Zhou Weidong, Chairman of the Machinery Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, He Yi, Party Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Chairman of the Chongqing Chamber of International Trade, Yao Jie, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Yang Xuchao, Member of the Party Leadership Group of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Vice President, Zheng Ling from the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission of Chongqing University, Liu Chengfang, Deputy Secretary-General of the Machinery Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and General Manager of Beijing Zhongqi Sifang Exhibition Co., Ltd., Tao Zhijun, Director Assistant of the China Automotive Industry Consulting Committee, Wen Yi, General Manager of Yibin International Exhibition Group Co., Ltd., Traukauskas Eric, Representative of the Russia SCO Civil Foreign Exchange Center in China, Yunusov Vadim, Chairman of the Russia SCO Cultural Council, Altynmyshev Aubek, Vice Chairman and Minister of International Cooperation of the Kyrgyzstan State Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Alikmuradov Dilshad, Vice Chairman of the Uzbekistan Energy Association, Muhmat, Minister of International Liaison and Representative in China of the Tajikistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well as dozens of government, business association and entrepreneur representatives from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Cambodia, Thailand and other countries, and guests representing mainstream domestic and foreign car companies, new brands, industry institutions and media gathered together to witness this innovative gathering of the Western automotive industry.
Yang Xuchao, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice President of the Chongqing Council for the Promotion of International Trade, pointed out in his speech at the opening ceremony that the current automotive industry is accelerating its transformation towards electrification, intelligence and connectivity. Chongqing, as a major town of the Western automotive industry, is striving to promote high-quality development of the intelligent connected new energy vehicle industry. This carnival relies on the Western China International Trade Fair platform, gathers mainstream domestic and foreign car companies and new brands, concentrates on displaying the latest models and cutting-edge technologies of 2026, is a concentrated review of innovation achievements in the automotive industry, and is also a vivid practice of Chongqing's opening up and industrial upgrading.
Traukauskas Eric, Representative of the Russia SCO Civil Foreign Exchange Center in China, highly affirmed the professionalism and innovative vitality of this carnival, emphasizing that Chongqing's substantial strength in the fields of new energy vehicles and intelligent manufacturing is expected to become an important fulcrum for cooperation between the Russian and Chinese automotive industries. He introduced that Russia is actively developing hydrogen energy and other clean energy transportation projects, and expressed that it will continue to promote pragmatic cooperation between the two sides in the fields of intelligent connectivity, technology research and development, standard docking and brand co-construction.
Yao Jie, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, stated that China's automotive industry is moving towards a stage of high-quality development. China has become the world's largest new energy vehicle market, and the advantages of the industrial chain are gradually becoming apparent. The Western region, especially Chongqing, has a good industrial foundation and great potential. This carnival is held in parallel with the Western China International Trade Fair, which is an important platform for showcasing innovation, promoting docking, and spreading brands, and will further stimulate the vitality of the Western market. The association will continue to play the role of a bridge, helping China's automotive industry move towards the high and medium end of the global value chain.
Zhou Weidong, Chairman of the Machinery Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, pointed out in his introduction of the overall situation of this carnival that this activity is a concrete practice of promoting high-quality development of the intelligent connected new energy vehicle industry. Through the diversified model of technology display + challenge activity + economic and trade docking, it builds an efficient link platform between car companies and the market, technology and capital, and industry and city. Choosing to hold the debut carnival during the Western China International Trade Fair is exactly due to the appreciation of Chongqing's concentration effect and radiation ability as a highland of the Western automotive industry.
When Professor Zheng Ling from the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission of Chongqing University spoke as an expert representative, he emphasized that the deep integration of intelligent connectivity and new energy technologies is reconstructing the automotive industry technology system at an unprecedented speed. Seeing new models equipped with domestic independent electric drive and intelligent driving platforms make a centralized appearance, he felt greatly encouraged. In the future, we will continue to strengthen university-enterprise collaborative innovation, helping the high-quality development of the automotive industry in Chongqing and the Western region.
