eSIM Summit - China’s eSIM Era

China has officially entered the eSIM era. Following years of progress in wearables, tablets, and IoT devices, eSIM technology has now been launched for smartphones, marking a major milestone in the country’s digital transformation. This breakthrough is the result of strong collaboration between mobile operators, OEMs, eSIM vendors, and technology innovators, paving the way for a new wave of connectivity.

With smartphone adoption now underway, broader integration of eSIM across consumer electronics and enterprise solutions is expected to accelerate rapidly. This shift will unlock new opportunities for seamless connectivity, enhanced user experiences, and innovative IoT applications.

During this summit, industry leaders will explore how eSIM is reshaping China’s connectivity landscape, examine its role in both consumer and IoT markets, and address the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead as eSIM becomes a standard in China’s mobile ecosystem.

Key Items

China’s eSIM Era: From Vision to Reality
Smartphone eSIM Launch: A New Milestone for Connectivity
Accelerating Digital Transformation with eSIM
Expanding Horizons: eSIM in Consumer Electronics and IoT

Agenda

5 min - Welcome Note - Chris Li, Product Director, GSMA

20 min - GSMA Sharing on eSIM Activities - Chris Li, Product Director, GSMA 

- eSIM Market Intelligence

- Updates on eSIM Working Group Activities

- Updates on GSMA eSIM Services 

30 min - TBC - Tongxin Microelectronics Co., Ltd.

30 min - TBC

15 min - Harnessing the eSIM Boom from China: Paving the way for Global Operators - Dr. Hui Jin, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Redtea Mobile 

With the rapid advancement of China’s smart manufacturing and the accelerating adoption of eSIM across devices, a growing wave of eSIM-enabled products is expanding into global markets. From smartphones to a wide range of IoT devices, this trend is reshaping the global connectivity landscape and creating new growth opportunities for operators. This session explores how global operators can capture the eSIM boom from China by building flexible, scalable connectivity platforms and commercial capabilities to enable fast onboarding, large-scale operations, and efficient monetization. It will also highlight key approaches in device globalization, ecosystem collaboration, and digital capability development.

15 min - Beyond eSIM: Optimizing Connectivity for Chinese OEMs at Scale - Nina Fan, VP of IoEM Sales and GM of China, Valid

Chinese OEMs are among the most advanced players in the global device ecosystem, with strong capabilities in eSIM adoption and international deployment. As the market evolves, the challenge is no longer enabling connectivity — but managing it efficiently at scale across diverse environments.

This keynote explores how connectivity complexity is increasing across both China’s structured frameworks and global multi-operator ecosystems, and why operational efficiency, lifecycle management, and system integration are becoming critical differentiators.

Valid presents how its expertise in secure embedded technologies and connectivity orchestration helps OEMs simplify operations, reduce integration complexity, and optimize performance — both within China’s regulatory environment and across international markets.

15 min - TBC - Nadeel Lee, Marketing Director, HED

15 min - eSIM: the new digital engine of securing globalization, Jean-Louis Carrara, SVP, Head of Global Sales, Kigen, Evelyn Minhui Wang, Product Manager, China Mobile International

China’s manufacturing strength has already reshaped global supply chains. The next question is what will determine leadership in a more contested, security-defined era of globalization. As AI scales across IoT, edge computing, and digital twin environments, the terms of export competitiveness are changing. Market access will increasingly be shaped not only by product excellence and manufacturing scale, but by cyber resilience, trusted interoperability, and the ability to secure connected systems across their full lifecycle.

This fireside chat brings a strategic lens to the next phase of industrial globalization. It will examine how Chinese smart manufacturing exporters can unlock growth across more than 60 markets by choosing the right partnerships for your connected products, networks, and digital infrastructure. From manufacturing to self-healing networks, and the path toward a post-quantum future, the conversation will explore how to convert technological capability into lasting global advantage.

5 min - eSIM Summit - Closing Session - Chris Li, Product Director, GSMA