Futuristic space fighter, AI-powered holographic technique highlighted at 2025 CSFC

The 2025 China Science Fiction Convention (CSFC), themed "Science Dreams, Creating the Future," opened this week at Shougang Park in Beijing's Shijingshan District, featuring over 30 exhibitions and events aimed at merging science fiction with technological and industrial development.

Co-organized by the China Association for Science and Technology and the Beijing Municipal Government, the ongoing event runs parallel to the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference. It emphasizes commercialization and cross-sector collaboration, spotlighting innovations ranging from aerospace prototypes to AI-driven digital human technology.

The convention features over 30 activities across five key segments, including an opening ceremony, professional forums, competitions, and industrial promotion events, with an emphasis on the full-chain cooperation and the commercialization of new sci-fi products and projects.

Visitors encountered futuristic displays upon entering the venue, including the debut of a life-sized model of the Baidi Type B -- a fictional 6th generation stealth fighter spaceplane reflecting China's ambitions in advanced aerospace engineering.

At an AI holography exhibit, participants generated their 1:1 digital avatars in minutes using real-time motion and voice replication.

Nearby, a screen displayed an interactive "Wukong" digital figure that mirrored users' movements without wearable devices, powered by markerless motion capture cameras. "We bring our in-house markerless motion capture technology here. Our existing marked motion capture system has already achieved sub-millimeter precision, which has been successfully applied in AAA games like the highly popular Black Myth: Wukong, as well as in film-grade special effects production," said an exhibitor.

"I experienced a lot of futuristic technologies and scenarios, and I think what's been presented is a very modern society," said a visitor.

Parents and children crowded exhibits featuring popular sci-fi themes.

"My son likes the science and fiction stuff, and he has read novels in this topic like the Three Body. Usually it is rare to see such science fiction exhibitions with so many exhibits altogether, so I want him to get more personal feel here," said another visitor.

On the other hand, the Zhongguancun Science Fiction Industry Innovation Center launched an immersive exhibition spanning 2,000 square meters.

The convention runs through Monday, with organizers aiming to position it as a global hub for sci-fi innovation.

Futuristic space fighter, AI-powered holographic technique highlighted at 2025 CSFC

Futuristic space fighter, AI-powered holographic technique highlighted at 2025 CSFC

Futuristic space fighter, AI-powered holographic technique highlighted at 2025 CSFC

Futuristic space fighter, AI-powered holographic technique highlighted at 2025 CSFC

Hong Kong has seen significant improvements in economic growth and international confidence since the National Security Law became effective on June 30, 2020.

The law has enabled Hong Kong to move from chaos to stability, and ushered in a new era of "one country, two systems."

By safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests, it has been fundamental to maintaining Hong Kong's prosperous development and economic growth.

According to data from the government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the region's GDP reached 407 billion U.S. dollars in 2024, up 2.5 percent year on year. Meanwhile, preliminary estimates have placed Hong Kong's GDP growth in 2025 at 3.5 percent.

In Hong Kong, capital markets have strengthened sharply, with Initial Public Offerings (IPO) fund-raising in the first half of 2025 rising sevenfold to 14 billion U.S. dollars, ranking first globally.

By the end of 2024, the number of overseas and Chinese mainland companies operating in Hong Kong had increased 10 percent year on year to 9,960.

Hong Kong's international status and confidence have also strengthened alongside the recovery. In 2025, it was ranked the world's freest economy, placed third as a global financial center, and returned to the top three in world competitiveness rankings.

Hong Kong witnesses renewed economic growth since National Security Law took effect in 2020