World Smart Industry Expo 2025 concludes with fruitful results

The World Smart Industry Expo 2025 concluded on Monday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, yielding fruitful results.

Contracts worth over 200 billion yuan (about 28.05 billion U.S. dollars) were signed during the expo, encompassing 298 major projects in intelligent connected new energy vehicles, electronic information manufacturing, new materials and other fields.

The expo also unveiled over 100 new industry standards, products, and technologies.

Spanning four days from Friday, the event featured over 3,000 innovative exhibits across various sectors, with this year's focus on the themes "AI+" and "Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicles."

World Smart Industry Expo 2025 concludes with fruitful results

The U.S. dollar strengthened in late trading on Thursday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, gained 0.05 percent to 98.063 at 1500 (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro advanced to 1.1751 dollars from 1.1748 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound fell to 1.3583 dollars from 1.3593 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 156.67 Japanese yen, higher than 156.45 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar lost to 0.7788 Swiss francs from 0.7790 Swiss francs, and it dropped to 1.3635 Canadian dollars from 1.3636 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar climbed to 9.2432 Swedish Kronor from 9.2339 Swedish Kronor.

U.S. dollar ticks up