On 22 August, the 12th Overseas Chinese Industry and Commerce Fair and the 2026 Asia-Pacific Industry Cooperation and Going-Global Expo closed at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Centre (Futian). Across three days the event delivered strong trade results: 35,000 professional visitors and intended procurement of RMB 2.7 billion. Overseas buyers from more than 50 countries and regions attended to match with exhibitors.
The fair hosted 11 themed business sessions, with about 240 matchmaking encounters between overseas buyers and exhibitors, 2,000 published overseas demand items, and over 5,000 intended-order, agency or channel-cooperation leads, involving about 180 enterprises. Procurement spanned nearly 20 sectors including AI smart tech, new energy, consumer electronics, smart cities, food and agriculture, building materials, health care and retail. Both the range of categories and the frequency of matchmaking hit record highs.
AI and robots proved the biggest draw. AI, smart tech, robotics and consumer electronics were overseas buyers’ primary procurement targets. Zhiyun Dynamics secured intended orders for 600 robots from an overseas buyer, worth over RMB 20 million, a snapshot of smart-tech export momentum. Buyers from Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Mexico and New Zealand arrived with clear procurement needs. A Thai buyer specifically sought energy-storage suppliers, noting Thailand is at a pivotal point in its power and electrification transition, where industrial automation and new-energy products are a direct entry point for Chinese firms going global. More than 50 overseas institutions, including Malaysia’s digital-economy agency and Thailand’s digital-economy promotion agency, organised procurement delegations.
This edition featured 305 enterprises showing 28,394 selected exhibits, with national high-tech and “little giant” specialised firms prominently represented and tech companies making up over half. BYD, Insta360 and PISEN brought latest products and integrated solutions to global buyers, while specialised firms such as Zhiyuan and Hongxinyu launched new technologies. Regional pavilions were a highlight, with Shenzhen’s smart-manufacturing zone, Shantou’s hall and others forming clustered displays.
Over 12 years the fair has held 23 overseas editions, serving more than 7,500 domestic and foreign enterprises with professional visitors exceeding 700,000. The organiser said the overseas-expo matrix will keep expanding, with September stops in Almaty and Vietnam and an October edition in Indonesia, pushing quality manufacturers into deeper Asia-Pacific reach.
Editor’s note: This is an adapted translation of the original Shenzhen News report. It has been trimmed and restructured for readability for an international business audience.