analytica China 2026

analytica China is the international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology and diagnostics, held every two years in Shanghai since 2002 and part of Messe München's analytica network. The 13th edition brings instrument makers, lab equipment suppliers and life-science companies to the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, together with technical conferences that are a focus for the industry.

Exhibition areas

The show covers the full range of topics for research and industrial laboratories, from instruments and techniques to applications and services.

• Analysis and quality control
• Life sciences, biotechnology and diagnosis
• Laboratory design, construction and management
• Sample treatment and general laboratory equipment
• Laboratory automation and digitalisation
• Core components of laboratory equipment
• International and domestic analytical instrument brand halls

Conference programme

Concurrent conferences run at SNIEC during the fair.

• 2026 Shanghai International Symposium on Analytical Chemistry (16 to 17 November, with the Chinese Chemical Society)
• 2026 China Pharma Laboratory Digital & Intelligent Innovation and Development Conference (16 to 17 November)
• 4th Innovation Forum on Future Laboratory Construction and Development Conference (16 November)

Who attends

Laboratory managers, scientists and technicians from pharma, chemicals, food, environmental testing, clinical diagnostics, research institutes and universities, plus procurement teams and distributors of lab equipment.