The 16th International Transportation Technology and Equipment Expo highlights China's accelerating efforts in overseas infrastructure construction, attracting a diverse international audience eager to explore new technologies and innovations.
During the three-day exhibition with the theme of global efforts to build smarter, more sustainable transport networks, numerous foreign attendees were seen engaging with the latest advancements in transportation technology.
Global attendees at the three-day exhibition include foreign officials, who also took the opportunity to observe Chinese logistical automation first-hand.
"We visited the Tianjin Port that is fully automatic. We learned a lot. We intend to introduce the ECT—East Container Terminal in Sri Lanka," said M.R.M. Ramzeen, director of Human Resources Department of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority.
Muhammad Osama Shahbaz Amin, Inspector General of the National Highways Authority in Pakistan, was part of a delegation that boarded a electric bus on display at the event to discuss its implications for sustainability in public transit. Chinese e-buses have come into demand as far away as Chile.
"The bus is greenest. They have moved to the EV (electric vehicle) system, and it's not only helping the world for a sustainable transport system, the carbon dioxide emission is also reduced. So I'm very much surprised by seeing the technology and what the Chinese people are doing," Amin said.
As China expands its transportation infrastructure projects abroad, several collaborative initiatives are making significant progress. At the construction site of the Hungarian section of the Belgrade-Budapest Railway, workers have been busy installing the railway's electrification system.
"Currently, the Chinese section (Hungarian section) of the Hungary-Serbia railway has entered full construction, and the mainline track has been laid. Currently, the construction of communications, signals, power substations, and overhead lines is underway, and the entire project is expected to be operational in 2026," said Wang Pangke, project manager from China Railway Electrification Bureau.
Aside from railways, high-tech products such as shield tunneling machines are gradually becoming an emerging force in China's transportation sector exports. This type of large construction machinery, specifically designed for tunnel excavation, features high added value and complex manufacturing processes, representing an advanced level of industrial production. Currently, seven out of every ten shield tunneling machines worldwide are made in China.
"From the perspective of transportation construction and development, it can firstly promote the interconnection and interoperability of our infrastructure and promote the development of some (cooperation) projects through the platform of our International Transportation Technology and Equipment Exhibition; secondly, it can promote the export of our new equipment, our new (transportation) solutions, and service quality, as well as the dissemination of the concept of green development of transportation," said Liu Peng, director of the China International Sustainable Transportation Innovation and Knowledge Center.
Int'l transport expo showcases China's Global Infrastructure Development
