Eighth CIIE Showcases Industrial Artificial Intelligence and Cross-Border Collaboration

Xinhua News Agency reported that the eighth China International Import Expo featured 4142 overseas exhibitors, presenting more than 480 debut items alongside cutting-edge displays in artificial intelligence, next-generation communications, semiconductors, and smart equipment. At the technical equipment zone, Swiss firm Schindler displayed a smart escalator equipped with an intelligent passenger response system. Zhu Kangzheng, Schindler China field operations president, explained that escalator sensors use edge computing and AI visual recognition to issue prompt warnings for passenger falls, reverse travel, or hazardous behavior like pushing baby strollers. Siemens showcased a humanoid robot developed by a Chinese enterprise that gripped components to simulate real flexible production workflows. The firm opened six production scenarios across five factories in China to conduct testing with domestic partners and signed cooperation agreements with 108 manufacturing enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta in September 2026. Jungheinrich China marketing head Bao Wenyan reported that Jungheinrich established a software research and development center in Shanghai. The intelligent warehouse planning platform shown at the event was developed by local Chinese system engineers using AI-assisted programming.

At the Jungheinrich booth, industrial design tasks that previously required multiple professional engineers two to three weeks were opened up so ordinary people could participate in initial design and verification through artificial intelligence assisted programming.