Debut new product centralized release session. Product launch officer and senior media person Qing Qin pointed out that different from traditional auto shows, this carnival realizes centralized release and centralized display of new products. The audience can not only see cars but also test drive, which is a brand new model, business format and experience. He focused on introducing multiple debut new cars and innovative products for the 2026 model year, covering categories such as high-end intelligence, performance hunting equipment, national hybrid, intelligent driving SUV, welfare cars, electric heavy trucks and more.
After the opening ceremony, leaders and guests moved to the first appraisal exhibition area to visit and experience the dynamic debut activity.
The Hi SHOW · Chongqing Meets Good Cars Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle One-Stop Debut Carnival was held on May 21 to 24, 2026 at the North Plaza of Chongqing International Expo Center. As an important supporting activity of the 8th Western China International Trade Fair, it is organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Machinery Industry Branch, China Society for Electrical Engineering, Beijing Zhongqi Sifang Exhibition Co., Ltd., and Chongqing Chamber of International Trade. This activity takes Technology Empowerment · Intelligence Leading the West as the core, focuses on cutting-edge technologies of intelligent connectivity and new energy, and creates a high-end platform for the automotive industry integrating debut, dynamic experience, technology science popularization, and economic and trade docking. The activity covers six core modules: new product roadshow release area, intelligent electric new product first appraisal exhibition, new product dynamic experience camp, assisted parking challenge, debut technology science popularization hall and new electricity safety experience camp, gathering 23 mainstream domestic and foreign car brands and new forces, with 62 popular models making a centralized appearance.
Six major modules comprehensively upgraded to create a full-scenario automotive carnival with technology, experience, and competition
This carnival attracted 23 brands and 62 popular models to make a centralized appearance, including Avatr, Deepal, Qiyuan, Gravitation, Kaicheng, AITO, Tesla, Mengshi Technology, Dongfeng Aeolus, Leapmotor, Onvo, Arcfox, Geely Galaxy, MG, Exeed, Jetour, GAC Aion, Jetta, Hongyan, Qingling, Nium Intelligent, Zhongchuang Youpin, etc. Among them, there are many new models newly launched in 2026, such as the all-new Avatr 12, Avatr 06T, all-new AITO M9, AITO M6, Mengshi M817, Leapmotor D19, GAC Aion N60, i60, Hongyan i · Jieshi, etc., as well as Changan Gravitation all-new launch and first batch delivery models fourth generation CS75 and Eado Blue Whale Super Engine, as well as Nium Intelligent new safety hardware, Zhongchuang Xinghang modified, Southwest Region debut Avatr welfare cars, etc.
The Chongqing Launch Debut · New Product Roadshow Release Area, as the core main stage of this carnival, is the core benchmark area for the entire automotive carnival ceremony, brand voice, traffic gathering, and honor coronation. During the four-day activity, major mainstream and new car companies held new car releases and strategic briefing activities here intensively, concentrating on displaying the latest results and brand moves in the fields of intelligent connectivity and new energy.
The Debut Appreciation · Intelligent Electric New Product First Appraisal Exhibition serves as the core static brand image display window for this automotive carnival, providing customized immersive display space for each brand. The special zone focuses on diverse display dimensions. The audience can contact all five brands of Changan, Avatr, Deepal, Qiyuan, Gravitation, Kaicheng, and their main selling new products, Seres AITO series models, Tesla Model 3, Model Y twin star and other characteristic models product display, core technology dissection analysis, intelligent cockpit immersive experience cabin, on-site appointment ride and test drive links, etc., making cutting-edge technology visible, touchable, and experienced.
The Chongqing Rush First Drive · New Product Dynamic Experience Camp is the most popular core immersive experience home for this carnival. On the opening day, it attracted a large number of audiences to actively book and experience. The experience camp sets up four hard-core matrices:
Off-road ride experience: Professional all-terrain tracks cover topics such as驼峰 (Humps) and cross-axis, on-site driven by professional drivers in Deepal G318, Mengshi M817, M917, Jetour and other hard-core new energy off-road models, leading audiences to unlock vehicle extreme rescue capabilities in real scenes.
