impetus into the high-quality development of the construction industry.