The upcoming World Artificial Intelligence Conference, one of the world's most influential AI events, will reach a record scale this year in its exhibition area, and is expected to attract over 1,100 companies, display more than 3,000 exhibits and feature more than 300 global product debuts, according to a news conference held on Tuesday in Shanghai.
Shanghai has successfully hosted the conference for eight consecutive years, with the event becoming an important platform for showcasing cutting-edge AI technologies from China and around the world, while also deepening international cooperation, said Chen Jie, vice-mayor of Shanghai.
"For the first time since its inception, the conference's exhibition scale exceeds 100,000 square meters. The intelligent computing and embodied AI segments will each bring together more than 200 companies. Leading companies, major State-owned enterprises and top multinational companies will join their ecosystem partners to showcase the latest AI-enabled applications across industries," said Chen.
He added that such an expansion in the scale and capacity of the conference is based on the city's thriving AI industry.
Shanghai's 394 AI enterprises above the designated size, each with annual revenue of at least 20 million yuan ($2.9 million), saw their combined industry scale exceed 637 billion yuan in 2025, up 39.5 percent year-on-year, emerging as a new driver of the city's economic growth, according to Chen.
