“Innovate Industry Chain, Make a Low-Carbon Future”: 2025 Chengdu International Industry Fair Successfully Concluded — A Look at CDIIF Through Three Key Themes

2025-4-25

In the vibrant season of spring, when flowers are in full bloom, the fourth Chengdu International Industry Fair (CDIIF) successfully concluded on April 25 after three busy days at the Western China International Expo City. With the theme "Innovate Industry Chain, Make a Low-Carbon Future," this year's event focused on the coordinated industrial development of the Chengdu-Chongqing region and aimed to build a cross-regional industrial cooperation system, fully leveraging the platform's impact. Gathering more than 600 leading enterprises from China and abroad, the fair spanned over 60,000 square meters of exhibition space and attracted 49,105 trade visitors, showcasing the latest achievements in Chinese manufacturing and green development.

Today, the global industrial landscape is undergoing an accelerated shift toward digitalization, intelligence, and sustainability. With its unique industrial foundation and vibrant innovation ecosystem, western China is actively embracing this wave of transformation. In the first quarter of 2025, Sichuan’s industrial value added by enterprises above designated size grew by 6.5% year-on-year, accelerating by 0.8 percentage points compared to the previous quarter. Investments in high-tech industries and green and low-carbon industries rose by 16.2% and 6.8% respectively, outpacing the province’s overall investment growth by 12.2 and 2.8 percentage points. As the largest and most influential industrial exhibition in western China, CDIIF not only serves the region’s drive toward new industrialization but also fosters an innovative ecosystem where "exhibits become commodities" and "technologies evolve into industries," helping Sichuan manufacturing reach the global stage.

Key Word 1: Gaining a Foothold in the Western Market—Long-Term Vision to Overcome Physical Boundaries
Against the backdrop of digital and intelligent transformation, this year’s CDIIF served as a vital platform for both domestic and international exhibitors. The event not only welcomed a growing number of returning participants but also attracted many new players eager to establish an early presence in the southwestern market. These new and returning exhibitors actively pursued market opportunities through CDIIF, demonstrating strong confidence in and optimism about the prospects of the southwestern market, while jointly exploring new paths for future development. This phenomenon highlights the unique value and significant role of CDIIF as a regional industrial event in promoting industrial cooperation and market expansion.

At CDIIF 2025, local Sichuan enterprises demonstrated formidable innovation capacity, actively responding to the challenges brought by rapid technological evolution and meeting the diverse needs of consumers—earning wide attention and praise. Yang Hongyou, General Manager of Kun Robot, noted that 70% of the buyers they engaged with during CDIIF came with real purchasing needs, offering valuable feedback to inform the company’s future R&D efforts. The company will focus on rapid deployment and cost-effective investment to bring more practical and economical solutions to the market.

Sichuan Odot Automation also drew significant attention with its extensive line of industrial automation products. According to booth representatives, the company hosted visitors from a wide range of sectors, including manufacturing, logistics, and energy, many of whom engaged in in-depth discussions with the team about product applications—some even reaching cooperation agreements on the spot.

Bodor Laser, now a four-time exhibitor at CDIIF, has continued to focus its showcase on solving “customer pain points.” Division Director Wang Min revealed that the company has treated Sichuan as a key strategic market over the past five years, achieving nearly 30% annual sales growth. CDIIF has brought in clients from across China and provided valuable insights and opportunities for technical exchange.

Meanwhile, ADH Machine Tool attracted a large number of trade visitors for inquiries and onsite discussions. The bustling event atmosphere led to a string of successful orders and continuous contract signings. “We are fully confident in the potential of the western market,” said Sun Yanlong, Regional Director of ADH. He added that the company will continue to deepen its expansion in the region, driving industrial growth with advanced sheet metal equipment.

Huang Jiaxi, General Manager of Trioecho (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd., which made its debut at the fair, emphasized that by improving product quality and shortening delivery times, the company is confident to stand out amid fierce competition and capture a larger market share.

“In terms of results, the exhibition fully met our expectations for the Southwest market,” said the Marketing Director of Leadshine Technology Co., Ltd. “During the event, we engaged with numerous clients from the region—including well-known local enterprises seeking in-depth cooperation and many promising new customers who showed strong interest. Participating in CDIIF has not only helped us expand our footprint in Southwest China but also provided a wealth of valuable market feedback, offering clear direction for future product upgrades.”

Key Word 2: Urgent Demand for Domestic Solutions, Continuous Spillover Effects from the Exhibition
In recent years, the market penetration rate of domestic brands has been on a steady rise, presenting broader market opportunities. Many exhibitors hope to showcase their latest solutions and industry insights at CDIIF 2025 following technology upgrades, to enhance brand awareness.

