The 2026 China Marine Economy Expo opened in Shenzhen on October 22, with intelligent route planning, autonomous vessels and underwater embodied intelligence among the AI-related products and technologies on display, according to Securities Times via 36Kr. China Merchants Group, CCCC, CIMC, Shenzhen Mawan Smart Port, Huawei, Hikvision, China Telecom and China Unicom presented solutions spanning smart shipping, ports, marine foundation models, remote-sea networking, subsea connectivity and digital-twin oceans.