At 9:40 a.m. on May 15, 2025, the 4th Changsha International Construction Equipment Exhibition grandly opened at the Changsha International Convention and Exhibition Center. This year's exhibition covers an area of 300,000 square meters, bringing together 1,806 exhibitors from around the world to showcase the latest technologies and products in the construction machinery sector. More than 1,000 global industry leaders, academicians and experts, enterprise representatives, and international buyers gathered to witness this annual grand event in the international construction machinery field.

Shen Xiaoming, Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. The opening ceremony was presided over by Wu Guiying, Member of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Changsha Municipal Party Committee. Leaders of relevant national ministries and commissions, Hunan provincial leaders, diplomatic envoys to China from 55 countries, representatives of 5 international organizations, heads of 45 international and domestic business associations, 150 heads of leading industry enterprises, more than 700 international buyers, and journalists from over 100 international and domestic media outlets—among other heavyweight guests—gathered at the venue. Xu Niansha, President of the China Machinery Industry Federation; Mori Tsunetaka, China General Representative of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.; Martin Mbana, Ambassador of the Republic of Cameroon to China; Zhou Kaiquan, Vice General Manager of China National Machinery Industry Corporation (Sinomach); and Wu Hanming, Vice General Manager of China Anneng Group, delivered speeches in succession, injecting strong momentum into the opening of the exhibition.

International guests at this year's exhibition are expected to exceed 5,000 person-times. Diplomatic envoys to China from 50 African countries and representatives of the African Union in China gathered at the exhibition to participate in the opening ceremony, guided tours, and other important activities, with China-Africa cooperation becoming the strongest note of the exhibition. Commercial counselors from countries such as Turkey, Bangladesh, and Nepal, representatives of 4 international institutions including the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, as well as heads of 45 international business associations and nearly 800 international guests from Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, India, Latin America, Russia, and Southeast Asia attended the industry conference, technology launch events, and other related activities. During the exhibition, multiple international business procurement matchmaking events will also be held, attracting 760 international buyers from more than 20 countries, covering fields such as next-generation construction machinery, emergency equipment, mining equipment, agricultural machinery, and transportation equipment.

As a bellwether of the global construction machinery industry, this year's exhibition focuses on the theme of "high-end, intelligent, and green," showcasing more than 20,000 products and over 1,000 sets of cutting-edge equipment, including mid-to-high-end equipment, new energy machinery, and unmanned operation technologies, and releasing 1,500 new products and new technologies. The exhibition strategically adds three major sectors—emergency rescue equipment, mining equipment, and transportation equipment—forming a closed-loop ecological display of "infrastructure construction—resource extraction—disaster response—logisticstransportation," achieving full-industry-chain scenario coverage of construction machinery.

The opening ceremony attracted more than 40 domestic mainstream media outlets, including Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, China Media Group, and Hunan TV, as well as more than 60 international and domestic professional media outlets, including Russia's Construction Machinery and Technology, India's NBM Media Group, Intercontinental Mining, HC Construction Machinery Network, TieJia Construction Machinery Network, and Global Construction Machinery Network, which provided full coverage and conveyed the grand occasion of the exhibition to the world through all-media channels.

The 4th Changsha International Construction Equipment Exhibition will run until May 18, during which more than 100 events, including industry conferences, technical exchanges, and business negotiations, will be held to build an open, shared, and mutually beneficial bridge for the global construction machinery industry and help Made in China advance to a higher-level world stage.