Countdown to 12 days! The CDIE 2026 Digital Innovation Expo kicks off in Shanghai! Join us at the grand event of the AI productivity revolution!
The global wave of digital and intelligent integration is surging forward. Artificial intelligence technology is moving from conceptual exploration to large - scale industrial implementation, becoming the core driving force for enterprises' survival and high - quality growth. Only 12 days left! The 12th CDIE Digital Innovation Expo in 2026 will be grandly launched from April 14th to 15th, 2026, in Shanghai, China!
The core theme of this year's conference is "Transforming AI into Productivity". After more than a decade of in - depth industry development and accumulation, CDIE has become the core platform for digital innovation value connecting China and the world, witnessing every leap in China's industrial digitization.
In 2026, the conference will join hands with industry leaders to comprehensively dissect the practical path of AI technology implementation in enterprises. From the strategic, organizational, technological, and business dimensions, it will explore the core solutions for the transformation of AI into real productivity systems and large - scale applications, and jointly outline the new future of China's digital innovation.
The Scale of the Event is Fully Upgraded, and Ten Forums Cover the Entire Industrial Track
This year's CDIE has achieved a dual upgrade in scale and content, creating an international event of unprecedented specifications in the digital field. The conference sets up more than 10 special - session forums and more than 5 closed - door private meetings. It has invited more than 150 domestic and foreign speakers. It is expected to welcome more than 4000 offline participants and more than 120 exhibitors on - site. It will cooperate with more than 100 media partners for full - domain dissemination. Simultaneously, it will carry out important activities such as the TOP30 CDI・AI Integration and Innovation Award selection and the NGT Future New Century Challenge, building a full - ecosystem value platform for government - enterprise collaboration, industrial linkage, and Sino - foreign exchanges.
The conference accurately targets the core needs of industrial digitization, offering a main forum and nine vertical special - session forums, comprehensively covering core industries such as manufacturing, retail, FMCG, medical and health, and humanoid robots. It deeply focuses on popular topics such as going global, marketing, finance, data security, and supply chain, bringing practical and reusable digital transformation experience to enterprises across the industry.
Heavyweight Guests from the Entire Industry are Assembled, and the Ten Forums are Packed with Valuable Insights
As of now, CDIE2026 has successfully invited hundreds of digital leaders from global top - tier enterprises. From international luxury giants to domestic leading brands, from high - end manufacturing leaders to pharmaceutical and health benchmarks, core decision - makers such as CEO, CIO, CMO, and CSO from across the industry will gather in Shanghai, bringing the most cutting - edge industry insights and practical experience.
On April 14th, the Opening Day, the Core Forums will Make a Grand Appearance
Main Forum: As the core venue of the conference, this year's main forum has assembled an all - star lineup in the digital field. Fang Yue, the director of the AI and Management Innovation Research Center at China Europe International Business School, will present the forward - looking view of the global business trends and economic development in 2026, setting the direction for enterprises' digital strategies. Chu Xiaoqin, the CIO of Dow Chemical in the Asia - Pacific region, will lead a heavyweight round - table dialogue, joining hands with core decision - makers from industry leaders such as BMW, Schneider Electric, and Carrefour to jointly explore how C - suite collaboration can drive enterprise evolution in the AI era. Leaders from the Nanjing Xuanwu District Government will also be present on - site, interpreting the new opportunities for enterprise growth in the AI era from the perspective of government - enterprise collaboration.
ExpandX—Riding the Global Wave: AI Reshaping the New Pattern of Going Global Forum: Focusing on the AI - enabled path for enterprises going global, Aseem Puri, the CEO of Digital CEO International, Vincent Delassus, the CEO of LHH FESCO in China, and Ellen Haddad, the global logistics vice - president of Schneider Electric, and other leaders of multinational enterprises will share their digital practical experience in global layout.
Intelligent Decision - Making: AI Leading the Financial Transformation Forum: Focusing on the core proposition of financial digital transformation, Huang Wei, the vice - president of finance at 111.com, Jiang Hong, the person in charge of financial digitization at Best Group, and Fan Bingjie, the IT director of FerroTec, and other industry experts will dissect how AI can reconstruct the enterprise financial decision - making system to achieve cost reduction and efficiency improvement through digitization.
GMTS Full - Domain Growth: AI Reshaping the New Marketing Paradigm Forum: Sun Laichun, the founder of Linqingxuan brand, Fan Pengyuan, the brand director of Zhengpai Ampoule, and Zheng Chunying, the general manager of digital operation at Galan Group, and other benchmark figures in the marketing field will share the new paradigm of full - domain brand growth in the AI era, unlocking the core code for dual growth in traffic and sales.
