Auto Shanghai (Chinese: 上海国际汽车展), officially known as the Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (Chinese: 上海国际汽车工业展览会), is a biennial international automobile show that alternates with the Beijing Auto Show (Auto China) as China's yearly international automotive exhibition.[1] First held in 1985, Auto Shanghai is the nation's oldest auto exhibition, and is considered as an important major international auto show.[2]
| Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition
上海国际汽车工业展览会
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Auto Shanghai 2009
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Auto show |
| Frequency | Biennial |
| Venue | National Center for Exhibition and Convention (Shanghai) |
| Country | China |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Website | autoshanghai |
Due to the greatly expanding presence of foreign brands in the Chinese markets, Auto Shanghai has become one of the premier international auto shows alongside Detroit, Frankfurt, Paris and Tokyo, and was also the first Chinese auto show to join the Union des Foires Internationales (UFI). Since 2015, the show is hosted at the National Center for Exhibition and Convention, located next to the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.
The 2023 show ran from 18 April to 27 April. As many as 1,200 models and 1,413 vehicles were displayed at the show, with 93 global debuts, 64 concept cars and 271 new energy vehicles, 186 of which were from indigenous Chinese brands.[3]
The 2021 show ran from 19 April to 28 April. It was the first major auto show to be held since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
The 2019 show ran from 16 April to 25 April.
The 2017 show ran from 19 April to 28 April.
