Next week ECIA board member Carlo Beltramelli and former ECIA general secretary Gerrit Schilder will act as jury members for the Chinese Interior Design Awards 2011, part of the Guangzhou Design Week. Also past ECIA president Kees Spanjers is going to China for promoting World Interiors Event 2013 Inamsterdam an initiative of the BNI.

Next to the event in Guangzhou neighbor city Senzhen is also affected by the design virus with its own design event. Both events are of great importance for the ever-growing Chinese market in the field of interior design and architecture.