The 13th Asia Self Service and Smart Retail Expo (AVE 2026)

The scale of this exhibition has been upgraded to 60000-80000 square meters, attracting more than 500 brand merchants and showcasing over 1000 smart retail related products.

The following are the core data and highlights of the exhibition:

📊  Core exhibition data

·Scale and popularity: The exhibition area reaches 60000 square meters; On the first day, the number of professional visitors exceeded 30000 (with over 11000 international buyers), setting a new record in history.

·Exhibitors' brands: 500+. Top companies such as Zhongji, Hi Convenience, Xingyuan, Hairong, Aucma, Dongpeng Special Beverage, and Qingdao Taixin all attended the event.

🤖  Industry Trends and New Highlights

·Four major evolutionary directions: the industry is accelerating towards intelligent, green, and platform based development. The scene showcased cutting-edge technologies such as beautiful robot guides, AI vision cabinets, and facial recognition door opening systems.

·The "millet economy" has broken the circle: cultural and creative IP vending machines have become a new hot spot, meeting the rapid growth demand of the surrounding markets in anime (the scale will reach 168.9 billion in 2024).

·Diversified scene extension: The exhibits cover new forms of equipment such as fresh pre made dishes, intelligent vending machines, shared charging stations, and self-service laundry.

🌍  Unprecedented level of internationalization

The exhibition attracted buyers from over 80 countries and is known as the industry's "Canton Fair":

·Global buyer profile: Southeast Asian buyers account for 25.7% (focusing on smart cold chain), Europe accounts for 17.9% (focusing on coffee equipment and payment solutions), and the Middle East, Africa, and South America together account for 32.9%.

·Authoritative endorsement: 16 overseas organizations including the European Self Service Association (EVA) and the Brazilian Self Service Technology Association jointly support it.