Unveiling in 2026: AWE2026 Embraces Ambitious Plans and Twin Locations
The 2026 Appliance & Electronics World Expo (AWE2026) is set to take place in Shanghai from March 12-15, 2026, with a focus on the theme "Smart AI, Smarter Future." This event will showcase innovations in smart technology and immersive future lifestyle solutions.
AWE2026 will adopt a dual-venue format, spanning over 170,000 square meters and featuring more than 1,200 leading brands. The two locations and their innovative focuses are as follows:
Shanghai New International Expo Center
The Shanghai New International Expo Center will serve as the main zone for four days, including the final day dedicated as Consumer Day. The focus of this zone will be on smart living solutions and cutting-edge home appliances, as well as whole-home intelligence, digital entertainment, fitness and health tech, green energy, smart mobility, smart office, and smart cities solutions. The zone will span 140,000 square meters, offering a comprehensive showcase tied to daily living and real-life scenarios.
Sunrise Complex at Shanghai Eastern Hub
The Sunrise Complex at the Shanghai Eastern Hub International Business Cooperation Zone will operate for three days (March 12-14) within the Advanced Consumer Electronics Technology Zone. This area will focus on cutting-edge fields such as chip technology and computing, AI, next-generation information technologies, new display technologies, robotics, drones, new energy vehicles, and smart home solutions. The zone will be organized into four thematic sectors covering technology advances, innovative product commercialization, smart digital terminals, and intelligent lifestyle scenarios.
Together, these venues complement each other by covering a broad spectrum from consumer appliances and lifestyle integration to frontier electronics technologies. The event aims to reinforce its role as a global hub for technological advancement and industry collaboration, positioning Shanghai as a global hub for smart living and technological advancement in 2026.
AWE2026 is expected to attract over 200,000 attendees and continues to empower global innovation, stimulate new consumption vitality, and lead the industry into a new era of smart living driven by AI. The themed areas of the Advanced Consumer Electronics Technology Zone will showcase the new quality productive forces driving the consumer electronics industry in the AI era.
- The Advanced Consumer Electronics Technology Zone at the Sunrise Complex will focus on cutting-edge fields such as chip technology, AI, and next-generation information technologies, demonstrating the new quality productive forces driving the consumer electronics industry in the AI era.
- During AWE2026, the Shanghai New International Expo Center will feature a comprehensive showcase tied to daily living and real-life scenarios, including smart mobility, smart cities solutions, and whole-home intelligence, which is a key aspect of data-and-cloud-computing technology.
