For industrial parks, government investment promotion bureaus and incubators, the three biggest headaches in investment attraction are often: identifying projects that do not match industrial priorities, accessing technologies yet lacking capabilities to support overseas resources, and reaching landing agreements but failing to secure follow-up industrial capital. Reliance solely on offline visits and sporadic matchmaking leads to low efficiency and poor matching accuracy. Hongqiao Tech Week brings hard-tech exhibitors, startup ecosystems, international pavilions and industrial capital together under one roof, offering parks and investment teams a one-stop gateway for discovery and screening — provided you first clarify what you aim to introduce and select the right engagement mechanisms.

Resources Parks Can Access at the Event

From an investment promotion perspective, the event enables concentrated engagement with three categories of stakeholders:

1. Hard-tech exhibitors: Covering six technology tracks: Artificial Intelligence, Future Mobility & Energy, Smart Infrastructure, Smart Industry, Life Science & Healthcare, and Startup Ecosystem. These largely align with mainstream industrial priorities for park investment attraction.
2. Startup ecosystem projects: Early-stage teams under the Startup Ecosystem track form a pool of “incubateable and land-ready” projects highly sought after by industrial parks.
3. International pavilions & global thought leaders: Confirmed international delegations include Germany De:Hub, Enterprise Ireland, AICEP Portugal Global, Saudi Investment Ministry, UK Department for International Trade, VDMA, Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology, Korea Startup Forum, and Austrade. Confirmed global speakers represent AMD, Hitachi, Standard Chartered Bank, The LEGO Group, Siemens, SoftBank Group, Anheng Information and more. For parks targeting overseas resource introduction, this is a rare concentrated networking opportunity.

Screening these three groups against your park’s industrial roadmap delivers far greater efficiency than scattered individual visits.

Three Available Matchmaking Pathways

• Industrial tours & closed-door sessions: The event is planned to host industrial tours, corporate open days and closed-door dinners (subject to final official schedules; park participation eligibility can be confirmed in advance with the organising team). These settings support in-depth, small-scale negotiations between parks, investment teams and target enterprises, rather than generic presentations on large stages.
• Targeted one-on-one business matchmaking: The planned 2,000+ pre-scheduled meetings can match exhibitors and investors in advance according to your park’s industrial focus, turning your investment target catalogue into an introduced contact list.
• Dedicated park promotion sessions: Deliver targeted presentations on your park’s industrial environment, policies and carrier resources within forums or supporting sessions. This builds visibility among peer enterprises and drives inbound enquiries.

The three pathways correspond to in-depth negotiations, precise matching and public outreach respectively. Parks may combine them according to manpower capacity.

Industrial Cluster Support within the Yangtze River Delta

A core concern for parks is where projects can settle after introduction. The Yangtze River Delta boasts robust existing industrial density. The Hongqiao International Central Business District hosts over 7,000 digital economy enterprises, 3,600 automotive supply-chain firms and 1,000 new-energy companies (public regional industrial data). This means life science, mobility-energy and smart industry projects can quickly source upstream and downstream partners, manufacturing support and end customers within the region.

Important note: The cluster data reflects the regional industrial foundation and does not guarantee any specific project will settle in your park. It provides an environment with higher feasibility for industrial docking; final project landing depends on alignment between project requirements and park offerings.

How to Onboard Overseas Resources

For parks pursuing international investment attraction, Hongqiao Tech Week’s homologous global network constitutes a structural advantage. It shares the same global platform as London Tech Week, Africa Tech Festival and ATxEnterprise Singapore, granting access to a unified network of global tech decision-makers, overseas enterprises and VC firms. These describe the organiser’s resource background, not standalone performance metrics for Hongqiao Tech Week 2026.

With confirmed international pavilions and global speaker resources, parks can accomplish two goals on-site: bring overseas technologies and enterprises into China, and support local enterprises to expand overseas through the shared global network. As a reference for the homologous IP’s capability: London Tech Week 2025 attracted 37 government partner organisations and 26 national pavilions, welcoming more than 120 international trade delegations. This represents the organiser’s accumulated global resources, not data exclusive to Hongqiao Tech Week. For cross-border industrial collaboration, this two-way channel delivers sustained value beyond a single exhibition.

Common Pitfalls for Park Investment Promotion

Many parks achieve poor exhibition outcomes due to three recurring misconceptions:

• Prioritising event prestige over fit: Attending large-scale events yet failing to source matching projects, wasting budget with no tangible leads.
• Collecting business cards without pre-screening: Lacking a clear industrial roadmap, resulting in uncategorised leads with no prioritisation and no clear follow-up plan.
• Focusing on project recruitment while neglecting post-landing services: Inability to deliver policy and carrier support after projects arrive, leading to low conversion and weak reputation.

Define your target recruitment priorities upfront and leverage matchmaking and closed-door sessions for targeted outreach to substantially boost efficiency.

Turn a Single Exhibition into a Long-term Channel

One-off meetings are merely the starting point. After the event, parks may build a project database categorised by industrial sector for interested leads, and maintain follow-ups via scheduled industrial tours and closed-door exchanges. Leveraging overseas resources from the homologous global platform, international investment attraction can become an annual routine instead of a one-off campaign. In the long run, the value of the exhibition lies in turning chance encounters into continuously accessible connections — this is the core asset parks should build.

