One-sentence summary
The 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference (WICV) runs from October 21 to 23, 2026 at the Beijing E-Town Beiren Yichuang International Convention and Exhibition Center, co-hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Transport and the Beijing Municipal People's Government, with high-level dialogues on autonomous-driving technology cooperation and standards coordination.
Event Overview
- The 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference (WICV) is held from October 21 to 23, 2026 at the Beijing E-Town Beiren Yichuang International Convention and Exhibition Center.
- The conference is co-hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Transport and the Beijing Municipal People's Government, under the theme "Converging Intelligence, Connecting Everything - Steadily Advancing into the Autonomous Driving Era".
- High-level dialogues focus on autonomous-driving technology cooperation, standards and rules coordination, and policy communication, standard mutual recognition, technology collaboration and supply-chain cooperation, expanding international cooperation space.
Key Information
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 21-23, 2026 |
| Venue | Beiren Yichuang International Convention and Exhibition Center, Beijing E-Town |
| Co-hosts | MIIT, Ministry of Transport, Beijing Municipal Government |
| Theme | Converging Intelligence, Connecting Everything - Steadily Advancing into the Autonomous Driving Era |
| Framework | 3+3+6+N: 3 plenaries, 3 featured events, 6 thematic forums, N side events |
| Focus areas | Autonomous-driving cooperation, standards coordination, vehicle-road coordination, supply-chain cooperation |
Background and Impact
- This is the third consecutive year the conference is held in Beijing E-Town (Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area), which keeps hosting intelligent connected vehicle industry projects; new results in vehicle-road coordination and autonomous driving will be showcased during the event.
- The three plenary sessions and featured events such as the Sino-German cooperation forum focus on industry development and international standard mutual recognition, consistent with the theme of advancing into the autonomous driving era.
- Ahead of the conference, an MIIT official said at a State Council Information Office press conference (October 20, 2026) that the ministry will accelerate the revision and formulation of relevant standards and firmly prevent irrational innovative designs and automotive products entering the market without sufficient R&D testing and validation, setting the pace for autonomous-driving industrialization.
Official Sources
- 21st Century Business Herald: New central SOE National Data Group established; 2026 WICV opens today (October 21, 2026)link
- World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference official sitelink
- People's Daily Online (via Beijing STI Commission): 2026 WICV to be held Oct 21-23 in Beijing (September 28, 2026)link