Vehicle chassis stability experience: Through continuous curves, emergency avoidance, slippery road conditions, etc., intuitively presenting the excellent performance of Avatr 12, Geely Xingyao 8, Boyue REV, Xingtu and other models' air suspension and intelligent torque distribution systems.
Smart cockpit experience: Audiences can sit inside popular models such as Seres all-new AITO M9, Geely Galaxy Starship 7, Onvo L90, etc., personally unlock full-scenario smart interaction of human-vehicle-home, and experience voice assistants, multi-screen linkage and immersive audio-video space under the support of large models.
Karting experience: Drivers drive performance models such as MG 26 edition MG4, Deepal L06, GAC Aion N60, Jetta VS8, etc., performing ground-flying flight in the mini track composed of cones. The shortest time wins, fully demonstrating the instantaneous torque and precise handling of electric vehicle models.
The Intelligent Connection Peak · Assisted Parking Challenge has become the most interactive and viewing point competitive project at the scene. Relying on the new models of this debut and their automated parking systems, it creates an immersive and competitive interactive experience. The challenge uses a unified Devil parking spot scenario to test the extreme performance of vehicle intelligent parking in narrow parking spaces, intrusion parking spaces, dead-end parking spaces, etc. Vehicles equipped with parking systems have entered the garage smoothly and precisely, drawing repeated惊叹s from the scene, truly realizing technology showing muscles and audience enjoying themselves.
Scientific Innovation Future · Debut Technology Science Popularization Hall focuses on cutting-edge technologies of intelligent connectivity and new energy vehicles. During the activity, science popularization explanation activities are carried out synchronously with static displays. Industry experts and car company technology engineers are invited to teach on-site, unlocking the mysteries of smart electric and connectivity core technologies in easy-to-understand language.
Smart Safety Driving Electricity · New Electricity Safety Experience Camp opens urban roads and short-distance test drive routes to guests. The routes cover real traffic scenarios such as urban congestion and ramp merging. Guests can book in advance and sign a safety commitment letter, personally drive popular new cars with the company of professional test drivers, and deeply experience core highlights such as power performance, intelligent cockpit interaction and navigation assisted driving. The experience camp is fully equipped with safety guarantee vehicles and on-site engineers to ensure the test drive activity is safe and orderly.
Frontier display links market demand, diversified experience empowers industrial ecology
The Hi SHOW · Chongqing Meets Good Cars Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle One-Stop Debut Carnival was held from the afternoon of May 21 to the morning of 24 at the North Plaza of Chongqing International Expo Center. During the activity, multiple enterprise new car releases, roadshows and technology science popularization activities will be interspersed. Among them, an opening ceremony was held in the morning of the 22nd, and a closing ceremony and award ceremony were held in the afternoon of the 24th. It is worth mentioning that the 23rd evening session specially added a Blue Whale Super Engine Night - a night session activity and dual car launch delivery ceremony hosted by Changan Gravitation.
We sincerely invite citizens, industry guests and car enthusiasts to visit the North Plaza of Chongqing International Expo Center, feel the technological charm of intelligent connected new energy vehicles at close range, and jointly witness the wonderful moment of innovative development of the Western automotive industry.
This carnival is not only a centralized display platform for technology and products, but also an important carrier for promoting the deep integration of the automotive industry and Western manufacturing, services and digital economy. Through the diversified model of technology display + challenge activity + economic and trade docking, it gathers high-end talents, innovative capital and high-quality projects, helping to build a more competitive industrial ecology. As an important industrial supporting highlight of the Western China International Trade Fair, this carnival drives with industrial docking + consumption promotion wheels, further enriching the industrial connotation and public participation of the exhibition, and demonstrating the strong potential of high-quality development in the Western region with the innovative vitality in the automotive field.
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