The 2026 Beijing International Auto Show will open on April 24th

The 2026 Beijing International Auto Show (referred to as the 2026 Beijing Auto Show) will be held from April 24th to May 3rd for a total of 10 days. According to the organizers, the total number of exhibited cars at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show is 1451, including 181 debut cars and 71 concept cars.

The 2026 Beijing Auto Show, with the theme of "Leading the Times, Intelligent Future", is the first to adopt a joint exhibition between the China International Exhibition Center (Shunyi Hall) and the Capital International Convention and Exhibition Center. The total exhibition area of this year's exhibition reaches 380000 square meters, ranking first in the world of auto shows and further consolidating its position as a global leader in auto shows. In the historical period of deepening global automotive industry transformation, this iconic event will take on the core mission of leading the industry direction, consolidating development consensus, promoting collaborative innovation, and promoting automotive consumption with a new attitude.

Since its establishment in 1990, Auto China has always resonated with the global automotive industry. It is a highland for global automotive companies to gain insights into the Chinese market, share development opportunities, and jointly draw future blueprints. It is also a core window for China's automotive industry to showcase its innovative strength and high-level opening-up to the world. After more than 30 years of cultivation and development, the Beijing Auto Show has become an important exhibition platform for the global automotive industry. It is a world-class automotive industry event recognized and respected by global automotive and supply chain manufacturers and consumers. It is a brand exhibition with extensive influence in the international exhibition industry. The Beijing Auto Show has maintained multiple leading records among domestic auto shows in terms of exhibition scale, quantity and quality of exhibits, new product releases, number of visitors, and number of media reporters present for interviews.

The 2026 Beijing Auto Show will gather global automotive industry forces on an unprecedented scale, with mainstream domestic and foreign vehicle companies exhibiting at high standards. The brand matrix covers all categories, fields, and levels, and the level of internationalization and specialization will reach new heights. The participation pattern of this exhibition deeply reflects the development trend of electrification, intelligence, and globalization in the global automotive industry, and also highlights the core strategic position of the Chinese market in the global industrial layout.

BMW and MINI, Mercedes Benz, SAIC General Motors (Buick, Cadillac), Volvo, Nissan and other international mainstream car brands will all make high-profile appearances at the exhibition with their heavyweight models.

Chinese brands such as FAW Hongqi, Dongfeng Motor, Geely Automobile, Great Wall Motors, Chery Automobile, etc. will showcase their latest research and development technologies and products, bringing a strong visual impact to the audience.

Hongmeng Zhixing, Ideal, Extreme Krypton iCAR、 Brands such as Zero Run will gather strongly, covering all technological routes such as intelligent pure electric, extended range, hydrogen fuel, etc., to define future travel with disruptive technologies and scenario based products.

The 2026 Beijing Auto Show also attracted top supply chain and technology companies from China, the United States, Germany, Russia, France, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Japan, South Korea, Israel, Saudi Arabia and other countries to participate. The exhibition focuses on the development direction of electrification, intelligence, and digitization, showcasing relevant technologies and applications from core hardware to software systems, as well as collaborative innovation achievements in the upstream and downstream of the industry chain, objectively presenting the latest development trends in the current automotive industry.

Huawei Qiankun, CATL, Bosch Momenta、 Horizon Robotics, Black Sesame Intelligence, Yuanrong Qixing, Zhuoyu, NavInfo, Neusoft Group and other technology companies will showcase their new products at the Beijing Auto Show, leading the industry's future trends.

At the same time, many international and domestic leading companies in the automotive supply chain, such as BorgWarner, APTIV, Samsung, Valeo, and FAW Fuwei, will participate in this auto show, further consolidating the position of the Beijing Auto Show as a global automotive technology standard and a core platform for international B2B cooperation, injecting strong momentum into the high-quality development of the global automotive industry.

The 2026 Beijing Auto Show has attracted global media and industry attention. During the exhibition, more than 200 press conferences will be held, bringing together leading figures in the global automotive industry, renowned experts and scholars, heads of relevant government departments, corporate executives, and domestic and foreign media reporters to have in-depth exchanges and seek common ground for the future.

At the same time as the exhibition, the China Society of Automotive Engineers, in collaboration with the Automotive Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, held the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition Technology Innovation Forum, with the theme of "Cabin Driving Integration and Ecological Building", focusing on intelligent cabin space interaction and ecological integration, and conducting in-depth discussions around the core sensory intelligent collaborative innovation empowering the large-scale implementation of advanced intelligent driving. The forum gathers authoritative forces in the fields of vehicles, optics, chips, sensors, algorithms, and supply chains to explore technological paths and overcome industry bottlenecks, promoting high-quality development of China's intelligent automotive industry through technological innovation and ecological synergy.

At the same time as the exhibition, more than 30 industry summits, seminars, forums, award ceremonies, as well as more than 10 exchange activities between foreign embassies and business associations in China and more than 10 precision procurement matching meetings will be held. In depth discussions will be held on core issues such as industrial policies, technological innovation, capital trends, brand releases, international cooperation, and market development, gathering industry wisdom, systematically analyzing the current development status and future trends of the global automotive industry, promoting exchanges and cooperation between the Chinese and foreign automotive industries, and allowing the world to listen to China's automotive voice and perceive China's innovative power.