The 35th China International Glass Industrial Technical Exhibition will be held from April 7 to 10, 2026 in Shanghai.
The event aims to bring together the latest technologies, products and solutions in the global glass industry.
It will take place across seven halls, spanning approximately 90,000 m2, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre.
Technical lectures and industry forums will take place, focusing on topics such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) empowerment, intelligent manufacturing, as well as green and low carbon.
Sponsored by the Chinese Ceramic Society, after more than 30 years of development, China Glass has become an international exhibition with the full coverage of the industrial chain.
The 34th edition of the exhibition hosted 910 glass enterprises from 31 countries, receiving 105,987 visitors from 136 countries and regions.
The official exhibition website has begun to accept booth reservations for the 2026 edition.
So far, over 500 companies in the glass industry have confirmed their participation, including: SEFPRO, Grenzebach, Air Products, Sorg, Horn, Heye, Zippe, Triumph Group, and the Taiwan Glass Group.
The event enables domestic glass companies to showcase their achievements and expand their domestic and foreign markets.
It also allows international glass giants to seek co-operation opportunities and deepen their cultivation of the Chinese market.
Furthermore, it links the upstream and downstream resources of the global glass industry chain.
Chinese glass industry
In 2025, China's glass industry moves forward steadily in the face of challenges, showing strong resilience and vitality, accelerating structural transformation of the industry, and opening new incremental markets along three major directions.
First, the in-depth development of application scenarios. The extension of the construction field from the engineering market to the home decoration retail end; the upgrade of energy-saving standards drives the increase in the penetration rate of high-performance products such as Low-E and vacuum glass; and the transformation of green buildings release incremental space.
Second, the integration of cross-field technologies has accelerated, the production capacity of photovoltaic (PV) glass has been upgraded to the direction of BIPV integration, and the breakthrough of special-shaped power generation curtain wall technology has broadened the application scenarios.
Automotive glass has become the core growth pole, and innovative products such as coating dimming and super tempering are adapted to the needs of new energy vehicles.
Special glass extends to high value-added fields such as electronic display and pharmaceutical packaging.
Third, green and smart manufacturing is the core of cost reduction and efficiency increase, and enterprises invest in energy conservation and emission reduction technologies such as flue gas treatment, waste heat utilisation, and energy substitution.
Looking forward to 2026, the industry will continue to evolve in the direction of "high-end, intelligent and green", and green & low-carbon transformation, deep integration of intelligent manufacturing, and high value-added glass products will become a new track of competition.
Updates
The 35th China Glass Exhibition aims to improve the exhibition service and visiting experience.
Upgrades will include optimising the official website and WeChat public account services, as well as making visiting more accessible.
It will also strengthen its media publicity and audience invitation services.
The organisers said: “We sincerely invite colleagues from the global glass industry to gather in Shanghai to explore the infinite possibilities of glass technology, grasp the pulse of the market, expand co-operation opportunities, and work together to promote the global glass industry towards a greener, smarter, and more sustainable future.”
