Maker Faire Shenzhen has been a key annual event for global maker community since its launch in 2012. Over the years, it made efforts to foster the integration of hardware innovation in Shenzhen with tech community all over the world. By bridging the gap between the community and industry, MFSZ contributes a lot to the progress and growth of tech community. Attracting attendees from nearly 100 countries and regions, the event also serves as the platform for dialogue between industries and makers with a high level of engagement.
Connecting makers and industries, Maker Faire Shenzhen has always known the importance of bridging tech innovation with traditional industries. By encouraging interaction and collaboration within the maker community, the event also showcases how makers are applying innovative technologies to solve practical problems.
From 2012 to 2017, MFSZ has been centering on strengthening the relationship within maker community. However, since 2017, we gradually shifted our focous on egaging more industries into our event, aiming to create a more dynamic interface for industry and makers.
- 2017: Focus shifted to “professional makers” by introducing Maker Pro Zone to highlight their efforts in industrial innovation.
- 2018: Professional audiences were gradually introduced, inviting business teams to foster dialogue between innovation and industry.
- 2019: Engaged 50 well-known companies, forming nearly 1,000 collaboration.
- 2023: With the theme “Where Are The Makers”, the event collaborated with industry partners, organizing satellite events, and innovation workshops.
- 2024: “Enchant everything with AI” attracted 120+ exhibitors and 1,500+ professional visitors from 20+ countries and 20+ provinces in China.
Last year, Maker Faire Shenzhen 2024 lasted for 2 days, attracting 3.5W+ attendees. More than 50 exhibition groups participated, and 1,000+ professionals joined the maker forums for deeper communication.
Maker Exhibit
In 2024, the exhibition featured 129 booths, with 86% of exhibitors from China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan) and 14% from international exhibitors.
Maker Forum
MFSZ 2024 consisted of 4 sessions over two days, attracting 1,000+ professional attendees. A total of 35 speakers shared their insights, with 77% from Mainland China and 23% from international regions (including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan).
Workshops
We held 24 workshops covering 22 different tech topics. Each session attract a full crowd of eager enthusiasts.
Satellite Events
In 2024, 10 satellite events were organized, each receiving excellent feedback, with some even selling out due to high demand.
Maker Party:
On the second evening, we hosted a Maker Party, where over 500 makers, exhibitors, forum guests, and community partners gathered for an unforgettable celebration and networking.
Entering the era with limitless potential, AI no longer focoues on particular fields. It can make glasses “understand” the world, and even give toys their own personality. It’s transforming agriculture with smart farming, helping factories optimize production, and turning cities become more intelligen. Whether in daily life or industries, AI is extending its power into every corner of our world.
At the same time, it also depends on global collaboration among developers, leading to the cross-border integration of technology infrastructure and research outcomes. From Europe’s infrastructure development on “Sovereign AI”, to open-source DeepSeek R1 model, even offering localized solutions of “AI-Media”, AI has truly achieved “borderless”.
If you’re a decision-maker for a company or organization and want to promote your brand on international platform, with opportunities to deeply engage with global innovators, we invite you as our sponsor.
This year, three sponsorship levels are available—Ecosystem Partners, Community Partners, and Spotlight Project Sponsors, providing tailored experiences with maximum exposure and the deepest level of involvement.
- Empowerment Partner Sponsors: Companies or organizations that provide various services to makers, such as hardware and software support, resource sharing, and incubation acceleration.
- Community Partner Sponsors: Organizations that recognize event’s impact within maker community and are willing to support MFSZ 2025 in any way they can.
- Spotlight Project Sponsors: Companies or organizations that sponsor specific highlight events, such as industry workshops or maker networking parties.
Comprehensive Sponsorship Benefits
- Reputation Benefits: Become our sponsor partner to improve your brand impact in the global innovation community.
- Exposure Benefits: A comprehensive 360°marketing strategy to ensure highlighted exposure both online and offline.
- Exhibition Benefits: Choose the best booth for your brand! Organize workshops and take advantage of dedicated spaces for on-site product demonstrations.
- Forum Benefits: Make a speech to exchange innovative ideas. Feel free to get your tickets！
MFSZ 2025 will maintain the high standards of previous events, providing more focused and engaged audience that allows your brand to connect directly with potential customers and partners. With strong media resources and extensive promotional channels, we could offer sponsors abundant opportunities for brand exposure.
Feel free to scan the QR code, and our team will reach out to provide personalized sponsorship guidance.
Over the past 12 years, the development trajectory of Maker Faire Shenzhen can be seen as a microcosm of the development of maker culture in China.
- 2012: “Gathering Small Wisdom, Journeying through the Great Future” – This was the first Mini Maker Faire in China, with less than 1000 attendees, and was more like a gathering within a small circle. But we saw the infinite possibilities emerging from the maker community.
- 2013: The slogan was absent, and the maker community was still small. – In the OCT Creative Park, there were cross-disciplinary exchanges among different creative communities, silently laying the foundation for cultural output.
- 2014: “Innovate with China” – the event was upgraded to the Featured level for the first time, with a significant increase in scale compared to previous years, and the beginning of professional independent forums. This year, makers began to enter the public’s view.
- 2015: “Everyone is a Maker, what are you waiting for?” – This year’s Shenzhen International Maker Week became one of the largest Maker Faires in the world. This year, the concept of “maker” was elevated to a national level, and the trend of “mass innovation, mass entrepreneurship” swept across the country.
- 2016: “My World, My Creation” – As the sub-venue of the National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week, the event was held for the first time in the commercial center area, experiencing unpredictable weather from typhoons to scorching heat. Many makers succeeded in your entrepreneurial endeavors this year, but it seemed like there were even more failures. The hype around entrepreneurship shifted towards rationality.
- 2017: “Makers, Go Pro” – The event took place at the university campus for the first time, focusing on Maker Pros and providing a platform for diverse innovators and makers to showcase themselves, presenting more possibilities for the growth path of makers to the entire community.
- 2018: “Co-making in the City” – The main venue of Shenzhen International Maker Week, where individuals and groups with shared visions and values gathered to showcase stories, projects, and explorations of collaboration among different communities and people.
- 2019: ” To the Heart of Community, To the Cluster of Industry” – The event was upgraded to the Maker Faire Shenzhen, attempting to attract professional audiences and focusing on pragmatic aspects such as solving the needs of industrial upgrading and co-developin. It aims to build a platform for innovation and industry dialogue and collaboration.
- 2023: “Where Are The Makers?”– Starting from our own mission and values, we aim to explore the future direction of makers and theapossibilities for commercialization. Though this question does not have a definitive answer, we do hope that through this event, we can communicate and share with every one of you, finding more ideas and directions together.
- 2024: “Everything is AI” – This year, we brought together over 120 exhibitors from around the world, attracting nearly 1,500 professional attendees from nearly 20 countries and over 20 provinces across China. The exhibition showcased a wide range of AI application projects and hosted 10 AI hardware-themed satellite events, alongside various workshops.