By adhering to R&D innovation, Han’s Laser has continuously optimized and upgraded its products according to customer and market demands. Its participation in CDIIF 2025 demonstrated its technical strength in the field of intelligent manufacturing. The person in charge of the booth mentioned that during the exhibition, Han's attracted numerous trade visitors for exchanges and reached multiple cooperation intentions with clients from industries like new energy and automotive manufacturing. Through this exhibition, the company has also gained a deeper understanding of the western market demand, laying a solid foundation for subsequent market expansion.

Tian Dingbin, Sales Director of AirTAC's Chengdu Branch, admitted that foreign enterprises have accumulated technology and experience over a longer period, especially in some high-end segments of niche markets. As a "single champion cultivation" enterprise, AirTAC showcased many innovative exhibits and cutting-edge solutions at CDIIF 2025, which are applied in industries such as electronics, lithium batteries, and photovoltaics. "One of our major contributions is lowering the prices of formerly expensive foreign products to reasonable levels," said Tian.

Shanghai Changjiang Jizhi Sensor Technology Co., Ltd., a two-time consecutive exhibitor, has reaped significant benefits. Zhang Suihong, Executive General Manager, pointed out that traditional enterprises in the western region show a strong desire for digital and intelligent transformation. Therefore, the company launched customized solutions and related products tailored to local needs in sectors including automotive production, medical equipment, airport transportation, and beverage equipment.

Similarly, as a returning exhibitor of CDIIF, Akusense has seen notable achievements over the past two years. This year, it presented precision optoelectronics, AI sensors, and innovative solutions, attracting deep engagements from trade visitors through demonstrations of advanced technologies and application scenarios, cumulatively garnering interest from over a hundred potential clients.

The sales director of Hualong Xunda stated that through CDIIF, they have profoundly experienced the robust demand for domestic brands in Sichuan's market as well as exceptional enthusiasm of visitors.

As a flagship component of the event, the Sichuan Industrial Chain Expo Pavilion has evolved into the "strategic hub" for reinforcing and upgrading industrial chain in western China. In the hydrogen energy industry chain area, local enterprises in Sichuan displayed fuel cell stacks, showcasing innovation capabilities in the hydrogen energy sector. In the new energy vehicle industry chain area, a comprehensive range of products—from power batteries, automotive chips to automotive molds and intelligent cockpits were presented, fully demonstrating the solid capabilities of Sichuan’s auto industry.

Key Word 3: Strong Synergy, Chengdu-Chongqing-Shanghai Collaboration Empowers New Industrial Growth
With nearly 20 supporting conference activities held during CDIIF 2025, the "2025 Yangtze River Economic Belt Industrial Intelligent Transformation & Digitalization Transition Conference and the 2025 Exchange on Chengdu-Chongqing-Shanghai Collaborative Innovation", aimed at promoting the development of high-end, intelligent, green, and intelligence-chain-oriented manufacturing, highlighted the characteristics of industry digitalization and digital industrialization. Participants widely recognized that this conference gave full play to the leading role of new-type industrialization and new quality productive forces, providing robust support for the digital transformation of industries in Chengdu and even the entire Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Under the strategic deployment of the 20th CPC National Congress regarding accelerating the development of the digital economy and promoting the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, the "Kejinghui" cross-regional science and technology exchange activity, hosted by the Chengdu Association for Science and Technology under the guidance of the Sichuan Association for Science and Technology, successfully took place alongside CDIIF 2025. Over two days, the meeting invited international guests and enterprises from countries such as South Korea, Japan, and the Middle East to participate through roundtable forums, corporate roadshows, and targeted negotiations, delving into the current status, challenges, and future trends of artificial intelligence applications in industrial automation. The collaboration between CDIIF and the "Kejinghui" event represents an extremely innovative and forward-looking attempt. Both events demonstrated high compatibility in terms of industrial focus and frontier technology discussions, international cooperation and exchanges, industrial innovation ecosystem building, policy support, and industrial development, mutually empowering each other.

Since its successful inception, CDIIF has gathered resources from domestic and international enterprises, proactively creating channels and platforms to offer more opportunities for industrial docking and exchanges, attracting companies, trade visitors, and buyers globally, thereby facilitating the connection of local industries with the international market and further enhancing Chengdu's position in the global industrial chain. With the advancement of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle construction, it is poised to become a significant base for industrial development in China, implying huge market potential. Despite continuous changes in market demand, the vitality of "innovation" remains constant, which is the core driving force for enterprises' sustained attention to Chengdu and active participation in CDIIF. In the future, CDIIF will continue to uphold the spirit of innovation, and aid the Chengdu-Chongqing region in becoming a crucial base for industrial development in China, propelling the western region towards a new chapter of high-quality development.