2026 CIFTIS Health Session Set for Sept 9-13 in Beijing, Debuting Frontier Medical Tech Zone

The 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) will be held in Beijing from September 9 to 13. This year's health and hygiene services session will debut a "Frontier Medical Technology Industry Zone," with multiple Fortune Global 500 companies and industry leaders participating. Zheng Jinpu, first-class inspector of the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, said at a media briefing on August 6 that the 2026 session has been comprehensively upgraded, with Fortune Global 500 and leading industry enterprises accounting for 61.5% of exhibitors and an internationalization rate of 56.6%. Twenty-two companies, including Takeda, will exhibit for the first time, while GE HealthCare, Mindray, AstraZeneca, and Tongrentang will return. A large number of globally debuted and China-premiered medical technologies and products will be showcased.

The exhibition will feature several specialized functional sections, including the Frontier Medical Technology Industry Zone, a National AI Application Pilot Base, the "Excellent Promotion Plan" themed exhibition, a Traditional Chinese Medicine zone, and an AI Plus Elderly Care section. The National AI Application Pilot Base focuses on AI-enabled biomedical R&D and full-scenario precision diagnosis and treatment, showcasing innovations in digital health. The Frontier Medical Technology Industry Zone will specifically host eight innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in precision medicine and cell therapy, providing growing sci-tech teams with space for exhibition, negotiation, and cooperation.

The 2026 session will adopt a "1+11+3" conference structure, comprising one main forum of the Capital International Medical Conference, 11 specialized sub-forums, and three supporting events. Forum topics will cover AI-enabled healthcare industry, global health governance, TCM inheritance, innovation, and international expansion, and frontier medical technologies. The Capital International Medical Conference, themed "Innovation-Driven Cooperation and Win-Win Development: Building a Community of Shared Health for Mankind," will feature a main forum at Shougang Park and multiple parallel forums. The conference will review achievements in universal health, share China's health governance experience, deepen multilateral international health cooperation, launch multiple long-term international medical collaboration projects, and host a medical technology innovation translation competition.