Chinese companies are signaling a strategic shift from promoting individual blockbuster products to building integrated technological ecosystems at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
As one of the world's largest and most influential technology events, the 2026 CES concluded on Friday, showcasing cutting-edge innovations in generative AI, edge AI, embodied intelligence, smart devices and automotive technologies.
Chinese companies maintained a strong presence at the show, presenting products and solutions spanning consumer electronics, display technologies, robotics and artificial intelligence.
Chinese tech companies are moving away from showcasing individual products, as they did in the past, and are instead increasingly demonstrating a systematic and ecosystem-oriented advancement of their technological capabilities, with a strong emphasis on technological platforms, system integration, and comprehensive solutions.
A Chinese exhibitor debuted a comprehensive full-home intelligent ecosystem, which integrates smart major appliances, floor-cleaning machines, personal care devices, yard tools, and home entertainment products.
The ecosystem also introduces new products, such as embodied intelligence floor-cleaning robots and lawn mowers, which utilize multi-modal perception systems and advanced control algorithms to improve products' capabilities to perceive, identify, and understand home environments, and enable proactive task planning.
"Along the direction of generalized robotics, we have expanded our products from a single-purpose floor-cleaning robot to encompass a full-home intelligent ecosystem and comprehensive smart home solutions. This represents a significant leap forward for us. We also believe such an ecosystem model is a necessary path that all companies, including Chinese enterprises, must pursue," said Chang Xinwei, a Chinese exhibitor.
Visitors to the exhibition have clearly noticed the change among Chinese companies.
"The integration of the AI platforms with China companies are ahead of American companies with my experience, and they have a leading edge over American companies in a very nice way. So it's very noticeable that technology made by a Chinese company [stands out] versus an American or European country," said a U.S. visitor, who only identified himself as John, at the consumer show.
Chinese exhibitors showcase integrated technological ecosystems at U.S. consumer show
The Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) is emerging as a key engine for China's fast-growing low-altitude economy by leveraging its dense industrial networks, efficient logistics systems, and rapid innovation capacity.
From logistics and manufacturing to urban services, the region is building an integrated industrial chain that allows low-altitude industries to scale up at unprecedented speed, thus turning drone-based applications from isolated trials into large-scale, commercial operations.
China's 15th Five-Year Plan, covering 2026 to 2030, calls for the cultivation of new pillar industries and the accelerated development of strategic emerging industrial clusters, including the low-altitude economy.
At a drone operations center in Bao'an District, Shenzhen City in south China's Guangdong Province, a dozen logistics drones take off and land within minutes. Urgently needed production parts, documents, and small parcels are dispatched from here to cities in the province including Dongguan, Zhongshan, and Zhuhai.
Behind these high-flying aircraft lies what observers describe as an "invisible industrial chain", built on speed and efficiency.
"Look at this aircraft. About 90 percent of its components come from nearby areas. Relying on Shenzhen's strong logistics capabilities and its complete supply chain, these parts can be delivered to our factory within half an hour for assembly, processing, and production," said Li Kunhuang, person-in-charge of Shenzhen GODO Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.
Once a new product is unveiled, testing and calibration begin immediately at the drone testing field. As soon as the process is completed, the new models can be put into real-world operation, realizing almost “zero delay” from research and development to application.
Supported by a robust industrial chain, low-altitude routes in Shenzhen are effectively connecting the urban landscape. From its Bao'an District to Songshan Lake in Dongguan City, production components can be delivered within one hour. Supplies are transported between Zhuhai City's Xiangzhou Port to Dong'ao Island in just 25 minutes. And light industrial goods can travel round-trip within a single day between Guzhen Town in Zhongshan City and Xinhui District in Jiangmen City.
More low-altitude application scenarios are expected to be implemented in the near future.
In Qianhai District, Shenzhen is accelerating the construction of a pilot demonstration zone of low-altitude integrated three-dimensional transportation hub.
"We have built the country's first low-altitude integrated three-dimensional transportation hub, and are gradually developing a pilot flight zone that integrates multiple scenarios such as inspection, logistics, and cultural tourism. This will provide technical support for the next step of commercializing cross-border logistics and emergency rescue services across the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area," said Wu Xuemin, head of the Shenzhen Qianhai Low-Altitude Integrated Three-Dimensional Transportation Hub Pilot Demonstration Zone.
Integrated supply chains propel Greater Bay Area's low-altitude economy growth
