The China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), approved by the State Council and co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and the Beijing Municipal People's Government, with support from international organizations such as the WTO, UNCTAD, and OECD, will hold its 2026 edition from September 9 to 13 at Shougang Park in Beijing.
As 2026 marks the inaugural year of the nation's 15th Five-Year Plan, fintech stands at the forefront of the "five major chapters" in financial development, signaling that the digital-intelligent transformation of China's financial industry has fully transitioned from the system-building phase of "laying a solid foundation" into the business-integration phase of "accumulating momentum and building strength." Under the overarching theme of "technology empowerment," the industry's focus is shifting from mere technological accumulation to deep integration between technology and business operations.
At present, financial institutions are accelerating the evolution of cutting-edge technologies from "supporting business" to "driving business." In particular, with generative AI advancing toward "autonomous agents," and with the maturation of privacy computing and big-data decision-making systems, fintech is now targeting practical pain points such as the difficulty in extending inclusive financial services to grassroots levels, the challenges of risk control in industrial finance, and the complexities of quantitative assessment in green finance, all with the goal of achieving a multidimensional leap in efficiency, risk management, and user experience across financial services.
As a highly influential brand event under the financial services section of CIFTIS, the China Fintech Exchange Conference has been successfully held seven times. The 8th China Fintech Exchange Conference is slated to grandly open on September 9, 2026, at Shougang Park in Beijing, under the theme "Technology Empowerment: Digital Innovation and Application in the Financial Industry."
The event will bring together leaders from regulatory bodies, industry organizations, and domain experts, alongside core executives from banking, securities, insurance, and fintech enterprises. Participants will engage in in-depth discussions on core topics such as scenario applications and security challenges in the era of large language models, data elements and fintech innovation, and the digital-intelligent transformation of traditional financial institutions. Through diverse formats including video addresses, keynote speeches, new technology launches, case studies, and roundtable dialogues, the conference aims to thoroughly dissect industry opportunities and jointly explore new pathways for the integrated development of finance and technology.