Tech Journey Shanghai
18–19 November 2026 | Meeting point: Primus Hotel Shanghai Hongqiao
Step inside the future with exclusive tours of Shanghai’s leading tech companies. Visit R&D centres, laboratories and product showrooms.
9 themed routes covering embodied intelligence, large models, life & health, the digital economy, robotics, the low-altitude economy and BeiDou, energy and urban innovation. Each route includes on-site visits to at least 2–3 companies and organisations.
ABOUT
About Tech Journey Shanghai
Beyond the show floor, here is another way to understand China’s innovation landscape. Running on the two days before the exhibition (18–19 November), Tech Journey Shanghai takes you inside leading technology companies and innovation parks across Hongqiao and its surrounding districts.
Every route is fully coach-transferred and accompanied by a tour leader, with face-to-face sessions with the engineers and product owners on site — a day’s worth of practical insight and relationships you can actually keep.
This is a pre-show programme. It complements — and does not clash with — the exhibition running 20–22 November. Seats are limited and allocated first come, first served.
WHO CAN JOIN
Who can join?
Open to registered attendees of Hongqiao Tech Week 2026.
Priority free participation
VIP Pass, Premium Pass, Investor and Speaker holders are entitled to priority free participation.
Registration required
Each route runs with a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 20 participants, first come, first served. Seat confirmation follows after registration.
Registration is open from 23 September to 23 October 2026. Should seats remain available, registration may reopen or be extended, with further updates announced separately.
ROUTE OVERVIEW
9 themed routes
Each route runs on a single day — either 18 or 19 November — and includes on-site visits to at least 2–3 companies and organisations. Please choose a route according to your language and schedule.
ROUTE 1
AI & Robotics
- Language: Chinese
- Date: 18 November
- Duration: Half-day | PM
ROUTE 2
Low-Altitude Economy & BeiDou Navigation Geospatial
- Language: Chinese
- Date: 18 November
- Duration: Half-day | PM
ROUTE 3
AI & Digital Life
- Language: Chinese/English
- Date: 18 November
- Duration: Full-day
ROUTE 4
Urban Sci-Tech Innovation
- Language: Chinese
- Date: 18 November
- Duration: Half-day | PM
ROUTE 5
Embodied Intelligence, Large-Model Innovation and AI Talent
- Language: English
- Date: 19 November
- Duration: Full-day
ROUTE 6
Life Sciences & Health
- Language: English
- Date: 19 November
- Duration: Half-day | PM
ROUTE 7
Embodied Intelligence Industry Chain
- Language: English
- Date: 19 November
- Duration: Half-day | PM
ROUTE 8
Digital Economy & Urban Renewal
- Language: English
- Date: 19 November
- Duration: Half-day | PM
ROUTE 9
University Technology Transfer and Hard-Tech Industry Synergy
- Language: English
- Date: 19 November
- Duration: Half-day | PM
More routes coming soon ...
INDICATIVE ITINERARY
Route itineraries
Indicative stops and timings for each route. Further routes, if any, will be announced separately. Detailed stops and timings will be provided in the itinerary pack.
Route 1 · AI & Robotics
- 12:00-13:30 Check-in & departure
- Visit: TONEN Intelligent Technology (Shanghai) (45 min)
- ✓ Visit: Yangtze River Delta AI+ Joint Innovation Centre (40 min)
- ✓ Visit: ASD Intelligent Valley (45 min)
- 17:30 End & Return
Route 2 · Low-Altitude Economy & BeiDou Navigation Geospatial Innovation
- 12:00–13:30 Check-in & departure
- Visit: China BeiDou Industry Technology Innovation Xihongqiao Base (30 min)
- Visit: Spatio-Temporal Smart Sensing Incubator
- Visit: Shanghai Botong Technology
- Visit: Shanghai Yukun Technology Co., Ltd.
- Visit: CHC Navigation (Huace Navigation) (40 min)
- 17:30 End & Return
Route 3 · AI & Digital Life
- 09:30–10:00 Check-in & departure
- Visit: Black Lake Technologies (40 min)
- Visit: COFE+ Robotics (20 min)
- 12:00–13:30 Working lunch
- Visit: iFLYTEK (35 min)
- Visit: Zhizhen Jishi (40 min)
- Visit: Hongqiao Upper Town (30 min)
- 16:30 End & Return
Route 4 · Urban Sci-Tech Innovation
- 12:30-13:00 Check-in & departure
- Bund FTC (30 min). Explore how financial institutions open up real-world business needs and application scenarios to technology companies.
- Bund Financial Architecture Cluster (30 min). Observe the evolution of Shanghai's century-old financial centre into a modern fintech ecosystem.
- ZhongAn Insurance (45 min). Examine a benchmark case in a specialised fintech sector and explore how AI and big data empower the entire insurance service value chain, bringing financial technology into insurance applications.
- Guangci-Sinan Park (45 min). Explore the medical research commercialisation ecosystem that has developed around Ruijin Hospital.
- 17:30 End & Return
Route 5 · Embodied Intelligence, Large-Model Innovation and AI Talent
- 09:30–10:00 Check-in & departure
- Caohejing Pavilion (30 min). Learn how an established development zone continues to nurture emerging industries.
