CZHE is an annual hardware and electromechanical fair for central and western China, held in Zhengzhou, where manufacturers, regional wholesalers, market traders and end users from the machinery, construction, energy, transport and repair trades buy, open distribution channels and compare what is on offer. Cross-border buying programmes and sourcing conferences run alongside the stands, and the fair has run for more than twenty years.

The floor is organised into eight sectors: hardware tools, garden tools and machinery, electromechanical equipment, welding and laser equipment, labour protection, smart lighting, pumps and motors, and cross-border trade. The organisers present the structure as a “7+1” ecosystem. Alongside the stands the fair runs a global industrial products purchasing festival, matchmaking between overseas buyers and suppliers, launches of new products and technology, and a distributor forum on selling into and through the region’s channels.