Sponsored by the China Building Materials Industry Association and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the exhibition alternates each year between Beijing and Shanghai. The show is organized by the CCPIT Building Materials Sub-council, China Stone Materials Industry Association and CIEC Exhibition.

This year's exhibition featured more than 500 exhibitors from 29 countries and regions. Display booths offered the almost 27,000 people who attended a full range of stone products, machinery, tools and accessories, and maintenance and stonecare products.