How Parks Measure Exhibition Performance

Avoid evaluating performance purely by visitor volume. Track three metrics instead:

1. Number of interested projects, especially those aligned with your industrial roadmap.
2. Matching degree: alignment between project stage and your park’s carrier resources and incentive policies.
3. Subsequent meeting rate: share of leads entering substantive discussions within two weeks post-event.

Reviewing performance against these metrics transforms exhibition participation from brand exposure spending into quantifiable investment attraction work.

3-Day On-site Schedule Framework

Before the event, map target exhibitors onto the venue floor plan and lock in 5–8 companies daily for deep discussions. Use closed-door sessions for small-scale promotion and one-on-one matchmaking for focused negotiations. Dedicate evenings to sorting and prioritising newly captured leads. Structure the three days around negotiation, promotion and review cycles. This approach yields better outcomes than wandering the exhibition hall randomly and generates actionable follow-up lists after the show.

Two-way Value Between Parks and Exhibitors

For parks, exhibition participation is not only about inbound recruitment, but also a window to showcase your industrial ecosystem and supporting services to exhibitors. Clearly presenting your carrier resources, policies and supply-chain support will attract proactive project enquiries. Two-way value is more sustainable than one-sided investment pitching. Position your park as a selectable partner rather than merely delivering presentations; this improves matchmaking quality and creates solid foundations for follow-up conversations.

Organiser Background & Resource Ecosystem

Parks and investment teams often start by asking about the event’s governance. Guided by the Hongqiao International Central Business District Administrative Committee, Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, Hongqiao Tech Week is hosted by Informa Group, with Shanghai Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Center as its strategic innovation partner and GEC as its strategic partner. The event will run from 20 to 22 November 2026 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). Drawing on the well-established London Tech Week brand and Informa’s global tech event ecosystem, it connects overseas enterprises, VC firms and tech innovators to the China market as a comprehensive tech festival focused on industrial implementation. For parks and investment promotion teams, this global network serves both as an entry point to recruit overseas projects and a channel for local enterprises to explore global markets.

Visitor registration data as of 23 August 2026 shows 69.0% of registered attendees have regional market expansion plans and 54.8% intend to source procurement, channel and partnership opportunities through business matchmaking. This signals a high share of participants coming with expansion and collaboration objectives, a useful reference for parks screening potential projects.

Three Pre-event Preparation Recommendations for Parks

If your park or investment team plans to join Hongqiao Tech Week, complete these preparations in advance:

1. Compile a one-page industrial roadmap clarifying priority recruitment sectors and available carrier resources and incentive policies.
2. List 3–5 top categories of exhibitors and international delegations you aim to meet.
3. Submit cooperation enquiries via hongqiaotechweek.com and confirm participation options for industrial tours, closed-door sessions and matchmaking with the organising team.

Clear target setting enables more precise on-site screening and negotiations.

FAQ

Q: What tangible benefits can industrial parks gain from Hongqiao Tech Week? A: Three practical outcomes. First, hard-tech project pipelines: exhibitors and startup booths across Hongqiao Tech Week’s six tracks constitute a pool of pre-screenable targets. Second, overseas resources: confirmed international delegations include Germany De:Hub, Enterprise Ireland, AICEP Portugal Global, Saudi Investment Ministry and UK Department for International Trade. Third, capital connections: the planned 2,000+ targeted one-on-one matchmaking sessions can pre-connect you with exhibitors and investors matching your park’s industrial focus, turning your investment catalogue into warm introductions. This is far more efficient than broad-brush investment outreach.

Q: How can parks connect with international delegations and what pre-work is required? A: Define your target countries and industrial sectors in advance, submit cooperation enquiries through the official website and join targeted matchmaking to arrange meetings with relevant delegations. The homologous London Tech Week platform is the source of these international delegation resources, and on-site delegations are an extension of this network. Request the confirmed delegation list from the organiser; final on-site attendance is subject to the latest official announcements.

Q: Can parks host dedicated promotion sessions, closed-door exchanges or industrial tours? A: All these formats are available within Hongqiao Tech Week’s event framework. Forums, supporting promotion sessions, closed-door exchanges and industrial tours are planned. Parks may apply for dedicated promotion sessions and customise agendas according to industrial priorities and target audiences. Prepare a clear investment target list for discussions to design tailored solutions. Final arrangements are subject to official confirmation.

Q: Where can parks connect with industrial capital? A: Two primary channels. First, Hongqiao Tech Week’s planned one-on-one matchmaking service allows pre-booking meetings with VC/PE firms, industrial funds and corporate venture capital teams by industry sector. Second, the Startup Ecosystem track itself acts as a sourcing hub for investors scouting early-stage projects. Parks with dual objectives of project recruitment and capital linkage can advance both project landing and financing discussions on-site.

Q: Can parks pursue both inbound investment attraction and outbound market expansion at the same time? A: Yes, and this differentiates Hongqiao Tech Week from vertical sector-specific exhibitions. Powered by the homologous global platform and confirmed international resources, parks can introduce overseas tech projects locally while helping domestic enterprises connect with overseas buyers and channels to build a two-way collaboration pipeline. One business trip covers both investment attraction lines for higher ROI.