- Shanghai Humanoid Robot 4S Center (60 min). Explore an integrated ecosystem for whole-robot display, testing and trading.
- 12:00–13:30 Working lunch
- HAIZOL (45 min). Learn how digital supply chains connect design and manufacturing.
- West Bund AI Tower Pavilion (45 min). Learn the full story of how Xuhui Riverside was transformed from an industrial waterfront into a sci-tech hub.
- Model Speed Space Z-Pilot & AI Black Technology Experience Space (45 min). Explore the ecosystem of China's first hub dedicated to large-model incubation and acceleration.
- LiblibAI (45 min). Observe how AI image-generation technology is being turned into creative productivity.
- 17:30 End & Return
Route 6 · Life Sciences & Health
- 12:30–13:00 Check-in & departure
- Pudong Life Sciences Pavilion (30 min). Learn about the development of Pudong's life sciences industry.
- ATLATL (30 min). Explore the service model of a high-quality biomedical incubator.
- MicroPort (45 min). Learn about the company's development and explore advances in domestically developed high-end medical devices, including coronary intervention technologies and surgical robots.
- 17:30 End & Return
Route 7 · Embodied Intelligence Industry Chain
- 12:30–13:00 Check-in & departure
- Zhangjiang Robot Valley Pavilion (30 min). Learn about the development of Zhangjiang's robotics industry.
- Fourier Intelligence Pavilion (45 min). Explore Fourier Intelligence's product portfolio.
- MetAI Hub Zhangjiang AI Application Store (45 min). Explore the hands-on AI showcase and application validation platform developed by Zhangjiang Science City.
- 17:30 End & Return
Route 8 · Digital Economy & Urban Renewal
- 12:30–13:00 Check-in & departure
- Meituan Technology Center (45 min). Explore how a local lifestyle services platform operates, bringing the day's digital economy visits full circle.
- People's City Pavilion (30 min). Walk to the pavilion and learn about the public-centred approach to riverside regeneration.
- Sudo Technology's Embodied Intelligence Factory (45 min). Observe how embodied AI is moving from R&D validation to real-world deployment.
- 17:30 End & Return
Route 9 · University Technology Transfer and Hard-Tech Industry Synergy
- 12:30-13:00 Check-in & departure
- Grand neoBay Pavilion (30 min). Gain an understanding of the region's innovation positioning.
- Shanghai AI Research Institute (30 min). Learn how shared technology platforms empower industry.
- JAKA Robotics (45 min). Explore a benchmark case of technology transfer and commercialisation in intelligent robotics.
- Elderly-Care Technology Industrial Park (45 min). Observe how robotics and smart eldercare products are validated and applied in real-world settings.
- 17:30 End & Return
REGISTRATION RULES
Registration rules
One route per person
You may indicate 2–3 preferred routes in order of priority; allocation is made according to your preferences and seat availability.
Seats and wait list
Each route runs with a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 20 participants, first come, first served. If a route is full, you will be placed on a Wait List and notified when a seat becomes available.
Registration window
Open from 23 September to 23 October 2026. Should seats remain available, registration may reopen or be extended, with further updates announced separately.
How to register
Submit through the official Hongqiao Tech Week registration channel. Please complete visitor registration and confirm your pass type before applying.
HOW TO REGISTER
How to register
Five steps from registration to boarding the coach.
STEP 1
Register online
Complete registration through the official visitor registration channel and create your attendee account.
STEP 2
Choose your preferred routes
Indicate 2–3 preferred routes in order of priority, and note any dietary requirements (vegetarian, halal, allergies, etc.).
STEP 3
Await seat confirmation
Registration closes on 23 October, after which we will send your seat confirmation.
STEP 4
Receive your itinerary
The detailed itinerary will be sent to your registered email by 3 November, with a reminder one day before the event.
STEP 5
Check in on time
Check-in opens 15 minutes before departure. Please bring your confirmation and badge and arrive on time.
Meeting point · transport · meals
Meeting point, transport & meals
Meeting point
Primus Hotel Shanghai Hongqiao (exact location and map will be provided with the itinerary pack). Check-in opens 15 minutes before departure — please arrive on time.
Full-day routes
Check-in at 09:00, ending at approximately 17:30 back at the meeting point.
Half-day routes
Check-in at 13:00, ending at approximately 17:30 back at the meeting point.
Transport & meals
A chartered coach with a tour leader accompanies each route, covering all inter-site transfers. A working lunch is included on full-day routes; half-day routes do not include meals. Please make your own way to the meeting point — accommodation and transfers to the meeting point are not provided. Kindly note any dietary requirements (vegetarian, halal, allergies, etc.) in the registration form.
Confirmation · cancellation · contact
Confirmation, cancellation & contact
Submission confirmation
A success message will appear on screen immediately after you submit.
Confirmation & reminders
Registration closes on 23 October, after which we will send your seat confirmation. The detailed itinerary will be sent to your registered email by 3 November, with a reminder one day before the event.
Cancellation
If you need to cancel after confirmation, please notify us by email at least 7 working days before the event.
Contact us
For any enquiries, please contact the Tech Journey Shanghai team: hqtw@informa.com
Ready to step inside China's tech scene?
10 routes, two to three companies in a single day. Seats are limited and allocated first come, first served.