Third Global Digital Trade Expo to kick off in Zhejiang

The third Global Digital Trade Expo will be held in Hangzhou, capital city of east China's Zhejiang Province from September 25 to 29, said officials at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.

Tang Wenhong, China's Assistant Minister of Commerce, said that the ministry focuses on enhancing openness in expanding international cooperation and regards the Digital Trade Expo as an important platform to showcase high-level openness.

"In terms of exhibitions, leading enterprises from 32 countries and regions participated in the expo, and the number and floor space of international enterprises accounted for more than 20 percent. In addition to the national pavilions of the guest countries Kazakhstan and Thailand, we will also set up an International Friendship City Pavilion and Overseas Industry Pavilion for the first time. Cities such as Boston in the United States will organize enterprises to participate in the exhibition," Tang said.

"In terms of premiere shows, about a quarter of the more than 400 new products and technologies come from abroad, a much higher proportion than the previous session. For trade consultation and matchmaking, a digital free trade zone industry matchmaking conference will continue to be held during the event. And for the first time, we will hold activities such as the Investment in China-Development Zone Dialogue with Fortune 500. The number of international merchants attending the expo shows s three-fold rise over the previous session," he said.

Focusing on the digital trade segment, the third Global Digital Trade Expo will set up one comprehensive exhibition area and eight special digital industry exhibition areas, including Silk Road e-commerce, data and finance, artificial intelligence, and smart cities, to fully showcase new technologies and products in the field of digital trade.

The expo will set up a future industry zone for the first time, focusing on displaying cutting-edge technologies in fields such as intelligent robots and low-altitude economy.

In the future industry zone, digital humans and naked-eye 3D technologies will be used to enhance on-site interaction with visitors, and a digital human debate competition and an AI electronic music composition competition will be held for the first time.

The expo will make a "digital portrait" for each exhibitor to promote accurate matching of supply and demand.

Third Global Digital Trade Expo to kick off in Zhejiang

The United States cannot legitimize an operation that attacked Venezuela and captured its president, a Chinese scholar said Sunday.

On Saturday, the United States launched a large-scale strike on Venezuela, during which Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were 'captured and flown out of Venezuela' according to a post by U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account.

Teng Jianqun, director of the Center for Diplomatic Studies at Hunan Normal University, said in an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) that the aim of this operation is to take full control of Venezuela’s natural resources.

"I don't think the United States can legitimize this operation to take custody of the president of Venezuela. And also I don't think the United States can legitimize its any action in taking the oil reserves of that country. This is actually a very dangerous game played by the Trump administration. And of course, the United States would like to take full control of that country and to take full control of the natural resources, especially the large reserve of oil in Venezuela," said Teng.

Teng said Venezuela is not an isolated case but a common practice by the United States. The United States launched an invasion of Panama on Dec. 20, 1989, which continued until January 1990, with the stated objective of capturing Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega on charges of drug trafficking and organized crime.

"We still remember the so-called sentence of the former president of Panama in the late 1980s. And this time, the president of Venezuela will be under some judicial condition (judicial proceedings) for the so-called drug trafficking and some other crimes. So I think this is not a single case for the Venezuela country, but also this is actually a practice by the United States -- to use force, to use so-called justice under law against any leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean waters," he said.

US cannot legitimize operation against Venezuela: Chinese scholar