IOTE 2026 Shenzhen International IoT & AIoT Expo (Shenzhen)

IOTE 2026, the 25th edition of the Shenzhen International Internet of Things Exhibition, runs 26 to 28 August 2026 at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center (Bao'an New Hall). The organisers frame the show squarely around AIoT, the deepening fusion of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, and co-stage it with the AGIC AI Expo and the ISVE smart-display show to build what they call a global AIoT ecosystem. The 2025 edition drew 1,001 exhibitors and over 90,000 professional visitors; the 2026 show expands to roughly 80,000 square metres and 1,000-plus exhibitors, expecting around 100,000 visitors including 6,000-plus overseas attendees from 70-plus countries.

The AI content is central rather than incidental. A dedicated General AI hall (Hall 12) gathers AI chips, large models, visual IoT, edge computing, embodied intelligence, robotics and AI-plus-hardware applications, while a Global New Product Launch platform debuts AI large models, next-generation passive-IoT chips and embodied-intelligence systems. The co-located AGIC conference programme is explicitly AI-led, with planned forums on AI and robotics innovation, embodied intelligence, enterprise large models, intelligent agents, dexterous robotic hands, and AI for healthcare and education.

Specialist zones round out the floor: an edge-computing area featuring Huawei, Baidu and Intel; a Greater Bay Area AI-toy zone; an industrial-IoT zone with NXP and Intel; and an open-source maker area run with OSCHINA and Gitee showcasing open hardware, AI robots and gesture interaction. Organised by the Shenzhen IoT Industry Association together with the Shenzhen AI Industry Association and partners, IOTE 2026 is a free-to-attend trade event aimed at engineers, product teams, integrators and buyers across the AIoT supply chain. For visitors tracking China's embodied-AI and edge-AI hardware ecosystem, it is one of the largest single gathering points of the year.