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      New, green technologies become highlight at 2024 CIFTIS open day event

      2024-09-16 19:06 Last Updated At:20:27

      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

      New, green technologies become highlight at 2024 CIFTIS open day event

      Members of the Shenzhou-19 crew aboard China's Tiangong Space Station successfully completed their second series of extravehicular activities (EVAs) at 01:12 (Beijing Time) on Tuesday, after performing multiple tasks including the installation of space debris protection devices and an extravehicular inspection.

      Astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze worked for over eight hours to complete the tasks, with Cai and Song undertaking spacewalk duties. They were assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth.

      Song stepped out of Tiangong's Wentian lab module at 16:55 on Monday. Cai exited the module about two hours later to join Song on device installation tasks. Meanwhile, Wang stayed in the station's core module to provide support.

      "The primary task is to install debris protection devices outside the module to safeguard its external cables from debris impact. Given the increasingly severe risk of space debris collisions in the orbital environment, we have carefully selected appropriate materials and made specialized designs. Additionally, the protection devices are designed to be easily and securely installed on the exterior of the space station, ensuring effective protection," said Li Zhihai, an aerospace engineer with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

      During their previous extravehicular mission in December, the Shenzhou-19 crew primarily installed protective devices for the external pipelines and cables of the Tianhe core module. Their second spacewalk put a focus on strengthening the Wentian lab module.

      "Since the operational area for this mission differs from the previous one, the entire path planning process for the robotic arm must take into account the specific conditions around the Wentian module. It is essential to avoid any interference or collisions with the module itself or its solar panels. This requires maintaining a safe distance, which necessitates optimization in the design phase on the ground, along with extensive testing and validation," Li said.

      The crew has completed all tasks smoothly and the two astronauts conducting the EVAs have returned to the Wentian lab module safely.

      "The astronauts showed exceptional efficiency and speed throughout the entire process, and all installations were done perfectly," Li said.

      The Shenzhou-19 crew have completed nearly half of their space journey and are scheduled to carry out a significant number of in-orbit scientific experiments and technological tests, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

      Shenzhou-19 crew strengthens Tiangong station's debris protection in second spacewalk

      Shenzhou-19 crew strengthens Tiangong station's debris protection in second spacewalk

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