On September 25th, the 3rd Global Digital Trade Expo (hereinafter referred to as "Digital Trade Expo") opened in Hangzhou, and the exhibition lasted until September 29th. This Digital Trade Expo was themed "Digital Trade, Business Worldwide," with an overall structure of "1+8," which means one comprehensive exhibition area and eight featured digital industry exhibition areas.
On the same day, the signing ceremony for major projects of the 3rd Global Digital Trade Expo was held simultaneously, with a total of 36 projects signed on-site, including 28 domestic-funded projects and 8 foreign-funded projects, all of which were investment projects. The total investment exceeded one hundred billion, reaching 102.48 billion yuan.
The Digital Trade Expo was held at the Hangzhou Convention and Exhibition Center, with a total exhibition area of 150,000 square meters, an increase of 88% compared to the previous session. The exhibition content covered various cutting-edge fields such as comprehensive displays, artificial intelligence, smart cities, digital healthcare, digital travel, digital entertainment, data and finance, Silk Road e-commerce, and consumer electronics.
Compared to the previous session, this Digital Trade Expo featured more new products and applications related to digital technology, such as low-altitude flying vehicles and AI-generated music. With the development of digital technology, new technologies are becoming more closely integrated with people's production and daily life, showing the daily life picture of the digital age.
Over 400 new products and technologies made their debut
This Digital Trade Expo was full of technology, with more than 400 new products and technologies making their debut.
In the China Pavilion, the domestic AI chip enterprise representative Moore Threads' booth was themed "Artificial Intelligence +" action, showcasing products such as the full-function GPU chips "Sudi," "Chunxiao," "Quyuan," and the Kua'e (KUAE) Wan card intelligent computing cluster solution.
Lu Qiheng, Senior Director of Market Ecology at Moore Threads, said in an interview with 21st Century Economic Report reporters, "It is very likely that we are at a turning point in human history, moving from industrialization and informatization to intelligence. Among the four major elements of computing power, algorithms, data, and scenarios, what currently constrains the development of Chinese AI is actually computing power. Our Wan card intelligent computing cluster is intended to solve this problem, hoping to become a solid computing power base for the era of large models and AGI."
At this Digital Trade Expo, Di Wei Er presented the theme of "Space Computing Services Global Digital Trade," showcasing the construction and operation of a space computing system centered on computing and connectivity, with an independent and controllable industrial chain, and open sharing. It also presented the technical route and market expansion of this system serving global digital trade.Diwei II Space Technology (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. founder and CEO Wen Zhuoming stated in an interview with 21st Century Economic Report and other journalists that at this session of the Digital Trade Fair, Diwei II showcased its Immersion Space Liquid Cooling Device, which immerses the satellite AI chip (Qingxian) in an electronic cooling liquid to rapidly dissipate heat, ensuring that high-performance AI computing units can operate stably at peak levels in orbit. "The scenario in space is somewhat different; the immersion space liquid cooling device can efficiently help dissipate heat for chips in satellites."
SenseTime Technology demonstrated a new type of artificial intelligence infrastructure - SenseTime Grand Device, which centers around the development, generation, and application of AI large models, and on this basis, established the "SenseTime SenseNova" large model and R&D system. In July of this year, SenseTime Technology fully upgraded the "SenseNova 5.5" large model system, and related products were also displayed at this session of the Digital Trade Fair.
In addition to the hard-core technology content, the Yuan Luobo AI chess robot at SenseTime Technology's booth attracted a lot of attention, among which the professional version of international chess is a new product released this year. A person in charge of SenseTime Technology told the 21st Century Economic Report that the new chess robot has undergone a large number of special technical upgrades and innovations in AI and mechanical engineering, and for the first time, it has achieved the function of picking up three-dimensional chess pieces through a mechanical claw on a home robot, and performing human-robot chess, human-human chess, and score replay functions.
Oxford Intelligence is participating in the Digital Trade Fair for the first time. It is an innovative technology company originating from the University of Oxford and is also a subsidiary of the British OxValue.AI company established in China, which has just landed in Hangzhou not long ago.
Oxford Intelligence CEO Song Ziji said in an interview with the 21st Century Economic Report that the company has developed 24 models for eight vertical fields such as agriculture and the pharmaceutical industry. It can evaluate startups, entrepreneurial teams, and patents. Through the optimization of big data sample evaluation and AI valuation models, it provides precise, efficient, objective, and cost-effective technical valuation solutions tailored to various industries.
