Tech Journey Shanghai

18–19 November 2026 | Meeting point: Primus Hotel Shanghai Hongqiao

Step inside the future with exclusive tours of Shanghai’s leading tech companies. Visit R&D centres, laboratories and product showrooms.

9 themed routes covering embodied intelligence, large models, life & health, the digital economy, robotics, the low-altitude economy and BeiDou, energy and urban innovation. Each route includes on-site visits to at least 2–3 companies and organisations.

About Tech Journey Shanghai

Beyond the show floor, here is another way to understand China’s innovation landscape. Running on the two days before the exhibition (18–19 November), Tech Journey Shanghai takes you inside leading technology companies and innovation parks across Hongqiao and its surrounding districts.Every route is fully coach-transferred and accompanied by a tour leader, with face-to-face sessions with the engineers and product owners on site — a day’s worth of practical insight and relationships you can actually keep.This is a pre-show programme. It complements — and does not clash with — the exhibition running 20–22 November. Seats are limited and allocated first come, first served.
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WHO CAN JOIN

Who can join?

Open to registered attendees of Hongqiao Tech Week 2026.

Priority free participation

VIP Pass, Premium Pass, Investor and Speaker holders are entitled to priority free participation.

Registration required

Each route runs with a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 20 participants, first come, first served. Seat confirmation follows after registration.

Registration is open from 23 September to 23 October 2026. Should seats remain available, registration may reopen or be extended, with further updates announced separately.

ROUTE OVERVIEW

9 themed routes

Each route runs on a single day — either 18 or 19 November — and includes on-site visits to at least 2–3 companies and organisations. Please choose a route according to your language and schedule.

ROUTE 1

AI & Robotics

Language: Chinese
Date: 18 November
Duration: Half-day | PM

ROUTE 2

Low-Altitude Economy & BeiDou Navigation Geospatial

Language: Chinese
Date: 18 November
Duration: Full-day

ROUTE 3

AI & Digital Life

Language: Chinese
Date: 18 November
Duration: Full-day

ROUTE 4

Urban Sci-Tech Innovation

Language: Chinese
Date: 18 November
Duration: Half-day | PM

ROUTE 5

Embodied Intelligence, Large-Model Innovation and AI Talent

Language: English
Date: 19 November
Duration: Full-day

ROUTE 6

Life Sciences & Health

Language: English
Date: 19 November
Duration: Half-day | PM

ROUTE 7

Embodied Intelligence Industry Chain

Language: English
Date: 19 November
Duration: Half-day | PM

ROUTE 8

Digital Economy & Urban Renewal

Language: English
Date: 19 November
Duration: Half-day | PM

ROUTE 9

University Technology Transfer and Hard-Tech Industry Synergy

Language: English
Date: 19 November
Duration: Half-day | PM

More routes coming soon …

INDICATIVE ITINERARY

Route itineraries

Indicative stops and timings for each route. Further routes, if any, will be announced separately. Detailed stops and timings will be provided in the itinerary pack.

Route 1 · AI & Robotics

12:00-13:30 Check-in & departure
Visit: TONEN Intelligent Technology (Shanghai) (45 min)
✓ Visit: Yangtze River Delta AI+ Joint Innovation Centre (40 min)
✓ Visit: ASD Intelligent Valley (45 min)
17:30 End

Route 2 · Low-Altitude Economy & BeiDou Navigation Geospatial Innovation

09:30–10:00 Check-in & departure
Visit: CHC Navigation (Huace Navigation) (40 min)
12:00–13:30 Working lunch
Visit: China BeiDou Industry Technology Innovation Xihongqiao Base (30 min)
Visit: Spatio-Temporal Smart Sensing Incubator (30 min)
Visit: Shanghai Botong Technology (30 min)
Visit: Shanghai Lingbian Intelligent Technology (30 min)
17:30 End

Route 3 · AI & Digital Life

09:30–10:00 Check-in & departure
Visit: Black Lake Technologies (40 min)
Visit: COFE+ Robotics (20 min)
12:00–13:30 Working lunch
Visit: iFLYTEK (35 min)
Visit: Zhizhen Jishi (40 min)
Visit: Hongqiao Upper Town (30 min)
16:30 End & return

Route 4 · Urban Sci-Tech Innovation

12:30-13:00 Check-in & departure
Bund FTC (30 min). Explore how financial institutions open up real-world business needs and application scenarios to technology companies.
Bund Financial Architecture Cluster (30 min). Observe the evolution of Shanghai’s century-old financial centre into a modern fintech ecosystem.
ZhongAn Insurance (45 min). Examine a benchmark case in a specialised fintech sector and explore how AI and big data empower the entire insurance service value chain, bringing financial technology into insurance applications.
Guangci-Sinan Park (45 min). Explore the medical research commercialisation ecosystem that has developed around Ruijin Hospital.
17:30 End

