Sunday marked the first public opening day of the 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), on which new technologies and green services have become highlights catching much attention.
In western Beijing's Shougang Park exhibition area of the 2024 CIFTIS, many booths focused on "new and specialized" content and new quality productive forces have aroused much interest from the general public. The new technologies, new achievements and new applications in display on the booths attract many people to come and have a try.
"I bought the ticket a week in advance, and as there are many exhibitors at the site, I arrived at as early as 08:00," said a visitor surnamed Duan.
In the telecommunications, computer and information service exhibition area, many visitors would be attracted by several "oil paintings" hanging on the wall, but they are actually display screens. These paper-like screens have built-in AI systems, which can show various works of oil painting, ink painting and photography, achieving a paper-like display effect.
"You can use it as a TV set at home, or hang it up there as a painting when you turn it off. So I think this technology is quite useful," said a visitor surnamed Zhou.
At the National Convention Center exhibition area of the 2024 CIFTIS in eastern Beijing, a hydrogen-powered motorcycle equipped with a hybrid power system with completely independent intellectual property rights has attracted much attention since its debut. It has currently received more than 30,000 overseas pre-orders.
The prototype of a shield machine independently developed by China is also on display. The original machine is currently being used to excavate the world's longest submarine high-speed railway tunnel -- the Jintang submarine tunnel in east China's Zhejiang Province. An intelligent monitoring system and an advanced geological prediction system are installed on the cutterhead to ensure safe and efficient tunneling.
"As our technology has reached such an advanced level, and as we are already at the forefront of the world in terms of progress in major hardware development, I feel particularly proud," said another visitor surnamed Bai.
In addition to the cutting-edge new technologies, green and low-carbon environment-friendly products are also a highlight at the event. Pendants made of discarded bottle caps and shared bicycles made of environment-friendly materials are breaking the boundaries of service trade and empowering the development of more and more industries.
"I think the growth in green trade, and green products and services in China has great opportunity for growth. China's growth in services is faster than GDP growth. China's service growth is faster than trade in goods and growth in goods, and provides a low-carbon growth opportunity and high-quality development opportunity," said Joshua Wickerham, external relations manager of the ISEAL Alliance.
Over 450 Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders, as well as representatives from 85 countries and international organizations, are participating in the five-day event, which opened on Thursday under the theme "Global Services, Shared Prosperity."
New, green technologies become highlight at 2024 CIFTIS open day event
