The expo covers an area of 70,000 square meters. It includes auto parts pavilion, China’s own brand pavilion, international pavilion, tuned cars pavilion , car accessories pavilion etc. It covers all sections of the auto industry. The expo attracts over 800 renowned domestic auto and auto parts companies from 25 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions and 12 national auto parts bases as well as numerous famous overseas auto parts enterprises to exhibit.

Highlights can be noticed in various parts of the expo such as overseas exhibitors, purchasers from whole vehicle factories, tuned cars show, concurrent activities etc. Based on the existing comprehensive platform that focuses on products, technology and trade,  the expo is engaged in broadening the horizon, discovering new business opportunities, developing new areas, integrating the entire auto industry and boosting the development of China’s auto parts industry.

Highlight 1: Overseas exhibiting delegations participate in the expo including the Focus Country Turkey

Internationalization has always been the highlight of CIAPE. The most eye-catching highlight this year is the international pavilion including exhibiting delegations from Turkey, America, Japan, Korea, Canada etc. Among which Turkey, as the focus country, owns a pavilion of 1,500 square meters. It attracts over 100 Turkish auto parts manufacturers and a visiting delegation including more than 200 auto parts wholesalers, purchasers and distributors. To promote the mutual understanding and cooperation of whole vehicle and auto parts enterprises between the two countries, R & I Partnership for OEM’s Between Turkey & China will be held during the expo at which Chinese whole vehicle manufacturers and Turkish enterprises will be discussing the auto parts manufacturing technology, equipment and management experience.

Journalists Interviewing Governor Rick Snyder, State of Michigan, United States of America

Highlight 2 Domestic professional purchasers visit the expo and seek win-win cooperation

For many years, whole vehicle manufacturers have been able to find out the brand image, capability and development situation of their potential suppliers through the expo and reach intent of cooperation. Thousands of purchasers, researchers, technical personnel from over 70 whole vehicle manufacturers will visit the expo and organize several business to business meetings. Foton, Sinotruk, Beijing Hyundai, Zhengzhou Yutong, GAC Group etc will organize considerable amount of professional trade visitors to the expo and attend the business to business meetings which will bring lots of business opportunities. 

On the other hand, 500 quality large scale auto parts distributors, agents in the auto parts aftermarket will be at the expo such as passenger car, commercial vehicle, mini car, wearing part etc of Germany, Japan, America and Korea that are in China. All of them are the leading companies and core forces of the domestic auto aftermarket and important cooperative partners of the auto parts manufacturers as well.

Furthermore, procurement teams from over 30 cities will seek cooperative opportunities at the expo.

Highlight 3. Various concurrent activities were held to promote the sharing of information among the auto industry

A summit forum with different themes is held during every session of CIAPE and has won great popularity among the auto industry as a high-level event. This year the theme is Innovation - Safety, Comfort, Energy Saving, Environmental Protection, which includes trends of the industry, policy orientation, products quality guarantee, technology roadmap and technical platform, the improvement of the manufacturing technique, the workflow and the management of the system of modern enterprises, the relationship between auto and auto parts enterprises, the management of suppliers, the mode of market development and service, new energy cars, telematics, protection of intellectual property rights, human recourses strategy, social responsibility, foreign market development ,etc. Over 500 participants including officials from pertinent departments of the government, famous experts and scholars from China and overseas, foreign local government, leaders of related associations such as Governor of the State of Michigan, United States of America, chairman and member of the board of TAYSAD Association of Automotive Parts and Components Manufacturers and OIB – ULUDAG Automotive Industry Exporters’ Association, senior members of world-renowned auto and auto parts enterprises such as BOSCH, CONTINENTAL, DELPHI, SILICON VALLEY, DENSO, AISIN SEIKI, ADVICS TOYOTA BOSHOKU, SINOTRUST, as well as automotive service providers and media attended the forum

Highlight 4. Tuned car expo lead Chinese tuned car culture

China International Tuned Car Expo will be held in Hall 6 and 7 of China International Exhibition Center which covers an area of over 20,000 square meters. The theme of the expo is “Boost China’s Tuned Car Culture”. It attracted renowned companies and universal agents from Europe, America, Japan, Taiwan etc to display the tuned cars they manufacture.

   　　　　Tuned car displayed at the expo

The exhibiting companies will display their tuned vehicles and tuned vehicle parts at the internationalized tuned vehicle expo. Famous brands include KW, Koni, ALCON, AP Racing, Revo, Sebring, K&N, OHLINS from Europe and America, world top manufacturers such as SPOON, MUGEN, J`S Racing, CUSCO, Defi, Top Secret, TODA, HKS from Japan,  BC, Turbo-CN, ISC from Taiwan and household brands in China such as CIDEP, Wilson, Pesox, CDR etc.

SEMA CHINA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE will be held during CIAPE. SEMA owns world’s best tuned car expo which displays state-of-the-art technology and best sellers of the industry. Numerous purchasers from all over the world visit the SEMA show every year. At the conference dozens of companies have business to business meetings with SEMA which lead the trend of the tuned vehicle industry.

It is reported that the expo will last until September 15th. Entertainment programs such as drift show, new tuned car products release, photography contest etc will be held in order to satisfy all the audience at the expo and for them to personally enjoy the fun that is brought by the brand-new trend of tuning.