The four-day Beyond Expo 2025 closed Saturday in China's Macao Special Administrative Region.
The fifth edition of the tech fair featured more than 800 exhibitors from home and abroad and attracted over 25,000 visitors.
Exhibitors hailed the event as a crucial platform for global innovators to showcase achievements and foster collaboration.
"I'm really enjoying this expo. It's a really beautiful showcase of what technology can bring to our lives. And it's really exciting to see all these new products coming in, and even for us to think [about] our future, and how we can plan ahead and incorporate these technologies into our life," said an exhibitor named Joao Luis.
"This is our third time at the Beyond Expo, which we think has become one of Asia's most influential tech events. Macao's global connectivity helps us showcase our products to international suppliers and explore better cooperation opportunities," said another exhibitor Li Jili.
"We will definitely come here next year, and we also want to get a bigger booth, because we really liked it here. And we had a chance to meet a lot of people, potential customers, potential investors, and also potential collaborators," said exhibitor Sergiu Hupe.
Under the theme "Empowering Asia, Bridging the World", the expo also included a series of forums, industry summits, and match-making events aimed at fostering dialogue and cooperation across the tech landscape.
Beyond Expo 2025 concludes in Macao
Chinese researchers have successfully accelerated a ton-class test vehicle to 700 kilometers per hour within two seconds on a 400-meter magnetic levitation (maglev) track using a superconducting electromagnetic propulsion system, setting a new world record.
The currently world's fastest acceleration on such a platform was followed by a safe stop, according to the research team at National University of Defense Technology, who made the breakthrough after 10 years of efforts.
The breakthrough addressed several challenges in core technologies, including ultra-high-speed electromagnetic propulsion, electric levitation guidance, transient high-power energy storage inversion, and high-field superconducting magnets.
It makes China a global leader in developing ultra-high-speed maglev systems, offers the country a new option for the future development of vacuum tube maglev transportation, as well as new approaches and new means for aerospace-assisted launch and experimental testing.
The subsequent technological iterations and industrial applications of this achievement will inject new momentum into China's aviation, aerospace and rail transit industries.
"The success of our ultra-high-speed superconducting electric maglev system will speed up the development of China's ultra-high-speed maglev transportation. Next, our team will focus on ultra-high-speed tube maglev transportation, aviation and aerospace equipment testing, electromagnetic launch, and other cutting-edge areas while promoting closer collaboration among enterprises, universities, research institutes and end-users to contribute to independent innovation in defense technology," said Li Jie, a professor at the university.
China sets new record in superconducting maglev propulsion
