Right after Bauma, the next key event on the industry calendar is CICEE 2025 in Changsha, China. This is an opportunity to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the Chinese Construction Equipment manufacturing industry. Over the 4-day event, taking place from May 15 to 18, more than 1,800 companies from over 60 countries and regions will showcase more than 20,000 exhibits across 300,000 square meters, covering cutting-edge technologies and products in the entire field of construction machinery.
On May 15, 2025, the 2025 Changsha International Construction Equipment Exhibition (CICEE) will open. The theme for this year’s exhibition is “High-end, Intelligent, and Green – The New Generation of Construction Machinery, Emergency Equipment, Mining Equipment, and Agricultural Machinery.” The exhibition provides an excellent platform for global construction machinery companies to showcase innovative achievements, expand international markets, and gain massive international orders.
Compared to the previous three editions, 2025 CICEE continues to maintain the largest exhibition area ever. Early statistics show that more than 20 of the world’s top 50 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have confirmed their participation or signed intention agreements. These include well-known construction machinery leaders such as Caterpillar, Hitachi Construction Machinery, Volvo, Genie, Manitowoc, Lovol, SANY Heavy Industry, Zoomlion, Sunward Intelligent, CRCC, XCMG, and Doosan Bobcat, among which, 10 companies have exhibited for four consecutive editions.
In 2025 CICEE, Caterpillar will bring its next-generation, China IV standard construction machinery equipment, including mining and quarrying applications, mini excavators, and electric-driven wheel loaders, along with smart control technologies and low-carbon innovative power solutions.
Zoomlion, one of China’s leading OEM, will focus on its latest achievements in green and intelligent technology. Wang Wei, the head of Zoomlion’s overseas marketing department, emphasized that CICEE has helped Zoomlion showcase innovations in high-end intelligent equipment and establish numerous important collaborations with global partners.
SANY Group, a regular participant in the exhibition, will once again bring its full range of heavy machinery products and innovative technologies. In an interview, senior executives from SANY Group stated that theCICEE provides an excellent platform for the company to showcase its technological innovation, while also helping SANY to continuously expand its influence in the global market.
Smart Technology Defining Future Trends in Construction Machinery
The 2025 CICEE will focus on global trends such as digitalization, intelligence, and sustainability. The exhibition is expected to feature 1,800 companies showcasing over 1,500 new, high-end, intelligent, and green products and technologies. The newly established “New Technology and Product Launch Conference” will concentrate on showcasing cutting-edge technologies and products in the industry, driving the accelerated transformation towards digital, intelligent, and green solutions.
In addition, the “Intelligence-driven Development Conference for High-Quality Construction Machinery Industry Chains” will invite renowned global companies, experts, and government leaders to explore how to enhance the resilience and security of construction machinery industry supply chains and promote high-end, intelligent, and green development.
During the exhibition, the China Highway Society will hold the “9th Asphalt Pavement Forum and New Technology and Achievement Show” focusing on topics such as the current state and development trends of road construction and maintenance technologies, digital transformation, and AI-enabled maintenance mode innovations. The forum will also feature multiple sub-forums on highway safety, green low-carbon materials, and intelligent construction.
Zhou Xianbiao, Secretary-General of the China Construction Machinery Society, stated in an interview with the media that the construction machinery industry is accelerating its development towards green and intelligent solutions. Thus, the CICEE 2025 will host the “Construction Machinery New Energy, New Materials, and New Technology Development and Application Conference (CTO Summit),” focusing on cutting-edge technologies and development trends in the industry. The conference will be held from May 14 to 15at the Changsha International Convention and Exhibition Center, and will invite renowned domestic and international academicians, outstanding engineers, and senior industry experts to engage in high-level academic exchanges on topics such as intelligent manufacturing, new energy applications, and green low-carbon solutions.
The 2025 Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition will host over 100 high-end forums, competitions, and business activities. In addition to the aforementioned forums, the exhibition will also launch several events, including the “RCEP + India Procurement Conference,” the “Belt and Road Infrastructure Summit,” and the “Construction Machinery OEM Procurement Matchmaking Conference.” Through these activities, the exhibition will builda bridge for global communication and cooperation within the construction machinery sector.
