The context
Why this conversation, why now
Events create momentum; most of it is lost between editions. AIFTIS and CMIIE need a formal mechanism that carries 2026 into AIFTIS CIFTIS 2027 and beyond, so the partnership delivers productivity gains for Malaysian industry instead of starting over each year.
With China already among the top three destinations for Malaysia's services exports, the current pathway for Malaysian technologies and service providers to exhibit at CIFTIS, and to find local collaboration in China, can be reinforced through the AIFTIS platform. This roundtable formally opens the working track with MITI, CCID Media and BCGEE as AIFTIS's confirmed technology partners, MPC and PSPN, MATRADE and MIDA, MSPC, and Lao PDR's Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing, extending its reach beyond Malaysia from year one.
8
briefed sessions across both days lead here
2027
AIFTIS CIFTIS, the next milestone
Year 1
Lao PDR joins the track
Objectives
What this session will set out to do
- 01Formally open the working track for the Five Pillars to assess a technology or service's benefits, confirm supporting industry standards and provide a track to pilot it ahead of AIFTIS CIFTIS 2027.
- 02Extend the track's reach beyond Malaysia from its first year, joined by Lao PDR.
Five Pillars
Where it fits
Challenges on the table
- Momentum from each event risks being lost between editions.
- Malaysian providers lack a reinforced pathway to exhibit at CIFTIS and collaborate in China.
- Technologies need a consistent process to be assessed, standardised and piloted.
Opportunities to explore
- Reinforce the pathway for Malaysian technologies and service providers to exhibit at CIFTIS.
- Extend the track to Lao PDR from its first year.
Outcomes
What it will deliver
- The formal opening of the AIFTIS CIFTIS 2027 Working Track.
- An agreed process to assess, standardise and pilot technologies and services ahead of AIFTIS CIFTIS 2027.
- Lao PDR's participation in the track from its first year.
AIFTIS 2026 carries forward into a continuous partnership for productivity across Malaysia, China and ASEAN.
Session journey
Where it leads
Builds on
- Facilitating Trade and Connecting Technology to Industry Need
- Maintenance & Asset Management
- Five-Pillar Roundtable: Stakeholder Consensus on Capacity Building
- ASEAN Regulatory & Statutory Bodies Dialogue
- From Pilot to Industry Standard: Cyber Security, AI, Satellites and Agriculture Automation
- Productivity & Trust: Scaling Capacity Building
This session
- AIFTIS Working Track: Pathway to CIFTIS
Feeds into
- AIFTIS CIFTIS 2027, Beijing
Sources for figures on this page: DOSM International Trade in Services 2025.
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