New Consumption Engine: AI Reshaping the Retail Growth Forum: Zhu Xiaojing, the president and CEO of Walmart China, and Zhang Qi, the CEO of Carrefour China, and other leaders in the retail industry will deeply interpret how AI can activate new consumption momentum in the retail industry and reconstruct the full - link operation system of people, goods, and the market.
On April 15th, Deep Dive into Vertical Segments and Dissect Practical Cases in Niche Tracks
Manufacturing the Future: AI Empowering Manufacturing Innovation Forum: Jiang Rong, the director of digital technology and security at NIO, Fan Longxiang, the digital marketing officer at Great Wall Motor, and Dong Ben'an, the global director/finance director at Fosun Group, and other senior executives of leading manufacturing enterprises will share the benchmark practices of AI empowering intelligent manufacturing and solve the pain points in the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry.
Agile Growth: AI Reconstructing the FMCG Value Chain Forum: Li Sha, the director of corporate brand public relations and digital communication in Greater China at Danone Group, Eymard Monneret, the digital and e - commerce director at Mars China, and Yang Huilin, the digital director of the Asia - Pacific supply chain at PepsiCo, and other big names in the FMCG industry will dissect how AI can reconstruct the full value chain of the FMCG industry from production to the end - user.
Precision Health: AI Revolutionizing Medical Digitization Forum: Liu Yong, the executive president of Fosun Group and the president of Sinopharm Group, and other leaders in the medical and health field will share how AI technology can promote digital innovation in the medical industry and help upgrade the precision medical and health management systems.
Resilient Network: AI Empowering Procurement and Intelligent Supply Chain Forum: You Renhong, the administrative deputy general manager of the convenience food and beverage chain business at Ting Hsin Group, and other experts in the supply chain field will interpret how AI can help enterprises build a highly resilient procurement and supply chain system to cope with the uncertainties in the global market.
Trustworthy Future: AI Protecting Data Security Forum: Dustin Kluttz, the chief security officer at Asia - Pacific Copper Seal Butler, and Zheng Yuandi, the director of information security technology, and other experts in the network security field will deeply share new protection solutions for enterprise data security in the AI era, laying a solid security foundation for enterprises' digital development.
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The Original Content is Fully Upgraded, Creating an All - Ecosystem Communication Platform for the Industry
This year's CDIE has achieved dual innovation in content and form. The exhibition area has been fully upgraded to 6000㎡. Corresponding exhibition areas are set up according to niche industries and themes, covering technology manufacturers across the entire industry. In 2026, the conference will for the first time launch the 【NGT Future New Century Challenge】 and 【Enterprise Open Innovation Special Session】. At the same time, it will innovatively establish the 【Future - Secure Exhibition Area】, providing a display window for brand owners' digital innovation practices and building a bridge for high - quality talent docking in the industry.
More than 4000 domestic and foreign enterprise executives, academic experts, and technical experts will gather offline to explore more possibilities for the digital future, making CDIE truly the annual industry benchmark in the digital field.
Hundreds of Media Join Forces for Full - Domain Dissemination, and Top - Tier Partners Walk Hand in Hand
The preparation process of CDIE2026 has always attracted great attention from the industry. So far, it has successfully cooperated deeply with more than 100 domestic and foreign mainstream media and leading media in vertical fields, building an all - media dissemination matrix covering multiple tracks such as technology, finance, manufacturing, retail, and consumption. Partners will disseminate the conference in multiple forms such as text, pictures, videos, live broadcasts, and in - depth interpretations, spreading the concept of "Transforming AI into Productivity" to a wider industry group.
With its strong industry influence and resource integration ability, this year's conference has attracted hundreds of domestic and foreign top - tier enterprises such as NIO, Zoho, Didi Enterprise Edition, Hehe Information, ONLYOFFICE, and Qince to join the sponsor partner camp, covering multiple core fields such as digital solutions, intelligent hardware, cloud computing, and big data. They will jointly build a digital innovation communication platform to help the coordinated development of the industrial ecosystem.
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The CDI Awards are Heavily Promoted, Setting the Digital Benchmark for the Industry
The first domestic CDI award selection will be carried out simultaneously with the conference. With a professional and authoritative evaluation system, it will discover benchmark enterprises in digital innovation and set an example for industry development. Currently, the selection has attracted many leading enterprises in the industry such as SAIC Maxus, Zhewen Film and Television, K - Boxer, Mars, Wanglaoji, Great Wall Motor, and IM Motors to actively participate. The final list of award - winners will be grandly announced at the 5th CDI Huaying Digital Index Award Ceremony, providing a referable and implementable digital transformation benchmark for the entire industry.
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Only 12 days left! This annual event that brings together the world's top digital forces has entered the final preparatory sprint stage. From April 14th to 15th, 2026, at the 12th CDIE Digital Innovation Expo in Shanghai, we invite you to join this AI productivity transformation event and witness the new future of China's digital industry together!
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