In the digital travel exhibition area, the "Tianmu Mountain No.1" hydrogen-powered long-endurance drone made its debut. This model uses a self-developed hydrogen fuel cell power system, an integrated lightweight carbon fiber fuselage, and integrates an intelligent parachute system design, featuring ultra-long endurance, ultra-low temperature adaptability, and zero-carbon environmental protection characteristics. In addition, the "Tianmu Mountain No.7" artificial intelligence-driven material high-throughput intelligent design and development platform and the "Xiao Tian" drone autonomous operation intelligent body also held their first launch activities.
In the digital medical exhibition area, the nanopore sequencer CycloneSEQ released by BGI Group globally on September 9 made its debut at the Digital Trade Fair. In addition, the ultra-high-throughput gene sequencer DNBSEQ-T20x2 and the BGI CycloneSEQ-WT02 (Chinese name "Wutong") were selected as the "treasures of the digital medical hall."
In addition to a large number of digital technology products, some popular digital entertainment products have also launched exhibition experience activities. "Black Myth: Wukong," which was first released in August this year, set up a special booth in the comprehensive exhibition area of the Digital Trade Fair and became the "queue king" of that area.
Staff at the Black Myth Wukong booth told the 21st Century Economic Report that the booth has set up two game experience areas and a photo area. The game experience area has peripherals and machines for "Black Myth: Wukong" and five brand-named games, which can conveniently allow visitors to experience. "I feel that many friends who usually do not play games have also started to pay attention to the game industry because of the release of the 'Black Myth: Wukong' game. As a game booth participating in the Digital Trade Fair, we feel very honored."Unveiling the Vision of Future Digital Life
Digital technology has become more tangible products and more defined scenarios, integrating into people's daily lives.
In the Digital and Intelligent Travel exhibition area, the low-altitude economy is a highlight of this year's Digital Trade Fair. This year marks the first time the Digital Trade Fair has introduced a "low-altitude economy" thematic unit, mainly gathering nearly 90 exhibiting companies from Beijing, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Shenzhen, and most cities in Zhejiang Province, showcasing nearly 200 low-altitude field exhibits, including 14 first-time products, covering four major application scenarios: inspection operations, safety and emergency, logistics and transportation, and cultural tourism travel.
Hangzhou City alone has organized a "1+5+N" industrial cluster lineup, including Hangshi Group and Yuhang District China Flying Valley.
As an aviation Zhejiang laboratory approved by the Zhejiang Provincial Government, Tianmu Mountain Laboratory represents the cutting-edge scientific research strength in green aviation technology and the low-altitude economy field in China. "China Flying Valley" is an industrial brand created by Hangzhou City's Yuhang District around the low-altitude economy.
For example, "Tianmu Mountain No.1" is a representative innovative achievement of Tianmu Mountain Laboratory. It is the world's first hundred-kilometer-level hydrogen-powered multi-rotor drone and also the world's first mass-produced hydrogen-powered drone with an integrated parachute design.
Gao Ding, a partner of Hydrogen Peng Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., said in an interview with 21st Century Economic Report reporters, "Tianmu Mountain No.1" is a drone developed to solve the industry's pain points of insufficient endurance and low-temperature performance of industrial drones. "Not long ago, this drone fully participated in the air safety management and protection work of the Qiantang River Tide Watching Festival, and has also been demonstrated in various scenarios such as oil and gas exploration, power inspection, emergency rescue, forest protection, and water conservancy monitoring."
In addition, at this year's Digital Trade Fair, Hangshi Group, represented by Hangzhou Low-Altitude Industry Development Co., Ltd., focuses on displaying "one platform, one network, and one ecosystem," mainly featuring low-altitude flight service guarantee, low-altitude facility construction and operation, and low-altitude industry ecosystem cultivation, showcasing Hangzhou's digital and intelligent low-altitude, multi-scene application "City in the Sky" model.
For the first time, this year's Digital Trade Fair also set up a robot special area, gathering more than 35 robot companies, displaying more than 60 intelligent robots, and implementing more than 20 interactive scenarios through the gathering of all-model robots such as humanoid, cloud, and industrial robots. 21st Century Economic Report reporters noticed that various intelligent robot applications such as humanoid robots, mechanical arms, and machine dogs are arranged in sequence, reflecting the latest achievements of digital technology trade in the field of robots.