What are The Highlights of Cibf 2026 Exhibition Just Concluded In ShenZhen
It's a pleasure to answer your question. According to public information, the 18th China International Battery Technology Expo/Exhibition (CIBF 2026) was held at the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center from May 13th to 15th, 2026. Here is a summary of this year's exhibition:
Scale and Participation. The exhibition covers an area of 280,000 square meters, featuring 14 exhibition halls. It brings together nearly 3,200 exhibitors from around the world and attracts over 400,000 professional visitors, setting a new historical record. It has become one of the largest and most influential battery industry exhibitions globally.
Technical Focus
- Solid-state batteries: Transitioning from laboratory to mass production, multiple technology routes such as sulfides, oxides, and polymers are showcased simultaneously, with energy density exceeding 500Wh/kg. Safety tests (such as needle puncture and shearing) have become industry standards, and mass production is accelerating.
- Sodium-ion batteries: With advantages of low cost and wide temperature range, they are experiencing a boom in energy storage and low-speed transportation sectors. Energy density has surpassed 190Wh/kg, and the world's largest sodium-ion battery energy storage order (60GWh) has been placed, initiating large-scale applications.
- Liquid lithium-ion batteries: Technological iterations such as high-nickel, silicon-based anodes, and composite current collectors, along with structural innovations like Blade batteries and Prismatic batteries, are taking place. Fast charging technology (reaching 80% in 10 minutes) has become mainstream, and batteries specifically designed for various commercial vehicle scenarios have become a competitive frontier.
- Intelligent manufacturing: Intelligent technologies such as AI quality inspection, digital twins, dry electrode, and laser die-cutting are integrated throughout the entire process. Equipment manufacturers are transforming from hardware suppliers to "partners in building intelligent factories."
Industrial chain synergy: Upstream materials (such as silicon-carbon anodes, solid-state electrolytes, and high-nickel cathodes) are prominently displayed, supporting next-generation technologies; midstream equipment (coating, winding, formation, and testing) sees an increase in domestic production rates, with precision and efficiency on par with international standards; downstream applications cover new energy vehicles, energy storage, low-altitude economy (eVTOL), embodied intelligent robots, AIDC computing centers, etc., forming a full-chain ecosystem of "materials - equipment - cells - systems - applications - recycling".
International Exchange and Cooperation: Attracting merchants from over 90 countries and regions, the proportion of international exhibitors has been continuously increasing, making it "China's home ground for the global battery industry". During the exhibition, enterprises such as BYD and CATL signed multiple strategic cooperation agreements with overseas companies, promoting technology licensing, joint research and development, and standard co-construction, achieving a leap from product export to ecological leadership.
Green and Compliance: Battery recycling, secondary use, carbon footprint accounting, and zero-carbon factory solutions are being fully implemented. Green compliance has become the "pass" for enterprises to go global, and a low-carbon life cycle has become the new label of the industry.
Overall, CIBF 2026 not only showcases the technological breakthroughs and scale expansion of the battery industry, but also highlights the high-quality development path of the industry shifting from "price competition" to "technological competition" and "ecosystem construction", anchoring a new direction for China's battery industry to move towards high-end development.