On November 26, 2025, the Automechanika Shanghai, the Shanghai International Trade Fair for Automotive Parts, Equipment and Service Suppliers, grandly opened at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). This year’s exhibition utilized all 15 exhibition halls for the first time, covering an area of 383,000 square meters, a 9% increase compared to the previous edition. It attracted 7,465 exhibitors from 44 countries and regions, a 10% increase in the number of exhibitors year-on-year. All figures reached record highs, making it a core hub for showcasing global automotive industry innovations and facilitating business cooperation.
Scale and Influence Reach New Heights, Demonstrating China’s Industry’s Global Attractiveness
As a leading professional exhibition for the automotive aftermarket in the Asia-Pacific region and globally, this year’s breakthrough growth confirms the vibrant vitality and global influence of the Chinese automotive industry. Ms. Zhou Shaolan, General Manager of Messe Frankfurt (Hong Kong) Ltd., stated that the significant increase in exhibition scale and the continuous expansion of the exhibitor lineup highlight its value as an important platform for promoting the coordinated development of the global automotive industry. “The 94 concurrent events we have carefully organized will bring together over 450 industry leaders and experts, focusing on the latest market development trends and helping to build a more resilient supply chain and an efficient international cooperation network.”
Ms. Zhang Li, Chairman of China Machinery International Cooperation Co., Ltd., pointed out that China has become a core hub for global automotive sales, production, and new energy technology innovation, an advantage fully reflected in this exhibition. “More and more vehicle manufacturers have transformed from visitors in previous years to active exhibitors, optimizing their supply chain layout and enhancing their international influence through the exhibition, vividly demonstrating the exhibition’s key value in connecting diverse industries and promoting transnational collaboration.”
Vehicle Manufacturers and Industry Giants Gather, New Energy Sector Becomes a Core Highlight
This year’s exhibition boasts an unprecedentedly strong lineup of exhibitors, including well-known vehicle brands such as GAC Aion, Li Auto, Chery Holding, and Tesla, as well as key companies in the industry chain such as Chenzhi Group, Dongfeng Dana, Huayu Power, Weichai Qingzhi Technology, and SAIC Group. They collectively showcased a full range of products, technologies, and solutions covering both traditional fuel vehicles and new energy vehicles. Among them, the new energy and intelligent connected vehicle sector performed particularly well, with the exhibition scale expanding by 50% compared to the previous edition, becoming the core growth engine of this year’s exhibition. This sector focused on showcasing cutting-edge fields such as core electrification components, intelligent connected systems, charging and battery swapping technologies, intelligent chassis, and thermal management systems, attracting nearly 30 domestic and international brands to participate for the first time, including Siemens Xcelerator, Guoxin Technology, Tianneng Battery, and Quectel Wireless Solutions; industry-leading companies such as Baolong Technology, Sanhua Automotive, and Top Group also returned with their latest achievements. Notably, more than 40% of the exhibitors were involved in new energy and intelligent connected vehicle solutions, and regional exhibition groups from Changzhou, Hubei, Longquan, and Tianjin also showcased the innovative strength of their regional industrial clusters.
In addition, traditional advantageous sectors such as parts and components, tires and wheels all achieved scale growth, with the tires and wheels sector seeing a 50% increase. Well-known companies such as 3M, Bosch, ZF, Autel Technology, and Launch Tech all participated, demonstrating the steady development of the entire automotive industry chain.
Internationalization Reaches New Heights, Efficient Global Resource Matching
The international influence of this exhibition continued to rise, attracting exhibition groups from 15 countries and regions, including Germany, South Korea, Thailand, India, and Italy, with the exhibition area of international groups increasing by 20% year-on-year. The internationalization of visitors also increased simultaneously. As of before the opening, the number of pre-registered visitors increased by 25% compared to the same period last year, covering nearly 160 countries and regions worldwide; 261 domestic and international professional buyer groups (including 24,000 professional buyers) were invited to attend, with buyer groups from more than 10 countries such as Argentina, Denmark, and Switzerland participating for the first time, fully demonstrating the exhibition’s core position as a global automotive industry trade hub.
Unprecedented Concurrent Activities Matrix, Multi-dimensional Empowerment of Industrial Development
The exhibition featured 94 high-quality concurrent activities, creating a diverse exchange platform covering technological foresight, market trends, talent cultivation, and cross-industry integration. The 2025 Automotive Industry International Development Conference CEO Summit, as a flagship event, was grandly held on the opening day, bringing together global industry leaders to discuss the future of the industry. The newly launched series of seven technical seminars focuses on cutting-edge fields such as new energy thermal management, intelligent chassis, and electric drive system integration; the talent series activities, through report releases and executive dialogues, provide talent support for the sustainable development of the industry; and the supply and demand matching activities for the industrial chain build a bridge for collaborative innovation between upstream and downstream enterprises. In addition, the technology innovation trends exhibition area, startup exhibition area, green maintenance exhibition area, and modified vehicles x technology exhibition area each have their own highlights. The interactive experience in the modified vehicles x technology exhibition area and the appearance of the exhibition mascot, AutoHu, added more vitality and buzz to the event.
This year’s exhibition also created a “Connecting the Industry, Gaining Insights into Trends” live streaming matrix, providing real-time multi-platform live broadcasts of the exhibition and key events, allowing viewers who cannot attend in person to simultaneously access cutting-edge industry information.
The four-day 2025 Automechanika Shanghai is not only a concentrated showcase of global automotive industry innovation achievements, but also an important platform for promoting industrial chain collaboration, cross-industry integration, and sustainable development. As the exhibition progresses, it will undoubtedly inject new development momentum into the global automotive industry and help the industry achieve high-quality growth amidst transformation.
Post time: Dec-11-2025
