World Intelligence Expo 2024 opens in Tianjin

The 2024 World Intelligent Industry Expo opened in north China's Tianjin Municipality on Thursday, focusing on cutting-edge fields like artificial intelligence, intelligent connected vehicles, and smart manufacturing.

With the theme of "Intelligence: Extensive Development Space, Sustainable Growth Driver", the expo is jointly hosted by Tianjin and southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, combining the former World Intelligence Congress in Tianjin and the Smart China Expo in Chongqing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the three-day event on the same day.

Covering an exhibition area of 100,000 square meters, the expo features 10 themed exhibition areas showcasing new products, new technologies and new achievements of intelligent technology.

More than 550 enterprises and organizations are participating in the event, with attendees from 49 countries and regions discussing topics related to AI.

Marcus, a German exhibitor, expressed his interest in entering China's vigorously developing low-altitude economy sector.

"This is actually our first time here participating in this exhibition, and it is an honor for us to be here. And we want to participate right now in the very first minute of that new business because China is very, very supportive and helps us a lot in that market as well. That is the reason why we are looking for a Chinese place to find our facility a place, to produce all the equipment and also to the development in China," said Marcus.

The expo will unveil 94 new products, technologies, and achievements, with 48 of them making their debut. Additionally, events and activities like the World Intelligent Driving Challenge and the 2024 International Conference on Smart Sport will be held on the sidelines of the expo.

World Intelligence Expo 2024 opens in Tianjin

World Intelligence Expo 2024 opens in Tianjin

World Intelligence Expo 2024 opens in Tianjin

World Intelligence Expo 2024 opens in Tianjin

Journalists must exercise caution when using artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure it strengthens rather than undermines the core values of their profession, a senior Malaysian media executive said Saturday at the Asia‑Pacific Media Forum in south China's Shenzhen.

Datin Paduka Nur‑ul Afida Kamaludin, chief executive officer of the Malaysian National News Agency Bernama, stressed that accuracy, balance, fairness,transparency and human accountability must remain at the heart of journalism.

The forum brought together more than 400 representatives from media, think tanks and government sectors across 42 countries and regions, as well as United Nations agencies and other international organizations.

While AI offers journalists an efficient tool, it also carries the risk of generating misinformation and deepfakes on an unprecedented scale, Nur‑ul Afida Kamaludin told the forum.

She later highlighted the same point in an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), stressing the need for caution in adopting the technology.

"AI is bringing very rapid transformation to the media world, and especially among us, the journalists, but at the same time, despite using it as a tool to ease the process of our daily work, I believe that the journalists should also be extra careful using AI in their work," she said.

Looking ahead to the 53rd anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia next year, Nur-ul Afida called on the media to play a greater role in strengthening people-to-people ties.

"From a media perspective, I believe we need to focus more on the people-to-people relations. We have to produce more stories on the ordinary people, because that is the human interest stories that will attract our readers, our audiences. Let's look forward for a better relationship among the people and between the government, as well as companies between China and Malaysia," she said.

Malaysian National News Agency CEO calls for responsible AI use