Compare technologies, meet qualified suppliers, learn from industry experts, and build partnerships across the automotive value chain in one comprehensive exhibition platform.
Automechanika Shanghai 2026 is a major automotive exhibition and event platform connecting manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, workshops, technology companies, and other industry participants. The 21st edition takes place from 2 to 5 December 2026 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), covering 390,000 square metres across 16 halls and a mezzanine floor. Visitors use the show to evaluate products, discuss applications, discover emerging technologies, and identify practical partners across the automotive ecosystem.
To plan your visit efficiently, review this Shanghai venue guide and prepare a shortlist before arriving.
The strongest reason to attend is breadth with practical relevance. Five connected solution areas let visitors investigate technology, sourcing, service, digital operations, and vehicle customisation without limiting the conversation to one part of the value chain.
Explore new-energy vehicle systems, connected-vehicle solutions, autonomous-driving technologies, and suppliers supporting more sustainable mobility. The dedicated New Energy & Connectivity area includes the expanded full Hall 5.1, giving visitors a focused place to compare developments and speak directly with specialists.
Explore mobility technologies
Meet specialist and international parts suppliers while assessing engine electronics, electrified components, and technologies for vehicle production, research and development, and aftermarket operations. Face-to-face comparison can clarify fit, quality, application, and supply-chain requirements faster than isolated research.
Compare component suppliers
Evaluate workshop equipment, repair tools, remote diagnostic devices, safety systems, digital repair-data platforms, battery-recycling solutions, and technical-training opportunities. This area helps workshop operators prepare for electrified vehicles while improving body, paint, maintenance, and day-to-day service workflows.
Plan workshop upgrades
Investigate platforms using internet services, big data, and artificial intelligence across automotive manufacturing, distribution, workshops, warehouses, commercial vehicles, finance, insurance, and used-car operations. Visitors can assess how software and data tools connect supply-chain management with customer-facing services.
Find digital solutions
Explore performance-oriented engine and transmission components, safety systems, and interior and exterior vehicle modifications. The section also creates opportunities to meet customisation brands, OEMs, 4S groups, dealers, racing teams, auto clubs, and other partners involved in technical or consumer-led personalisation.
Explore customisation productsCompare technologies, suppliers, applications, and product categories in a concentrated exhibition environment.
Build relationships across new-energy mobility, components, repair, digital services, and customisation.
Improve workshop capability with equipment, diagnostics, safety, training, and electrified-vehicle service solutions.
Reach international markets through meetings with overseas buyers, distributors, manufacturers, and service providers.
Learn from conferences, fringe events, technical discussions, and year-round livestream programming.
Connect product research with practical decisions about sourcing, operations, partnerships, and future investment.
Review the show dates and programme, then identify the solution areas and suppliers most relevant to your objectives.
You see: a focused visit shortlist.Walk the relevant halls, inspect technologies, attend sessions, and discuss requirements directly with exhibitors and specialists.
You see: products, demonstrations, and useful conversations.Follow up with shortlisted suppliers, assess cooperation opportunities, and apply the most relevant ideas to your business plan.
You see: clearer next steps and stronger contacts.“Automechanika Shanghai is one of the world’s most relevant trade fairs, serving as a strategic accelerator for the automotive aftermarket.”
For buyers, workshop leaders, technology teams, and international suppliers, the practical difference is the range of connected conversations available during one visit.
| Decision factor | Automechanika Shanghai | Single-category event | Remote supplier research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solution breadth | Five major solution areas | Usually narrower | Depends on search process |
| Supplier conversations | Direct, face-to-face discussions | Focused on one segment | Often fragmented |
| Cross-value-chain insight | Manufacturing, aftermarket, digital, and service perspectives | Limited by event scope | Requires separate research |
| Learning programme | Conferences, fringe events, and livestreams | Varies by event | Primarily self-directed |
| International reach | 28% of 2025 buyers came from overseas | Varies by organiser | No shared meeting environment |
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Visitors can compare technologies, meet suppliers, evaluate applications, and build partnerships across five major automotive solution areas. The event covers new-energy mobility, components, repair, digital services, and vehicle customisation. Its large international audience and extensive programme make it one of the leading choices for professionals seeking broad automotive-market insight in one place.
Automechanika Shanghai is one of the premier platforms for discovering automotive suppliers in Asia because it brings together manufacturers, distributors, workshops, technology companies, and service providers. The show spans both established automotive categories and fast-moving areas such as electrification, connectivity, artificial intelligence, and battery recycling. Buyers can use direct conversations and product comparisons to create a more informed supplier shortlist.
Use the registration link on this page to begin the official visitor registration process. The 2026 event takes place from 2 to 5 December at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. Before travelling, review the official planning, arrival, and stay information so your visit is organised around the halls and sessions most relevant to you.
Yes. The Diagnostics & Repair / Body & Paint section includes workshop equipment, repair tools, remote diagnostics, safety solutions, data platforms, battery recycling, and technical-training opportunities. This makes the show relevant to businesses upgrading maintenance capacity or adapting workflows for electrified vehicles. It also provides access to broader supplier and service conversations beyond traditional repair equipment.
The Digital Solutions / Services area addresses platforms and services using internet technologies, big data, and artificial intelligence. Relevant applications include supply-chain management, warehouse operations, workshop and mechanic management, commercial vehicles, finance, insurance, and used-car services. Visitors can therefore examine digital tools in the context of both operational efficiency and customer-facing automotive businesses.
Automechanika Shanghai includes conferences, technical seminars, fringe events, and themed discussions addressing current industry developments. The wider programme also includes livestreamed activities that help professionals continue learning around the physical exhibition. These sessions are useful for understanding market direction, technology adoption, and cooperation opportunities across the automotive value chain.
Register for Automechanika Shanghai 2026 and explore the technologies, suppliers, and ideas shaping the industry.