Chongqing, located in Southwest China, is a place of undeniable strategic significance. And because of the geographical structure and climate, frequent natural disasters, such as torrential downpours, landslides and debris flows, pose daunting challenges to the city.
From conventional car-markers and technology unicorns to universities and research institutions, leaders in China's booming self-driving car industry gathered at the six-day i-Vista Self-driving Cars Challenge at the 2019 Smart China Expo, in the southwestern Chongqing municipality.
With a booming intelligent manufacturing sector and an ever-growing market for smart products, China is offering immense possibilities for producers worldwide.
Organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, China Association for Science and Technology and the government of Chongqing, the 2019 Smart China Expo was held on Monday in Southwest China's Chongqing.
Multiple British enterprises have signed a series of cooperation deals with governmental departments and firms in southwest China's Chongqing municipality at the ongoing Smart China Expo.
Liangjiang New Area of Chongqing municipality signed agreements with Tencent to further the big data and smart tech industries at the opening ceremony of Tencent's Southwest China headquarters in Liangjiang Digital Economy Industrial Park on Aug 25.
The Smart China Expo (SCE) is held from Aug 26 to 29 in Chongqing International Expo Center.
Running companies of China-Europe freight train service in four provinces and a municipality released a consensus on the weekend to promote the high-quality and sustainable development of the service.
The 2019 Global Scientist Summit was held over the weekend in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality.
The first smart gas station built by China National Petroleum Corp opened in Chongqing on Thursday, where the staff can complete payment within 30 seconds with a pair of special eyeglasses, media reported.
John Edwards, the UK trade commissioner for China, praised Chongqing over its rise as a burgeoning center in intelligent manufacturing.