Centralized release of procurement demand for projects worth over 50 billion yuan, panoramic release of procurement data for the 6th International Engineering Construction Supply Chain Expo

　　——Global project convergence across six continents, driven by both domestic and international factors, with strong demand for five core categories

The 6th International Engineering Construction Supply Chain Expo was successfully held at the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Tianjin) from September 16th to 18th, 2026. The theme of this expo is "Smart Engineering, Building the Future". Through multiple supply and demand matching activities and registration of the conference catalogue, a large number of international engineering procurement needs with a wide range of categories and coverage have been released, fully demonstrating the strong momentum of China's engineering supply chain to go global and the strong demand for Chinese construction, Chinese equipment, and Chinese services in the global market.

　　50 billion project total, 10 billion annual demand for centralized procurement

According to the organizing committee's statistics, this expo has gathered a total ofProcurement needs covering six continents worldwide, identifiable total project amountOver 50 billion RMBThe annual demand for centralized procurement only specifies the amountOver 10 billion yuanThe demand forms cover various types such as subcontracting, professional contracting, equipment and material procurement, centralized procurement, and overseas cooperation. The project phase covers all stages of entry, design, construction, and bidding. At present, China's foreign contracted projects maintain a steady growth trend - by 2025, the completed turnover of China's foreign contracted projects will be 178.82 billion US dollars, and the newly signed contract amount will be 289.22 billion US dollars, both reaching historical highs. From January to July 2026, the turnover of foreign contracted projects reached 701.28 billion yuan, up 7.4% year on year, of which 603.28 billion yuan, up 10.8%, was achieved in countries under the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road". The huge overseas engineering market has generated a huge demand for upstream and downstream products in the supply chain, and this expo has become an important window for the concentrated release of this demand.

　　The industry covers a wide range, with three pillars: housing construction, new energy, and municipal services

From the perspective of industry distribution, the procurement demand of this expo covers more than ten fields, including housing construction (hospital health and wellness, hotels, public exhibition and office buildings, urban renewal/resettlement housing, schools), industrial plants and industrial parks, municipal construction, new energy and power engineering, transportation, petrochemicals, mining construction, water conservancy engineering, environmental protection industry, electronic communication, aerospace, etcHousing construction, new energy/electricity, and municipal construction are the three core demand areasThe total proportion exceeds 60%. The demand for new energy and power engineering has grown significantly, covering the entire industry chain such as photovoltaics, energy storage, hydrogen energy, wind power, and power grid transformation, which is highly in line with China's strategic direction of accelerating green and low-carbon transformation.

　　Domestic procurement demand is strong, and the scale of centralized procurement by central state-owned enterprises through general contracting is significant

This expo is not only a centralized platform for releasing overseas project demands, but also an important docking window for domestic engineering construction procurement needs. From the registration of the conference journal and the data of the docking conference,Domestic procurement demand covers multiple provinces, cities, and autonomous regions across the countryThe industry covers major fields such as housing construction, municipal engineering, industrial plants, new energy, electricity, transportation, water conservancy, etc. The projects are distributed in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui, Hainan, Xinjiang and other places. Representative projects include: a 1.5 million tons/year ethylene and downstream deep processing consortium project in Fujian (with a project scale of 1.483 billion yuan and main material procurement of about 400 million yuan), a new high-speed and highway project (with a project scale of 1 billion yuan), a second phase project of a Qingdao subway line (with a project scale of 300-500 million yuan), an EPC project of a live germplasm resource bank for Chinese marine fish (with a project scale of over 300 million yuan), an ecological food valley project in Ma'anshan (with a project scale of 300 million yuan), a precision synthetic biology industrial park in Mouping (with a project scale of 300 million yuan), an LNG gas storage station project in Xiong'an New Area, a plot project in Shijiazhuang (400000 square meters), a residential project in Yuanboyuan, a hospital project in Tianjin, Dalian airport project, etc.

　　The demand for centralized procurement in China is particularly prominentA certain general contractor has an annual procurement demand of 8 billion yuan, covering steel, wires and cablesdistribution boxTemplate wooden beams, pipes, coatings, tiles, decorative materials, mechanical and electrical equipment and other categories; The demand for steel bar centralized procurement in a certain unit has reached 200000 tons; A certain unit requires 50000 tons of steel for centralized procurement; A certain unit's centralized procurement of steel bars and cables is expected to cost 200 million yuan per year; A certain unit has an annual centralized procurement demand of 50-100 million yuan for steel structures, cables, pipes, sanitary ware, mechanical and electrical equipment, etc; A municipal unit purchases 200000 meters of pipes and fittings, 350000 tons of stone, 6000 tons of steel, and 8000 tons of cement annually; A certain unit's centralized procurement in 2026 covers 2 million yuan for pipes, 20 million yuan for green building materials, 5 million yuan for power equipment, and 10 million yuan for building materials. In addition, large-scale centralized procurement demands such as 40000 square meters of ceramic tiles, 50000 sets of sanitary ware, 253 elevators, 205000 meters of pipe piles, and 100000 square meters of waterproofing membranes have been simultaneously released.

