CNY Corporate Gifts in Singapore: A 2027 Planning Guide

When to plan, what to spend on staff and clients, and which red and gold gifts last beyond the festive season.

The best CNY corporate gifts in Singapore are festive but useful: red or gold items personalised with each person's name, plus a small treat for the wider team. Chinese New Year 2027 falls on Saturday 6 February, so plan your gifts and collect the name list in December, while there is still time to check every name before the festive weeks. At LIMTEH, CNY gifts start from S$4.20 for a snack pack and S$12.90 for a personalised red leather notebook.

LIMTEH is an in-house personalised gift manufacturer in Singapore with 6 machines and over 100,000 units produced across 4 years of operation. This guide covers when to plan Chinese New Year corporate gifts, what makes a good one, how much to spend for each group, which gifts suit each budget, and how to send a whole company list without mistakes.

When should companies plan CNY corporate gifts?

Companies should plan CNY corporate gifts in December, because the weeks before Chinese New Year are short and the year-end holidays come first. Chinese New Year 2027 falls on Saturday 6 February, with public holidays on 6 and 7 February and Monday 8 February off in lieu. That leaves January as the main window for handing out gifts.

Many offices give CNY gifts in the last working weeks before the holiday, or at the first lo hei lunch when everyone is back. Either way, the decisions that slow a corporate order down happen at your end: agreeing the budget, getting approval, and collecting every name spelt correctly. Settling those in December means January is only about checking the list and handing out the gifts.

November and December are our busiest months, so a CNY list that is ready in December is easier for everyone. Our guide on how long personalised gifts take explains the timing in more detail.

What makes a good Chinese New Year corporate gift?

A good Chinese New Year corporate gift looks festive when it is handed out and stays useful long after the oranges are gone. Four things make the difference:

• Festive colours. Red and gold are the classic Chinese New Year colours. A red notebook with a name in gold, or a red tumbler, feels right for the season without being a decoration that goes back in a drawer.
• Lucky symbols, used lightly. Mandarin oranges, blossoms and lucky cats all carry good wishes. A pattern on a bag works better than a slogan that dates the gift to one year.
• A real name. The person's own name shows the gift was meant for them, and it is the detail people mention when they say thank you.
• Something to share. For a big team, a small treat everyone can open at their desk keeps the cost per head low and the office mood festive.

It also helps to know what to avoid. Many people avoid giving clocks, because the Chinese phrase for giving a clock sounds like attending a funeral, and sharp items such as knives or scissors, which suggest cutting ties. Some organisations, especially in the public sector and finance, also limit the value of gifts their staff can accept, so check before you send clients something expensive.

How much should you spend on CNY gifts per person?

The simplest way to set a CNY gift budget is to split the list by group rather than give everyone the same thing. Most companies have a whole team to cover, a shorter list of staff or partners to thank properly, and a handful of clients.

The whole team gets a CNY snack pack, which keeps a long list affordable and gives everyone something to open on the day. Staff and partners you want to thank properly get a single personalised item in festive colours. Clients get a gift set they can use at work, with their own name on it and a card.

Which CNY corporate gifts suit each budget?

These are the Chinese New Year gifts we would pick for each group, with the price each one starts from on our store today.

Gift	From	What you get	Best for
CNY snack pack	S$4.20	Snack pack with a CNY header design	Whole team
A5 leather notebook in red	S$12.90	Name up to 15 characters, gold or silver lettering	Staff and partners
Chinese Cultural jute bag	S$16.50	Mandarin orange, blossom or lucky cat pattern with a name	Staff and partners
Mizu tumbler in Candy Red	S$21.50	500ml thermal tumbler, name or icon and name	Staff and partners
Honey Tea Harmony	S$33	Maple wood coaster, tea, raw honey, honey dipper	Clients
Workday Essentials in red	S$35	500ml tumbler and A5 leather notebook	Clients
The Motion Collection in red	S$37	Toiletry bag, 4-in-1 cable, foldable phone stand	Clients who travel

The whole team: CNY snack packs from S$4.20

For a big team, a snack pack with a Chinese New Year header is the easiest gift to hand out. Choose the CNY option on the snack pack page, and pick from two festive header designs, including a Gong Xi Fa Cai design. Packs start from S$4.20 and the larger ones run to S$13.90. The snacks in each pack are fixed, so every person gets the same thing. See every pack in our snack pack collection.

Staff and partners: red and gold from S$12.90

For people you want to thank properly, one personalised item in festive colours goes a long way. The A5 leather notebook (from S$12.90) comes in red, with the name in gold, silver, white or black lettering and a choice of position on the cover. It takes up to 15 characters.

Our Chinese Cultural jute bags (from S$16.50) carry festive patterns such as mandarin oranges, plum blossom, cherry blossom and lucky cats, with a name band of up to 15 characters in a choice of two fonts. They are useful for the CNY visiting round and every grocery run after it.

For daily use, the Mizu tumbler (from S$21.50) comes in Candy Red, with a name of up to 15 characters, four font types, and either the name alone or an icon with the name.

Clients: gift sets from S$33

For clients, a gift set feels like a proper thank you for the year and a good start to the next. Honey Tea Harmony (from S$33) pairs a maple wood coaster with tea, raw honey and a honey dipper, a natural fit for a season of visits. Workday Essentials (from S$35) comes in red, with a 500ml tumbler and an A5 leather notebook. The Motion Collection (from S$37), also in red, holds a toiletry bag, a 4-in-1 charging cable and a foldable phone stand, for clients who travel over the holiday.

Each gift set takes a name of up to 18 characters, and you can add a card from the list on the product page, such as a Best Wishes or Thank You card. Browse every option in our gift sets collection or the full corporate gifts range.

Should CNY gifts carry a name, a logo or both?

For Chinese New Year, the recipient's name usually means more than your logo, because it shows the gift was made for that person. A logo tells them who it is from, which the card already does.

A logo works well for a whole-company gift where you want a shared look, or alongside the name for key clients. If you would like your logo on any item, send the artwork, the products and the quantity on WhatsApp, and we will confirm what fits before production. Our guide to custom logo corporate gifts explains when to use a logo, a name or both.

How do you order CNY gifts for a whole company?

The easiest way to order CNY gifts for a whole company is one spreadsheet with every name, one gift per group, and one message with everything in it. Each name is then checked once, before anything is printed.

1. Sort the list into groups. Whole team, staff and partners, and clients. Note each name exactly as it should appear, including capital letters.
2. Pick one gift per group. One product and one colour per group keeps the order simple and the look consistent.
3. Send everything on WhatsApp. Include the products, colours, quantities and names. For a handful of gifts, you can also order on the store and type each name on the product page.
4. We print, check and pack. Every personalised gift is checked against your list before it is packed.

We make anything from 1 unit to thousands, and orders above S$50 ship free in Singapore. Our guide to bulk personalised gifts with names shows how to lay out a name list, and the client appreciation gifts guide covers year-end gifts for clients.

How we make them

Every CNY gift in this guide is personalised and packed in our own Singapore workshop. Names on drinkware and leather are printed on our own machines, names on wood are engraved, and the team that checks your name list is the same team that packs each box. You can see real company orders on our Our work page.

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