TianjinMay 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On April 1, 2026, the “Interim Measures for the Management of Recycling and Comprehensive Utilization of Waste Power Batteries from New Energy Vehicles,” jointly issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and five other departments, officially took effect, marking a new stage of legalized and standardized development for China’s power battery recycling industry. Following the policy implementation, on April 27, five departments jointly issued another document, launching a nationwide special enforcement campaign for waste power battery recycling and utilization, focusing on strictly investigating prominent violations such as illegal sales, unauthorized dismantling, traceability fraud, illegal transportation, and unlicensed operations, with stringent oversight and targeted rectification. The intensive rollout of policies and escalating enforcement efforts send a clear signal: the era of extensive growth in power battery recycling has come to a definitive end, and a new industry landscape featuring full-chain control, full lifecycle traceability, and comprehensive responsibility implementation is rapidly taking shape.
CIBF2026, the 18th Shenzhen International Battery Technology Exchange/Exhibition, will be held from May 13-15 at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center. You are cordially invited to visit!
Amid the overarching trend of industry transformation, practical shortcomings and external challenges are simultaneously coming to the fore. Currently, there is still significant room for improvement in the standardized recycling rate of power batteries in China. A large number of retired batteries flow into informal dismantling channels through gray routes such as repair outlets and used car dealers, resulting in both a waste of critical strategic resources and environmental and safety hazards. Meanwhile, the implementation of the EU’s New Battery Regulation has introduced carbon footprint management, recycling targets, and battery passport traceability as hard thresholds for market access, imposing rigid constraints on the export strategies of Chinese battery companies. To clean up industry chaos internally and build a foundation for circular development, while aligning with international rules externally to solidify the global industrial position, promoting the transition of power battery recycling from extensive and fragmented to compliant and intensive has become a strategic task that the industry must undertake.
At this critical juncture of reshaping the industrial landscape, the 18th Shenzhen International Battery Technology Exchange/Exhibition (CIBF2026) is both timely and significant. The exhibition will be grandly held from May 13 to 15, 2026 at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, with the core theme of “Connecting the Globe • Empowering Green • Driving the Future.” It will bring together nearly 3,200 high-quality exhibitors from home and abroad and over 350,000 professional visitors, covering an exhibition scale of more than 280,000 square meters. The event comprehensively spans the entire chain of power batteries, energy storage batteries, upstream and downstream key materials, intelligent equipment, and waste battery recycling and reuse, serving as a highly influential benchmark platform and resource connection hub for the global battery industry.
CIBF2026 Exhibition Hall Layout (Including Event Highlights)
CIBF2026 deeply aligns with the new policy direction for power battery recycling, becoming a core vehicle for policy interpretation, standard implementation, and ecosystem co-building. The exhibition features specialized forums such as the 3rd International Battery Passport Conference, gathering industry authoritative experts and leading enterprise representatives from the industrial chain. These forums delve into core topics including recycling system construction, full lifecycle traceability, carbon footprint management, and circular economy business models, providing professional guidance for enterprises to accurately interpret policy details, clarify compliant development paths, and align with unified industry standards, thereby helping market players quickly adapt to the new landscape of stringent regulation.
At a time when policies are driving technological upgrades, CIBF2026 also serves as a vital platform for industrial technological innovation and achievement transformation. With the comprehensive elevation of regulatory standards for recycling traceability, environmental emissions, and dismantling processes, the industry urgently needs advanced technologies and complete solutions to achieve compliance upgrades. The exhibition will showcase cutting-edge technologies and industrialization achievements, including solid-liquid hybrid batteries, sodium-ion batteries, advanced energy storage systems, and high-value recycling and reuse. Concurrently, major side events such as the Advanced Battery Frontier Technology Exchange Conference, Next-Generation Battery Technology and Advanced Manufacturing for Electric Aviation (CIBF2026 Shenzhen) Exchange Conference, and the 6th New Energy Storage Technology and Engineering Application Conference will be held, building a one-stop platform for technology display, academic exchange, achievement implementation, and supply-demand matching, empowering the industry’s green and low-carbon transformation through technological innovation.
Leveraging its international platform advantages, CIBF2026 helps China’s battery industry transition from product export to standard export and ecosystem export. The exhibition will feature a dedicated International Pavilion, aggregating resources from overseas grid operators, system integrators, and global procurement firms, building bridges for cross-border exchanges and cooperation. This assists domestic enterprises in aligning with international compliance requirements, overcoming foreign trade access barriers, deepening global industrial chain collaboration, and continuously enhancing the voice and influence of China’s battery industry in international rule-making, technological innovation, and market competition.
As the starting year of the “15th Five-Year Plan” in 2026, strict full-chain regulation of power battery recycling has become the industry norm, with industry reshuffling and high-quality development opportunities coexisting and reinforcing each other. Looking ahead, compliance, green development, intelligence, and internationalization are irreversible industry trends. CIBF2026 carries the multiple missions of policy implementation, technological innovation, industrial chain collaboration, and international cooperation, making it an excellent platform for enterprises to gain insights into industry trends, interpret the latest policies, showcase core technologies, and expand supply and demand resources. Embracing regulatory transformation, deepening technological innovation, and co-building a circular ecosystem, the leading forces of the industry will gather at CIBF2026 to jointly open a new chapter of high-quality and sustainable development for the battery industry.
Countdown: 6 days to go! CIBF2026 awaits you at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center from May 13-15. See you there!