ChinaJoy 2026 Opens in Shanghai With AI as Central Theme
The expanded scale and AI-focused theme position ChinaJoy as a barometer for China's digital entertainment industry, even as major developers like HoYoverse and Hypergryph skip the show.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
ChinaJoy 2026 opened on July 31 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, with the theme 'Level Up with AI.' About 900 companies from 39 countries and regions are exhibiting, up from roughly 800 companies from 37 countries and regions last year. The total exhibition area exceeds 140,000 square meters, with over 1,000 titles on display.
The B2C interactive entertainment hall for general visitors spans about 120,000 square meters with over 350 companies, while the B2B business hall covers about 25,000 square meters with more than 500 companies. Over 600 titles are registered for the concurrently held Steam online festival.
Notable absences include HoYoverse, KURO Games, Hypergryph, and Manjuu. The show contrasts with Bilibili World 2026, held earlier in Shanghai, which had a larger total area of 240,000 square meters but only about 170 exhibitors.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.