The Global Digital Trade Center has officially commenced operations in east China's Yiwu, the city known as the global capital of small goods trade.
The center represents a major step in transforming Yiwu from a traditional wholesale hub into a digital-driven global trade powerhouse
This latest upgrade to the marketplaces is effectively redefining how international trade is conducted in Yiwu.
Spanning 410,000 square meters across two market blocks, the new center is connected by modern office towers that complete a "buy downstairs, negotiate upstairs" business model. It brings together wholesale trading, cross-border e-commerce, online platforms, digital payments, and logistics services all under one roof.
Digital technology drives the transformation, with artificial intelligence functioning as the market's central operational system.
Intelligent navigation systems map efficient shopping routes for buyers, while interactive screens provide instant supplier recommendations, sales data and logistics options for product queries. The AI engine can match buyers with the most suitable vendors based on budget and target market, boosting sourcing efficiency more than threefold.
The Yiwu China Small Commodities Market has also launched the Chinagoods platform, offering six digital trading modules to help vendors engage in global trade. The platform features tools including automatic video language conversion and real-time AI translation.
China's small commodity hub launches Global Digital Trade Center
Police in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province have deployed 24-hour drone patrols around the Shenzhen Sports Center to enhance public safety control during the 2026 Chinese Super League season.
The Shenzhen Xinpengcheng Football Club has officially made the Shenzhen Sports Center its home ground for the 2026 Chinese Super League season. Football matches have attracted more than 10,000 fans per match, leading to intense crowd density and severe traffic congestion, which places immense pressure on security.
Amid the excitement of tens of thousands, the calmest "guards" aren't in the stands, but stationed over 100 meters above, in the sky.
Before a match began, police officer Wang Yiyuan and two teammates would be already deployed with well-defined roles: one would pilot the drones, another would keep an eye on the spectrogram to monitor the drone activity, and the third would coordinate with other ground police via his walkie-talkie.
Just before the end of the second half, a sudden alert for crowd flow popped up at the south square, where a large number of spectators had begun to gather as they leave the site. As this area served as the only passage for leaving the stadium, the crowd pressure could easily lead to a stampede.
From the initial alert to the loudspeaker broadcast and then to the arrival of police reenforcements on the scene, it took Wang and his colleagues just three minutes to complete the communication, and the crowds began to disperse.
Police deploy 24-hour drone patrols during football matches in south China's Shenzhen
Police deploy 24-hour drone patrols during football matches in south China's Shenzhen
