The 2026 TikTok Shop U.S. Cross-Border POP Annual Conference officially opened recently at the Qianhai International Convention Center, the first time TikTok Shop has chosen Qianhai to host its core annual cross-border conference for the U.S. market.
Since the end of the Chinese New Year holiday, major events hosted by leading companies such as Huawei, Honor, Kingdee and Douyin have been held one after another in Qianhai, underscoring the area’s growing appeal as a preferred venue for major corporate gatherings.
Behind this trend are Qianhai’s strong location advantages, professional service support and well-developed facilities. More importantly, it offers a unique development edge built on thriving industrial clusters, an open business environment and a first-class climate for doing business.
As a landmark of Qianhai and known as “a reception hall in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area,” the Qianhai International Convention Center is surrounded by Bauhinia Garden and Guiwan Park. It combines high-end conference space with a pleasant natural setting, earning the reputation of being a “conference center in a garden.”
The center’s main auditorium covers a net area of 2,100 square meters and can accommodate up to 2,000 people at a time. Its flexible design allows the space to be divided according to event size, fully meeting the needs of large conferences, high-level forums, product launches and upscale banquets.
Beyond its premium conference facilities, Qianhai’s supporting services have also been comprehensively upgraded. High-end hotels such as The St. Regis, Conrad Shenzhen and JW Marriott are located nearby, fully meeting the accommodation and business reception needs of major events.
Meanwhile, office buildings and international residential communities are spread throughout the area, with dining and financial services integrated into one-stop support. Ecological and cultural spaces such as the Qianhai Stone Park are also distributed across the area, forming a 24-hour vibrant district that combines work, life, art and ecology.
Holding industry events in Qianhai provides more than a platform for sharing cutting-edge industry insights, it serves as a strategic stage for companies to demonstrate their competitiveness to the world.
If professional services and complete infrastructure have laid the foundation for attracting major corporate events, Qianhai’s strong industrial agglomeration and open development ecosystem have become the core reasons leading companies continue to choose to establish themselves there.
Qianhai focuses on modern services and continues to promote deep integration between the modern service sector and advanced manufacturing, unleashing strong industrial vitality.
In 2025, the added value of Qianhai’s modern service industry doubled compared with that in 2021. Manufacturing and information services also continued steady growth, and the industrial structure kept improving. To date, Qianhai has accumulated more than 157.5 billion yuan (US$21.7 billion) in actual foreign investment, attracted over 11,000 Hong Kong-invested enterprises, 183 investors from Fortune Global 500 companies, and 43 global service provider headquarters, forming a high-quality industrial cluster.
Wang Haibin, executive vice president of Siemens China, said the company chose Qianhai as the starting point for its 2026 Global Empowerment Tour because of its outstanding advantages in trade in services, industrial ecosystem and institutional innovation. These strengths not only provide strong momentum for enterprise development, but also help more companies use Qianhai as a launchpad to expand overseas and go global.