CHTF is a broad technology-commercialisation platform rather than a single-industry electronics show. Its specialist zones connect research institutes and international science-and-technology projects with AI and robotics, semiconductors, computing infrastructure, low-altitude aviation, commercial spaceflight, biotechnology, energy, water, smart buildings and advanced equipment. Held annually in Shenzhen since 1999, the 28th edition is most distinctive as a meeting point for technology display, investment, procurement and industrial partnership.