The 26th China Hi-Tech Fair (CHTF) kicked off on Thursday in south China's tech hub of Shenzhen, with over 4,300 new products and technologies expected to debut.
As China's leading technology show, the three-day CHTF attracts nearly 5,000 well-known enterprises and international organizations from more than 100 countries and regions across the globe. It is estimated that up to 400,000 professional visiting trips will be handled.
With the total exhibition area topping 300,000 square meters, this year's CHTF has set up 22 exhibition halls for various sectors such as AI and robotics, low-altitude economy and aerospace, future technologies and smart cities, and new materials, showcasing a number of the latest high-tech products and technologies.
In particular, five exhibition halls, like China's Leading Heavy Equipment, Top Tech Industry Chains, and Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Financial Services, have been set up for the first time.
The event will host more than 160 meetings and activities such as major national achievement release and global buyer-supplier matchmaking conference, with more than 4,300 brand-new technologies, products and achievements to be released.
"For example, there are transactions reflecting cloud-based industrial software that features our new system for mobilizing resources nationwide, and transactions reflecting embodied AI-powered robot hands that highlight the growth point of AI development in Shenzhen and even China, as well as all technologies of the trillion-yuan-level new blue ocean -- low-altitude economy that is being formed in China, including Shenzhen. All of them are on display here. All these new quality productive forces will present the robust power of China's economy to the world in the mode of commercial transactions at the High-Tech Fair," said Zhang Lin, head of the Science, Technology and Innovation Bureau of Shenzhen City。
More than 30,000 institutions and organizations around the world, including government departments, central state-owned enterprises, business associations, research institutes, universities, and multinational companies, will organize delegations to visit and purchase at the grand event.
The number of professional purchasing groups exceeds 1,000 with over 40,000 professional visitors.
26th China Hi-Tech Fair opens in Shenzhen to showcase latest achievements
Scenic spots across China have all seen surging tourist flow during the Qingming Festival holiday as people are going outdoors to enjoy good springtime.
Falling on April 5 this year, the Qingming Festival, or the Tomb-Sweeping Day, is a traditional Chinese festival for honoring the deceased and paying tributes to ancestors. The three-day holiday from Saturday to Monday also provides a short break for Chinese citizens to enjoy outdoor activities and sightseeing in pleasant springtime temperatures.
At the Fenghuanggou scenic spot in Nanchang City, east China's Jiangxi Province, a vast field of hydrangeas bloom across the hillsides. The colorful hydrangeas spread out in well-arranged patchwork, making visitors feel as if they have stepped into a dreamlike world of flowers.
Tourists stroll among the blossoms, with some slowing down to quietly take in the scenery and others raising cameras to capture memories, relaxing both body and mind amidst the fragrance of flowers and the spring sunshine.
"Walking through a sea of flowers like this and seeing such beautiful blossoms make me feel the vitality of spring while completely escaping the hustle and bustle of the city," said Xu Geyu, a tourist.
Continuing on from the hydrangea sea, the scenic spot's cherry blossom is also in the best viewing period. Unlike ordinary cherry blossom groves, the cherry trees here are interplanted among tea bushes that stretch across the mountainsides, creating distinct layers and forming a unique landscape.
This year, the scenic spot has leveraged its sericulture and other specialty ecological industries to create new business models that integrate agriculture and tourism, providing a variety of mulberry-leaf-flavored snacks and drinks for tourists.
"We tried mulberry-flavored coffee and mulberry-leaf-flavored ice cream -- both were delicious. They are the flavors that we've never tasted before. I think they are quite special," said Ye Zitong, another tourist.
Meanwhile, the Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in central China's Hunan Province has also welcomed a peak in visitors. With fine weather and wild mountain flowers in full bloom, the scenic spot has become a popular destination for flower viewing and mountaineering, brimming with the liveliness and vitality of spring.
In springtime, The Tianmen Mountain features layered peaks covered in a profusion of flowers. Pink-white and bright red blossoms dot the dramatic mountain ridges, creating a stunning spring landscape painting.
"I feel it's quite magnificent. It's even more magnificent and beautiful after I climbed 999 steps to the Tianmen Cave. It's also very cool there. I really love it," said Ai Sichen, another tourist.
According to the preliminary statistics from the scenic spot, on the first day of the Qingming Festival holiday, the park welcomed over 20,000 visitors.
Furthermore, at the Hukou Waterfall scenic spot on the Yellow River at the border of the northern province of Shanxi and the northwestern province of Shaanxi, the roaring Yellow River water plunges dramatically. Illuminated by sunlight, a rainbow appears spanning both banks, creating a magnificent spring scene that draws many tourists.
Scenic spots across China see surging tourist flow during Qingming Festival holiday