The “Belt and Road” plan, the CICEE has become an important bridge for communication and cooperation between Chinese and foreign construction enterprises
Changsha’s Vice Mayor Kang Zhenlin shared with the media that the exhibition’s internationalization has further improved, attracting over 3,000 overseas professional visitors from regions such as RCEP, India, Latin America, the Middle East, Austria, Spain, South Korea, Africa, and Russia. The International Business Networking Conference will provide an efficientplatform for domestic and international companies to exchange and collaborate
Li Shun, Vice Chairman of the Changsha Municipal Political Consultative Conference and Director of the Changsha Convention and Exhibition Office, emphasized the digital features of this year’s exhibition and its new concept of integrating the exhibition and the city. She pointed out that the 2025 CICEE will focus on digital transformation and smart construction, promoting the digital and green sustainable development of the industry. In terms of smart exhibitions, this year’s event extensively applies cutting-edge technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), providing exhibitors and visitors with an immersive viewing experience. The organizing committee is also actively utilizing digital technology to enhance the efficiency of the exhibition and improve service quality, offering precise market insights and efficient responses to global audiences.Â
Expanding the scope of CICEE
In 2025, the CICEE will further expand its scope with 12 indoor halls and 4 outdoor exhibition areas covering four major sectors: construction machinery, emergency equipment, mining equipment, and agricultural machinery. The newly established “Mining Equipment Area” and “Emergency Rescue Equipment Area” will fill the gap in the mining sector, contributing to the exhibition’s growth.
Zhang Yongtao, Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President of the China Gold Association, shared with the media that the “Mining Equipment Area,” covering 20,000 m2, will focus on exploration, mining, intelligent mining solutions, ecological restoration, and financing exchanges. This area will include over 200 exhibitors and attract more than 30,000 visitors.
Peng Xinjian, General Manager of the Hunan Branch of China Aneng Group First Engineering Bureau, said to the media:
“With the increasing national emphasis on emergency management and rescue capabilities, the 2025 CICEE will also highlight emergency equipment, responding to national strategies and driving the transformation and upgrading of the construction machinery industry.”
The head of the organizing committee introduced that countries such as India, Russia, South Korea, European countries, and Southeast Asian nations will also organize delegations to visit CICEE 2025.
Foreign embassies and consulates delegation
During the 2023 CICEE exhibition, the organizing committee invited large industry associations and academic organizations such as the China Highway Society, the China International Contractors Association, and the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronics to hold large industry events and technical seminars at the exhibition center. Which attracted thousands of experts from the domestic construction machinery and construction industries gathered at the exhibition.
Liu Chuanlei, the Deputy Secretary-General of the China Highway Society and Director of the Technology Achievement Transformation Center, told the reporter that from May 12 to 14, 2023, the 7th National Asphalt Pavement Conference and New Technologies and Achievements Exhibition was held in Changsha. Experts and scholars from transportation authorities, provincial highway groups, research institutions, universities, and technology enterprises shared over 70 presentations. More than 60 industry companies, including SANY Heavy Industry, Wirtgen, and FAYAT, attended and exhibited their latest technological achievements. Over 1,000 representatives from 27 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) participated in the conference.
He said that the conference was held at the CICEE venue, and while the delegates were engaged in technical exchanges, they could also visit the exhibition to see the actual machinery and equipment on display. This was very helpful for them to fully understand and select machinery and equipment, and it was very successful held on the platform of CICEE. As a result, the 9th National Asphalt Conference will again be held during CICEE 2025.
Meeting representatives visited exhibition during the break of meeting
Construction machinery components are an important part of the industrial chain and a key division of the exhibitors at theexhibition. Drillmaster is a Hunan-based company that primarily produces rotary drilling rig, drill rods and buckets. Ms. Jesser, who is responsible for overseas affairs told reporter about the results of their participation in CICEE 2023. She said that the exhibition exceeded initial goals of the company, as they hosted a number of key clients and signed an agency agreement with an overseas customer. One month after the exhibition, they signed three consecutive orders with this agent. When asked about their plans for CICEE 2025, she mentioned that due to the success of the previous exhibition, they have increased their exhibition area by 100 square meters and hope to achieve even better results.
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