Route 5 · Embodied Intelligence, Large-Model Innovation and AI Talent

09:30–10:00 Check-in & departure
Caohejing Pavilion (30 min). Learn how an established development zone continues to nurture emerging industries.
Shanghai Humanoid Robot 4S Center (60 min). Explore an integrated ecosystem for whole-robot display, testing and trading.
12:00–13:30 Working lunch
HAIZOL (45 min). Learn how digital supply chains connect design and manufacturing.
West Bund AI Tower Pavilion (45 min). Learn the full story of how Xuhui Riverside was transformed from an industrial waterfront into a sci-tech hub.
Model Speed Space Z-Pilot & AI Black Technology Experience Space (45 min). Explore the ecosystem of China’s first hub dedicated to large-model incubation and acceleration.
LiblibAI (45 min). Observe how AI image-generation technology is being turned into creative productivity.
17:30 End

Route 6 · Life Sciences & Health

12:30–13:00 Check-in & departure
Pudong Life Sciences Pavilion (30 min). Learn about the development of Pudong’s life sciences industry.
ATLATL (30 min). Explore the service model of a high-quality biomedical incubator.
MicroPort (45 min). Learn about the company’s development and explore advances in domestically developed high-end medical devices, including coronary intervention technologies and surgical robots.
17:30 End

Route 7 · Embodied Intelligence Industry Chain

12:30–13:00 Check-in & departure
Zhangjiang Robot Valley Pavilion (30 min). Learn about the development of Zhangjiang’s robotics industry.
Fourier Intelligence Pavilion (45 min). Explore Fourier Intelligence’s product portfolio.
MetAI Hub Zhangjiang AI Application Store (45 min). Explore the hands-on AI showcase and application validation platform developed by Zhangjiang Science City.
17:30 End

Route 8 · Digital Economy & Urban Renewal

12:30–13:00 Check-in & departure
Meituan Technology Center (45 min). Explore how a local lifestyle services platform operates, bringing the day’s digital economy visits full circle.
People’s City Pavilion (30 min). Walk to the pavilion and learn about the public-centred approach to riverside regeneration.
Sudo Technology’s Embodied Intelligence Factory (45 min). Observe how embodied AI is moving from R&D validation to real-world deployment.
17:30 End

Route 9 · University Technology Transfer and Hard-Tech Industry Synergy

12:30-13:00 Check-in & departure
Grand neoBay Pavilion (30 min). Gain an understanding of the region’s innovation positioning.
Shanghai AI Research Institute (30 min). Learn how shared technology platforms empower industry.
JAKA Robotics (45 min). Explore a benchmark case of technology transfer and commercialisation in intelligent robotics.
Elderly-Care Technology Industrial Park (45 min). Observe how robotics and smart eldercare products are validated and applied in real-world settings.
17:30 End

REGISTRATION RULES

Registration rules

One route per person

You may indicate 2–3 preferred routes in order of priority; allocation is made according to your preferences and seat availability.

Seats and wait list

Each route runs with a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 20 participants, first come, first served. If a route is full, you will be placed on a Wait List and notified when a seat becomes available.

Registration window

Open from 23 September to 23 October 2026. Should seats remain available, registration may reopen or be extended, with further updates announced separately.

How to register

Submit through the official Hongqiao Tech Week registration channel. Please complete visitor registration and confirm your pass type before applying.HOW TO REGISTER

How to register

Five steps from registration to boarding the coach.STEP 1

Register online

Complete registration through the official visitor registration channel and create your attendee account.STEP 2

Choose your preferred routes

Indicate 2–3 preferred routes in order of priority, and note any dietary requirements (vegetarian, halal, allergies, etc.).STEP 3

Await seat confirmation

Registration closes on 23 October, after which we will send your seat confirmation.STEP 4

Receive your itinerary

The detailed itinerary will be sent to your registered email by 3 November, with a reminder one day before the event.STEP 5

Check in on time

Check-in opens 15 minutes before departure. Please bring your confirmation and badge and arrive on time.
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Meeting point · transport · meals

Meeting point, transport & meals

Meeting point

Primus Hotel Shanghai Hongqiao (exact location and map will be provided with the itinerary pack). Check-in opens 15 minutes before departure — please arrive on time.

Full-day routes

Check-in at 09:00, ending at approximately 17:30 back at the meeting point.

Half-day routes

Check-in at 13:00, ending at approximately 17:30 back at the meeting point.

Transport & meals

A chartered coach with a tour leader accompanies each route, covering all inter-site transfers. A working lunch is included on full-day routes; half-day routes do not include meals. Please make your own way to the meeting point — accommodation and transfers to the meeting point are not provided. Kindly note any dietary requirements (vegetarian, halal, allergies, etc.) in the registration form.

Confirmation · cancellation · contact

Confirmation, cancellation & contact

Submission confirmation

A success message will appear on screen immediately after you submit.

Confirmation & reminders

Registration closes on 23 October, after which we will send your seat confirmation. The detailed itinerary will be sent to your registered email by 3 November, with a reminder one day before the event.

Cancellation

If you need to cancel after confirmation, please notify us by email at least 7 working days before the event.

Contact us

For any enquiries, please contact the Tech Journey Shanghai team: hqtw@informa.com

Ready to step inside China’s tech scene?

10 routes, two to three companies in a single day. Seats are limited and allocated first come, first served.