Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries

IRID EXPO 2027

International Rural Innovation & Development Expo

国际乡村发展创新博览会

Dates
UPCOMING
1–3 Apr 2027
Venue
Hefei Binhu International Convention and Exhibition Center
Exhibition area
50,000+ m²
Trade visitors (expected)
30,000+

About the show

International Rural Innovation & Development Expo covers the rural economy as a whole rather than one crop or one machine. Six tracks run side by side: digital villages, smart agriculture, smart livestock and aquaculture, rural tourism, green farm produce and food processing, and the services that hold the chain together. Sensors and farm robots sit a few aisles from breeding programmes, cold-chain and traceability systems, homestay operators and local investment projects, so a visitor can follow a single supply chain from field to shelf without leaving the halls.

The buyer mix is institutional as much as commercial. County and municipal governments, state farm operators, cooperatives and project owners come to source equipment and partners for village-level programmes, while distributors, processors, retailers and exporters work the same floor for goods. Matchmaking is organised around named projects and incoming buyer delegations, and the programme pairs those delegations with exhibitors by category.

What’s on display

Digital villages

  • Internet of things
  • Big data
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Satellite remote sensing
  • BeiDou navigation
  • E-government
  • E-commerce
  • Digital farm management
  • Remote education platforms
  • Remote medical platforms
  • Integrated high-standard farm demonstration bases
  • Organic waste management platforms

Smart agriculture

  • Geographic information systems
  • Visual recognition
  • Agricultural robots
  • Farm environment monitoring
  • Future farms
  • Agricultural AI
  • Agricultural e-commerce
  • Food traceability and anti-counterfeiting
  • Crop seed production
  • Horticultural and forestry breeding
  • Floriculture breeding
  • Livestock and poultry breeding
  • Aquatic breeding
  • Breeding support services
  • Automated feeding
  • Livestock cleaning systems
  • Livestock environmental control
  • Livestock and poultry machinery
  • Sericulture machinery
  • Beekeeping equipment
  • Edible fungi cultivation equipment
  • Smart aquaculture
  • Fisheries machinery
  • Agricultural power machinery
  • Farmland construction machinery
  • Soil tillage machinery
  • Planting and fertilising machinery
  • Crop protection machinery
  • Irrigation and drainage machinery
  • Harvesting machinery
  • Agricultural processing machinery
  • Agricultural transport machinery
  • Forestry machinery
  • Cotton ginning
  • Oil pressing
  • Livestock and poultry slaughtering
  • Fruit and vegetable processing
  • Agricultural packaging
  • Agricultural storage
  • Agricultural logistics

Smart livestock and aquaculture

  • Intelligent breeding platforms
  • Livestock performance testing systems
  • Industrial fry breeding equipment
  • Automated feeding systems
  • Intelligent climate control
  • Spray cooling
  • Farrowing systems
  • Wearable livestock health monitors
  • Automated sericulture equipment
  • Smart beekeeping equipment
  • Industrial edible fungi equipment
  • Intelligent aquaculture feeding
  • Aquaculture environment monitoring
  • Recirculating water treatment
  • Underwater robots
  • Digital twin farm systems
  • Disease warning and control platforms
  • Feed formulation tools
  • Supply chain traceability systems

Rural tourism

  • Rural homestay clusters
  • Homestay design and management systems
  • Pastoral complex planning
  • Heritage workshop conversions
  • Campsites and RV parks
  • Rural visitor flow monitoring
  • Guide devices
  • Smart ticketing
  • Eco-trails and signage
  • Rural rest stations
  • Accessible and senior-friendly facilities
  • Emergency rescue systems
  • Native planting design
  • Living heritage performances
  • Folk festivals
  • Craft workshops
  • Orchard picking
  • Brewing experiences
  • Weaving and dyeing workshops
  • Rural cultural products
  • Livestream studio equipment
  • Rural MCN agencies
  • Tourism IP

Green farm produce and food

  • Health foods
  • Dairy
  • Tea and coffee
  • Bakery
  • Snack foods
  • Drinks
  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Condiments
  • Prepared dishes
  • Freeze-drying technology
  • Edible fungi products
  • Rapid food testing
  • Traceability and anti-counterfeiting
  • Biodegradable packaging
  • Cold chain logistics
  • Geographical indication produce
  • Functional farm produce
  • Certified green produce
  • Pollution-free, green, organic and geographical-indication produce
  • Intelligent cotton ginning
  • Intelligent oil pressing
  • Automated slaughter lines
  • Fruit and vegetable processing lines
  • Origin packaging and storage

Rural services

  • Rural tourism services
  • Human resources and social security services
  • Industry skills training
  • Rural financial services
  • Grain and farm produce supply chain finance
  • Rural and farm produce IP

Reference

Concurrent brand shows
The fair uses Halls 2, 3 and 4 of the Binhu centre. The Shanghai CCPIT portfolio of brand shows runs alongside it on the same dates and the same site, adding more than 40,000 m² of exhibition space.

Practical information

Organizers
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade ShanghaiChina Chamber of International Commerce Anhui Chamber of Commerce
Admission
Trade visitors only; no entry for visitors under 18 or for non-trade visitors over 70.
Visiting address
Hefei Binhu International Convention and Exhibition CenterNo. 3899 Jinxiu Avenue, Baohe District, Hefei

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