　　In terms of supplier admission standardsIn terms of supplier admission standards, domestic projects generally require suppliers to be manufacturers or first level agents, with corresponding production qualifications, good brand awareness, and good financial conditions; Some large general contracting enterprises also explicitly require suppliers to settle on designated centralized procurement platforms, with no adverse records and priority given to those with overseas engineering performance. This provides a clear path for domestic high-quality suppliers to enter the centralized procurement list of large enterprises and expand stable supply channels.

　　Leading in the five core categories, with full chain demand coverage

In terms of procurement categories,Pipe fittings, green building materials, engineering services, power equipment, and building electromechanical are the five core requirementsCovering the entire chain from basic building materials to intelligent construction equipment, from engineering design consulting to cross-border logistics services. Specifically, pipe fittings cover various types of pipes such as steel, copper, PVC, PE, PPR, UPVC, as well as insulation pipes, concrete pipes, etc; Green building materials include aluminum plates, tiles, glass, coatings, insulation materials, prefabricated components, permeable bricks, etc; Engineering services include design consulting and supervision, project management, logistics and freight forwarding, customs clearance agencies, insurance and finance, legal and taxation, inspection and certification, etc; Power equipment includes transformers, cables, distribution boxes, ring main units, generators, energy storage equipment, etc; Building electromechanical systems cover HVAC, plumbing and drainage, building electrical, fire and security, mechanical equipment, elevators, and more. The demand for intelligent construction equipment (construction robots, digital platforms), home building materials (whole house customization, smart home, ceramic bathroom) and other categories is also showing a rapid growth trend.

　　Overseas projects account for nearly half of the total, and the "the Belt and Road" line has become a hot spot

From the perspective of regional distribution,Nearly half of the projects are overseasThey are mainly distributed in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, South America, Oceania and other regions along the "the Belt and Road". The African region is represented by the expansion of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Mozambique Yuxiao Complex, the Ghana Namitini Gold Mine, the renovation of the Guinea power grid, and the Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan Art Center; The Southeast Asian region includes Malaysia's Xinshanhaitian Machinery Factory, Indonesia's Sino Canadian SEAL coal mine, Laos' Wanrong Hotel, and the Philippines' Kesaka water supply tunnel; The Middle East region includes Shatner Ria Phase II power station, Dubai villa complex, and Majinu project in Iraq; South America includes the Ruquewe hydroelectric power station in Chile, the NABI warehouse in Guyana, and the aid to the National Stadium in El Salvador; Oceania includes the third phase of Papua New Guinea Plaza, the first phase of Papua New Guinea Ocean Park, and Papua New Guinea Nanya Hospital.

　　The threshold for suppliers has been raised, and international certification has become a 'hard indicator'

It is worth noting that this expo sends a clear signal:The qualification requirements for suppliers in overseas projects have significantly increasedSuppliers are generally required to have international certifications (CE, ISO, Australian standards, American standards, SNI, etc.), export capabilities, overseas performance, and localized service capabilities. Some projects also require funding capabilities or local registration agencies. For example, the Ba Xin Xing Shan Square project requires materials to meet Australian standard parameters and provide testing reports, while the Indonesian project also needs to meet SNI certification; The Guyana project requires direct sales from manufacturers or exclusive contact with personnel responsible for foreign trade exports. This means,Enterprises with international certification, overseas fulfillment capabilities, and localized service capabilities will have a significant advantage in the new wave of going global.

　　Empowering the platform to connect the entire process of "demand matching landing"

This year's expo breaks away from the traditional display mode and takes pragmatic matching and value transformation as its core mission, achieving the goal of "visiting the exhibition and negotiating, and finding business opportunities on site". During the exhibition, multiple specialized events were held, including special liaison meetings with Chinese embassies and consulates, central state-owned enterprise engineering general contracting liaison meetings, overseas owner investor liaison meetings, and professional contracting and subcontracting liaison meetings. The procurement managers of central state-owned enterprise general contracting, business officials from various embassies in China, and participating enterprises had face-to-face exchanges and in-depth consultations on practical issues such as engineering subcontracting cooperation, equipment and material procurement, and joint development of overseas projects.

Officially launched during the conferenceChina International Engineering Consulting Association Industrial Procurement Cloud Chain Platform - International Engineering Overseas Supplier DatabaseFocusing on engineering general contracting enterprises that undertake overseas engineering projects, gathering high-quality suppliers of building materials and engineering from around the world, standardizing the collection of enterprise information, overseas certification, and production capacity data, and efficiently matching cross-border supply and demand through intelligent retrieval and screening, supplier profiling evaluation. At present, there are more than 1200 enterprises with overseas performance and service capabilities. With data as the link, standards as the support, and collaboration as the goal, they are promoting the transformation of overseas project procurement from "people looking for goods" to "data-driven", and from experiential decision-making to intelligent decision-making.

Currently, the global supply chain landscape is undergoing profound adjustments, and Chinese engineering enterprises are facing both broad opportunities and multiple risks and challenges when going global. This expo takes procurement demand as the link, connecting the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, linking domestic and international dual circulation, and helping China's engineering technology, high-end equipment, green solutions, and comprehensive services go global.In September 2027, the 7th International Engineering Construction Supply Chain Expo will once again kick off in TianjinWe sincerely invite global engineering construction industry chain enterprises to attend the grand event, share the trillion dollar procurement blue ocean, and jointly explore new prospects for international cooperation.

(Data source: The Organizing Committee of the 6th International Engineering Construction Supply Chain Expo compiled statistics based on relevant data from the docking meeting)