The IFA Berlin 2024, the world's leading trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances, kicked off on Friday in the German capital, featuring energy conservation and artificial intelligence (AI) empowerment.
The five-day trade show has brought together over 1,800 global exhibitors, 125 keynote speakers and more than 182,000 visitors from 139 countries, according to the organizer.
This year's event marks the 100th anniversary of the IFA, with global tech giants showcasing their cutting-edge innovations such as AI, robotics, and even a flying car.
Chinese tech giants will continue to bring their latest technologies and products to this year's trade show.
Over 400 Chinese exhibitors are attending the event, and the exhibitors such as Haier, Hisense and TCL have secured some of the largest exhibit spaces, offering a wide array of innovative products, according to the official IFA website.
According to the organizer, AI and sustainability are the major themes of IFA 2024. During the event, exhibitors from the home appliance industry are displaying their latest energy-saving devices, including energy-saving refrigerators, low-energy washing machines and smart energy storage equipment.
"Just the very first fridge-freezer on the market which achieves the highest energy efficiency rating in [class] A that has been unmet in the industry so far and we introduce this appliance at this year's IFA," said Maria Mack, an exhibitor promoting refrigerators.
"It's very important for us that energy consumption, so for this machine, we can save 60 percent of energy," said Natalia Sellibara, an exhibitor promoting energy saving washing machine.
"We can use these dynamic price changes on the electricity market with this system. Charge the batteries when there is the electricity price very low and then use the stored energy in the house later when the energy is very expensive," said Nico Sorge, an exhibitor providing energy storage solutions.
IFA Berlin 2024 focuses on sustainability, AI empowerment
IFA Berlin 2024 focuses on sustainability, AI empowerment
IFA Berlin 2024 focuses on sustainability, AI empowerment
Chinese cities, towns and villages are putting on dazzling light and lantern shows, staging distinctive folk customs performances, and holding festive mooncake banquets in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Tuesday.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture. It falls on the 15th day of the eighth month on the Chinese lunar calendar and dates back more than a millennium. As a festival in honor of the moon and harvest, families reunite on the occasion to admire the bright full moon, light lanterns, and share the holiday pastry of mooncakes.
In the ancient city of Kaifeng of central China's Henan Province and Jinzhou City of northeast China's Liaoning Province, popular tourist attractions and landmarks are bathed in lights, promising a mesmerizing nighttime experience for local residents and tourists alike.
Beijing's famous Beihai Park, a public park and former imperial garden, is staging performances themed around bianzhong, or Chinese chime bells which has a history of over 2,000 years.
In tourist towns and villages of Yunnan Province in the southwest, Zhejiang Province in th east and Guangdong Province in the south, lively folk and dragon dances are gathering numerous locals and tourists to join in the festivities.
Audiences are enjoying a poetry recitation show in Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, and a symphony in Zunyi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, respectively.
This year, Suining City in southwest China's Sichuan Province and Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the northwest, have both prepared giant freshly made mooncakes enough to treat hundreds of people at a same time. And in a village of the southwestern Chongqing Municipality, people have prepared their own mooncakes on a flour ground from their newly harvested red sorghum.
"We are filled with the joy of harvest during the merry traditional festival. The festive mood is really nice," said Liu Ya, a local of Jiangjun Village in Chongqing's Bishan District.
Elsewhere, villages in Wuyuan County, east China's Jiangxi Province, are also celebrating their harvest of red pepper by drying them on the roofs. And another village in the eastern province of Shandong has recently held a large banquet for local households to share.
Outside the mainland, colorful lanterns are also dotting the various landmarks, streets and alleyways of Hong Kong and Macao, adding to the festive joy.
Celebrations held across China to mark traditional Mid-Autumn Festival
