With about 3,000 Chinese and international exhibitors presenting technologies and solutions for new energy vehicles (NEVs) and intelligent connected vehicles (ICVs), the Automotive World China 2023 (AWC 2023) at Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center is bringing out an inspiring display of products and technologies of today and the very near future.

Pingshan District and more than 10 NEV and ICV companies, such as BYD, AutoX, CiDi, Ampron, Genvict, Woer New Energy and Gecko, as well as research institutions, in the district are showcasing their technological achievements.

Visitors observe Pingshan District's exhibits at the AWC 2023. Photos from WeChat account "pingshanfb"

The exhibition halls are also packed with other leading industry players such as Autosar, Bosch, SGS, DeepRoute.ai, Neolix, Favored Tech, Xpeng, HASE, EHang and AutoFlight. Meanwhile, a futuristic exhibition zone is devoted to eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) at AWC 2023, gathering leading eVTOL manufacturers and their advanced products and technologies.

The exhibition has attracted overseas visitors from over 60 countries and regions to register, an unprecedented international visitor participation that can be a driving force in the overseas expansion of the Chinese automobile industry, according to the event’s organizer, RX.

In collaboration with embassies and consulates, industry associations, and trade and investment promotion institutions from various countries, AWC 2023 will host several international exchange activities along with the exhibition, including Vietnam Day, Thailand Day, Malaysia Investment Seminar and the Japan-South Korea Visiting Scheme.

Throughout the three-day exhibition in Shenzhen, about 2,000 business matchmaking meetings will be held between the exhibitors and visitors. “Such activities will promote industrial exchanges between China and other countries and build a win-win global value chain that is crucial to Chinese NEV companies’ ‘go global’ strategy,” said Josephine Lee, chief operating officer of RX Greater China.

Pingshan District's exhibits at the AWC 2023.

Lee said that the organizer has also organized overseas visitors to the NEV industrial park and Shenzhen Intelligent Connected Traffic Test Demonstration Zone in Pingshan District and the Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone in Guangzhou to experience the vitality of China’s NEV industry.

“I’m very surprised and I’m really thankful to come and see what the companies are doing,” said Ammar Ahmad Taha, who runs a car dealer Xiamen, Fujian Province. Taha’s company has been exporting Chinese cars to the Middle East and countries such as Poland, Columbia, and Morocco.

Taha, who comes from Jordan, said that Chinese companies in the automotive industry are developing rapidly and he is very curious to see their latest developments.

“I can see that technologies are improving in the automobile industry,” Don Manuwel, a Sri Lankan working for a Hong Kong company, said. He visited the exhibition to find suppliers for electric car imports.