The 2026 Shanghai Elderly Expo, empowered by technology for elderly care, has come to a successful conclusion

【Smart CityFocus on current events on the internet】On June 4th, the 2026 Shanghai International Elderly Care, Assistive Devices, and Rehabilitation Medical Expo kicked off at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. The theme of this exhibition is "Boundless Cross Border, Intelligent Integration of Ten Thousand Homes", with an exhibition area of 60000 square meters, gathering nearly 680 enterprises from 22 countries and regions, and an expected audience of over 100000 people. Among them, technology empowering elderly care has become the biggest highlight of the entire venue.

As a well-known comprehensive exposition of the silver hair industry, the 2026 Shanghai Elderly Expo gathers about 680 exhibitors from 22 countries and regions, and has set up characteristic activity areas such as the "Silver Hair Life Exhibition Area", "Rehabilitation Assistive Equipment Innovation Exhibition Area", "Elderly Food Benefit Exhibition Area", "Party and Mass Service Station", "Welfare Lottery Zone", etc. Combining with hot policies such as aging adaptation, rehabilitation assistive equipment community rental, and elderly meal assistance, it creates a living scene and experience space closely related to the silver hair generation, presenting cutting-edge products and innovative styles of the elderly care industry in one stop.

For a long time, elderly care technology products have often given people the stereotype of being "high-end, expensive, and detached from daily life". This exhibition breaks down barriers and accelerates the sinking of previously specialized "black technology" from institutions to ordinary households, solving the pain points of home-based elderly care with affordable prices and practical functions.

In the W1 and W2 pavilions, the exhibition deepened the IP of the "Happy Life Carnival", and created a dual pavilions linked silver consumption TESCO Group scene. For the first time, Huangpu District has exhibited in an independent exhibition area with the theme of "Enjoying Silver Age, Trendy Huangpu". Symbolizing and refining urban landmarks such as the Bund and Shikumen, a "miniature entertainment consumption block" has been built, divided into four major sections of "food, entertainment, shopping and maintenance", presenting a panoramic view of the new mode and format of silver development consumption in Huangpu.

At this year's Old Expo, artificial intelligence androbotTechnology is widely applied in elderly friendly consumption scenarios. At the Innovation Exhibition Area of Rehabilitation Assistive Devices in Hall W3, exoskeleton robots became one of the focal points of the entire venue. The exhibition area has specially opened a "Exoskeleton Competitive Evaluation Zone", laying exclusive experience trails including flat roads, slopes, and steps. Exoskeleton robots from many brands such as Aosha, Zhongshuai, Haier, CETC, and Kenqi have all appeared, and citizens can personally wear and experience them.

At the Smart Elderly Care Exhibition Area of Hall W4, new products such as AI companion robots and intelligent fall prevention mattresses are displayed in clusters. The Zhiluan S5 intelligent walking robot developed by Keda Guochuang is equipped with ACC adaptive cruise control, FCW collision warning, and AEB automatic braking functions, providing elderly people with a "smart driving level" sense of safety when traveling. Emotional companionship robots also have a variety of highlights. Shanghai Tianyu's "Xiao He" AI companion robot creates a warm AI companion through natural dialogue, health monitoring, and SOS one click help. In the W5 exhibition area, an all terrain embodied mobile robot has become a popular exhibit, which can freely switch between tracked climbing mode and wheelchair mode, breaking down the barrier between household wheelchairs and climbing machines.

In the W5 exhibition area, an all terrain embodied mobile robot became a popular exhibit. It can freely switch between track climbing mode and wheelchair mode, and automatically adjust its posture, so that elderly people with limited mobility are no longer trapped by stairs. The staff introduced that this product breaks the barrier between household wheelchairs and climbing machines. At the same time, a batch of hardcore products such as Beijing Wanyi Guide Robot Dog, Science and Technology Innovation Intelligent Driving Assistance Robot, Zhongshan Xiaoshentong All Terrain X13, and Svech Radar Mobility Scooter have achieved AI obstacle avoidance, L2 level intelligent driving, all terrain travel, and automatic call for help when falling. Emotional companionship robots are becoming the "new family" of the elderly's spiritual world.

The successful conclusion of this year's Elderly Expo not only showcases the cutting-edge achievements and innovative practices of the silver hair industry, but also reflects the era of China's elderly care industry transforming from "basic care" to "technology empowerment, ecological integration, and quality elderly care". 103000 visitors, nearly 680 companies, 22 countries and regions, 60000 square meters of exhibition area——Behind these numbers lies the vibrant vitality of the silver haired economy as a dual engine of livelihood security and economic growth, injecting new momentum into the exploration of "big city elderly care" in Shanghai.