Internet expos and forums showcase China’s leadership in the field
October 22, 2019 Category IT & Telecom, Weekly
The 5G self-driving minibus developed by BroadXT made its global debut on the first day of the sixth World Internet Conference held on October 20-22 in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province. The vehicle is used to help ferry participants to the venue during the conference. Powered by a variety of advanced techniques such as sensors, high-precision positioning, the fifth-generation wireless network and the vehicle-to-everything system (V2X), the autonomous bus adopts a Level-4 autopilot technology and is able to identify pedestrians, vehicles and other obstacles within 200 meters. BroadXT President Shang Wenzhu said the vehicle will be the first mass-produced 5G autonomous minibus in China that has passed tests on open urban roads, adding that China is taking the lead in autonomous driving technology. Shang added the cloud command system can offer an optimal driving route when encountering traffic jams, accidents and extreme weather to ensure safety and enhance traffic efficiency. “The autonomous bus could react within 100 milliseconds under complex road conditions owing to its 5G, sensors, AI and cutting-edge computing technologies,” Shang explained.
In September, Wuzhen and BroadXT inked an agreement to speed up the commercialization of 5G autonomous buses in Wuzhen. With a total investment of CNY650 million, 110-square kilometer Wuzhen will be covered by an intelligent transportation system in three years. Shang said they plan to promote the self-driving minibuses in Zhejiang province, and more cities in the Yangtze River Delta region. Officials have high hopes for the market. China expects vehicles with some autonomous functions to account for half of new vehicles sold in the nation by 2020, a guideline released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said. The World Internet Development Report 2019 and the China Internet Development Report 2019, which were published during the World Internet Conference,
The Internet Plus Expo in Foshan in Guangdong province focused on the industrial internet and intelligent manufacturing in a bid to foster local industrial upgrading. Covering an area of 55,000 square meters, the annual fair, one of the most important internet shows in China, brought together 800 leading companies from home and abroad to showcase the latest applications and emerging developments in seven major areas: cutting-edge Internet Plus technologies, digital business, digital life, innovation and entrepreneurship, intelligent manufacturing, robots and robot competitions. Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai organized the expo.
The drone sector has achieved remarkable growth in China, thanks to improving artificial intelligent technologies. The Shenzhen UAV Industry Association has organized 10 companies and institutes in the sector, including Shenzhen Smart Drone UAV and HighGreat, to display their latest achievements at the expo. The commercial application of 5G technologies was another highlight of the expo, including digitalized administration, cloud computing, big data and intelligent broadband services. Foshan aims to become a pioneering city for the application of 5G technologies, with which the manufacturing sector will gain new momentum toward high quality, local officials said.
In other technology news, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 2019 Zhongguancun Forum, saying that China would like to actively cooperate in global innovation and share development achievements with the world. Xi said Beijing’s Zhongguancun area has been making efforts to become an advanced science and technology park as well as a world-leading center of innovation. This year’s theme is “Cutting-Edge Technologies and Future Industries”. Around 1,200 business, financial and academic figures from 50 countries and regions attended the Forum. A recent report has found that China is the biggest driver of deep technology investment growth globally, with funding increasing at an annual rate of more than 80% from 2015 to 2018.
In Shenyang, Liaoning province, the 2019 Industrial Internet Global Summit took place. President Xi Jinping said in a congratulatory letter that the new round of revolution in science, technology and industry is developing at an accelerating pace, and industrial internet technologies are continuously seeing new breakthroughs. Themed “Empowering high quality and creating new momentum”, the three-day summit attracted over 100 leading experts and business leaders as well as over 100 enterprises, colleges and research institutions in the area of industrial internet.
The 2019 World Conference on the VR Industry was held in Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi province. Themed “VR Adorns the World, VR plus 5G for a New Era of Perception,” this year’s conference aimed to explore the 5G-enabled development of the VR industry in the initial stage of 5G commercialization, which is expected to cultivate new opportunities for various VR applications. More than 7,000 experts, scholars and entrepreneurs in the field of VR, augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) attended the conference, nearly 300 of whom shared their insights at the main forum and 23 parallel forums. The 2019 VR/AR Products and Applications Exhibition was held concurrently as part of the conference. With a tripled display area totaling 60,000 square meters compared with the 2018 edition, this year’s expo received 215 domestic and overseas corporate exhibitors and industry organizations.
China’s VR market will amount to CNY54.45 billion by 2021.China shipped 2.26 million units of VR terminal products in the first three quarters of 2019, with a sales volume totaling CNY8.6 billion. A list of top 50 virtual reality firms in China was published for the first time at the conference. HTC Communication Co, electro-acoustic components manufacturer Goertek and the smart tech arm of Chinese video entertainment company iQiyi topped the list.
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