CHONGQING, Aug 26 (Xinhua): The four-day 2019 Smart China Expo kicked off here on Monday.
Representatives, including heads of international organisations, academics and high-level enterprise officials from nearly 60 countries and regions, and more than 800 domestic and foreign enterprises have gathered in Chongqing Municipality in southwestern China to participate in the event.
Ministry of Science and Technology, 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 have organised the exposition.
Themed "Smart technology: empowering the economy, enriching life", the expo consists of various conferences, exhibition, contests and forums.
Diverse topics focusing on smart industry, smart manufacturing and smart application, smart technology, and big data, will be involved in those events, while experts and industry insiders from home and abroad are invited to pool wisdom and insights, as well as share experience for the development of smart technology.
International competitions, including self-driving vehicle challenge, international drone racing competition, big data open innovation application contest, will be held at the four-day exhibition, with 415 overseas teams and contestants from 21 countries and regions taking part.
More than 20 new technologies and products in the field of big data intelligentisation will be released at the expo.
