As we enter the middle of the year, the development trends and investment directions of various industries in the second half of the year have become the core focus of the market.
An outlook report on the machinery and equipment sector recently released by professional research institutions in the industry pointed out that investment opportunities in the machinery sector in the second half of 2026 can be centered around three major directions, covering multiple dimensions of technological growth, favorable policies, emerging tracks, and cyclical recovery subdivisions, adapting to the layout of investors with different risk preferences.
The first main line is to keep up with the explosive trend of the AI industry and lay out related technology growth tracks.
The current global demand for AI computing power continues to maintain a three-digit year-on-year growth rate. The supply and demand gap for upstream support equipment continues to expand. The order saturation of related manufacturers has reached the peak in the past three years. The performance of related companies with technical barriers is extremely certain to be realized.
Specific subdivisions that can be focused on include optical module testing instruments, AI PCB equipment and consumables, AI power generation equipment, etc. The above-mentioned tracks are the core supporting links for the implementation of AI computing power infrastructure, with both short-term demand explosion and long-term technology iteration dividends.
The second main line is the layout of future industries and emerging industry tracks that are supported by the “15th Five-Year Plan”.
As the core of my country’s economic transformation and upgrading and the conversion of old and new driving forces, policy support and resource tilt related to future industries are continuing to increase. Related subdivisions have entered the eve of commercialization. Early layout can enjoy long-term growth dividends.
Among them, the implementation progress in the two major areas of humanoid robots and controllable nuclear fusion far exceeds market expectations: the localization rate of core components of humanoid robots has exceeded 40%, and a number of mass-produced models are expected to be launched in the second half of 2026; parameter breakthroughs in controllable nuclear fusion experimental devices are also continuing to advance, and the time node for commercial application is constantly ahead.
The third main line is to start from the cyclical characteristics of subdivided industries and select high-quality targets with upward beta, low valuations, and solid fundamentals. Typical sectors include engineering machinery, machine tools, etc.
At present, the start-up rate of domestic infrastructure projects continues to rebound, and the demand for engineering construction in overseas emerging markets is rising. The year-on-year growth rate of my country’s construction machinery and mid-to-high-end machine tools exports has remained above 20% for six consecutive months. The industry’s prosperity has entered an upward cycle, and the valuation of superimposed related targets is generally at a low level in the past five years. Investment safety margins and profit margins are both.
In addition to the outlook for the machinery sector, many recent industry and financial hot spots have also released industry signals simultaneously: the latest 2026 global unicorn list shows that AI company Anthropic has become the world’s most valuable unicorn, ChatGPT parent company OpenAI ranks second with a value of 5.8 trillion yuan, and domestic AI application manufacturer parent company ByteDance ranks third with a value of 3.3 trillion yuan, further confirming the high prosperity of the AI track.
In terms of the consumer sector, leading liquor companies revealed at the annual shareholder meeting that the liquor industry is still in a period of deep adjustment, but the long-term growth foundation of leading companies is still solid, and the market differentiation in the consumer sector will continue.
In terms of the capital market, overseas technology giants have continued to make moves. Apple’s stock price fell 6% after the price increase of its products. IBM announced the launch of the world’s first sub-1nm chip technology, pointing out a new direction for the technological iteration of the semiconductor industry; the domestic land market is picking up, and the top
Real estate companies bid 10.51 billion yuan for residential land in the central area of Baoan, Shenzhen, with a premium rate of 99.05%; Tongfu Microelectronics’ disclosure announcement showed that its second largest shareholder, the National Fund’s shareholding ratio has dropped to less than 5%, bringing new variables to investment in the semiconductor sector.
