The 2024 International (Shenzhen) Intelligent Building Industry Expo kicked off on Sunday in Shenzhen City, south China's Guangdong Province, showcasing more than 1,000 innovative products.
As the first specialized expo covering all links, factors and the entire lifecycle of the building industry in China, the two-day event features debuts of a host of the latest intelligent, green and digital technologies, which represent the country's new quality productive forces in the field of intelligent construction.
Among the debuts is a basalt reinforced concrete-based material with ductility of over one percent, which is expected to eliminate steel bars in infrastructure building; an antique screen wall built completely through the assembly of renewable modules with the help of digital technology, a new method that can improve efficiency and reduce costs by 40 percent; and China's first self-supporting full-lifecycle management and collaboration platform for the building industry, which covers all links from design, material processing to construction and, as an example, can triple construction efficiency in the field of decoration.
"This expo focuses on seven key areas, including intelligent construction equipment, industrialized architectural components and intelligent production, smart home and intelligent operation and maintenance, green and low-carbon. More than 140 innovative enterprises from 11 countries and regions are exhibiting more than 1,000 innovative products, which represent the latest outcomes in intelligent construction. So far, agreements valuing a total of four billion yuan (about 560 million U.S. dollars) have been signed on the trade of innovative products via the expo," said Chen Weiguo, chief organizer of the expo and executive director of the China Construction Industry Association.
1st int’l intelligent building industry expo opens in south China’s Shenzhen
The 32nd Macao International Fireworks Display Contest held this year lit up the skies for two weeks and served a testament to the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR)'s role as a hub for diverse global cultures.
Organized by the Macao Government Tourism Office, the contest commenced on September 14 and lasted until October 6, pitting firework shows from ten countries against each other to compete for best show.
Competing shows combined the fireworks with music that blended both Chinese and international elements.
"Our music features not only traditional Chinese instruments, such as the morin khuur (a traditional Mongolian bowed stringed instrument also known as the horse-head fiddle) evoking horse racing, but also a variety of other styles. It blends elements from both Chinese and Western traditions, much like Macao itself," said Zhong Liang, Deputy General Manager of Dongxin Fireworks Group in the Chinese mainland.
"I tried everything in the this show, one concept is very important. I am very happy to participate in this festival because this festival is [one of the most impressive] in the world," said Antonio Lieto, Executive President and Fireworks Designer of Italy's Fireworks Lieto S.R.L.
"This show was designed just for this, just for Macao. It's called Astrum. It's inspired by the Solar system, so we want to make something really unique and really special that can touch the heart of the of all the people watching," said Jose Ribeiro, Executive President of Portugal's firework manufacturer Pirotecnia Oleirense.
In the end, the Chinese show took the grand prize, with Russian firework company Pyro-Klass taking runner up and Marutamaya Ogatsu Fireworks from Japan landing third place.
The tourism office has been organizing the event since 1989.
The fireworks contest was covered in the fourth episode of the China Media Group (CMG) documentary series titled "25 Years of Lotus Bond."
The series premiered on CCTV-1 at 20:00 Dec 13 and will run until Dec 17, with subsequent broadcasts on CCTV-4 and CCTV-13.
The series highlights the successful practices of "one country, two systems" in Macao under the strategic guidance of the central government.
The Chinese government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macao and established the Macao SAR on December 20, 1999.
Int'l fireworks contest articulates cultural diversity in Macao SAR
