Welcome to china's largest care and rehabilitation expo with 50,000 visitors
Press Release Sep. 26, 2025
September 12 marks the grand opening of the Care & Rehabilitation Expo China 2025 at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. The Expo was organized by the China Disabled Persons' Federation and undertaken by the China Assistive Devices and Technology Centre for Persons with Disabilities and Beijing Disabled Persons' Federation and co-organized by the Guangzhou Poly Jinhan Exhibition Co., Ltd.
With the theme “technology powers well-being sharing”, this Expo focuses on the latest advances in technology for persons with disabilities and intelligent elderly care. It brings together over 400 leading enterprises worldwide, covering an exhibition area of 25,000 square meters, showcasing more than 10,000 assistive and elderly care products, alongside over 30 academic forums and industry matchmaking events. For the first time, the Expo introduced the “Launch Event for Innovative Assistive Products”, making it the largest and most influential annual event for rehabilitation and assistive aids and elderly care technologies.
Cutting-Edge Innovations on Display
Smart Assistive Devices for a Better Life
The Expo gathered top innovators in assistive and elderly care technologies, featuring major players such as China Unicom, iFlytek, Huawei, BrainCo, Toyota, GAC Trumpchi, Great Wall Motors, SAIC Maxus, Ottobock, Sonova, Sunrise Medical, XSTO, RoboCT, Ai-Robotics, EULON, Sunnyou, Tongxing, Boin Hearing, AcoSound, and United Imaging. Exhibits highlighted breakthroughs in brain-computer interfaces (BCI), AI, AR/VR, and 3D printing, as well as exoskeleton robots, smart wheelchairs, welcabs, AI guide dogs, AI smart glasses, and smart hearing aids, opening new possibilities for independent and dignified living.
Brain-Computer Interfaces & Mind Control
Mind-controlled wheelchairs, prosthetics, and rehabilitation robots stole the spotlight: The intelligent assistive devices powered by brain-computer interface and mind-control technologies such as BrainCo’s bionic limbs, Sunrise Medical’s head-controlled wheelchair, MindAngel’s BCI wheelchair, and Sunnyou’s brain-computer interface exoskeleton robot have attracted wide attention, truly realizing the concept of “thought in motion.”
Smart Mobility & Assisted Travel
Robotic walkers, wearable exoskeletons, welcabs, and smart wheelchairs attracted strong attention. Great Wall Motors unveiled its Gaoshan New Energy welcab, while XSTO debuted an embodied wheelchair robot. RoboCT, EULON, and 3lbot showcased exoskeleton robots providing mobility support, with visitors eager to test and experience how technology reduces mobility barriers.
Visual & Hearing Assistance
Smart glasses from Lingban and Tongxing, as well as navigation systems from Eacase and Blindmate, and AI guide dogs from WHY-E and Xiaosuan, offered reliable environmental awareness tools for visually impaired users. Sightcare’s electronic visual aids helped those with low vision read books, prescriptions, and screens with ease.
Huawei, United Imaging, and Sonova presented advanced hearing aids with smart noise-reduction algorithms, ensuring speech clarity even in noisy settings. Many people with hearing impairments and elderly visitors, after trying them on at the event, remarked that they could “hear much more clearly,” making communication easier and more natural.
Innovation Launch Stage
Driving Integration of Industry, Education, Research & Application
This year’s Care & Rehabilitation Expo introduced the “Innovation Launch Stage for Assistive Devices” for the first time and hosted the “Launch Event for Innovative Assistive Products,” making it one of the core highlights of the exhibition. On opening day, China Unicom, vivo, Ai-Robotics, China Mobile’s Embodied Intelligence Industry Innovation Center, Advanced Technology Institute of Suzhou (CAS), as well as key assistive technology hubs in Suzhou, Changsha, Shenzhen, and Beijing, unveiled new products including electronic guide dogs, accessible information tools, exoskeletons, smart vision-aid glasses, smart wheelchairs, and AI hearing aids.
“The “Innovation Hub” exhibition area featured Tsinghua University, Beihang University, Tianjin University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and CAS Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology. Their displays included BCI rehabilitation robots, wireless EEG systems, and 3D-printed assistive devices, demonstrating deep integration of industry, education, research, and application, accelerating the commercialization of rehabilitation and medical care technologies.
A Truly International Platform
Global Collaboration on Display
The Expo underscored its international reach with 92 overseas companies and institutions from 17 countries and regions, including Canada, South Korea, Japan, Germany, Russia, France, the United States, Switzerland, Austria, and Sweden. National delegations from Canada and South Korea made collective appearances.
Large numbers of overseas buyers from Saudi Arabia, Germany, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Russia, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Argentina, Vietnam, and Mongolia engaged in active negotiations, signaling strong demand for cross-border partnerships.
Deep-Dive Forums
Shaping the Future of the Industry
Over 30 concurrent events tackled hot topics such as assistive technology, rehabilitation innovation, the silver economy, special education development, and business matching. Highlights on day one included China Auditory and Speech Rehabilitation Exchange, China–Canada Autism Education Exchange, Silver Economy Channel-Side Exchange & Matchmaking Session, and the “Future of Human–Machine Symbiosis: Tech Solutions for an Aging Society” Forum, attracting the active participation of numerous industry professionals.
Each session was packed, with lively exchanges. Experts and delegates discussed real-world challenges and future opportunities, sharing highly practical experiences that built consensus and injected momentum into industry integration and technological advancement.
Accessible & Inclusive Environment
All-Round Services for Visitors
This Expo also prioritized inclusivity, providing a barrier-free service desk with braille maps, multilingual translation devices, AI sign language robots, AR subtitle glasses, and more. Volunteers offered on-site sign language interpretation, device rentals, and repair services, ensuring an optimized and inclusive visitor experience.
In the coming two days, the Expo will continue to host the Launch Event for Innovative Assistive Products, International Industrial Exchange on Assistive Technology, Conference on Digital Transformation in Special Education Development, and Innovation and Technology Transfer Conference for Sci-Tech Aiding Persons with Disabilities and other activities, facilitating multi-dimensional exchanges in policy, technology, and markets. Don’t miss the excitement. See you at the upcoming sessions!