In early autumn, the sea breeze blows on both sides of the Pearl River, full of life. The Asia-Pacific Media High-end Forum opened in Shenzhen on the 5th. From the 2nd to the 4th, before the opening of the forum, the guests visited Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai and other places in Guangdong to conduct in-depth frontline research, feel the strong pulse of China's high-quality development, and explore new opportunities for opening up, innovation, and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific.
Intelligent change engine drives new momentum for Asia-Pacific development
An AI smart mattress that recognizes the user's body shape and adjusts support strength in real time while monitoring heart rate, breathing and other data; a smartphone with a 95% wide color gamut display and a screen folding hinge with a crease of less than 0.1 mm... In Dongguan, these innovative technologies amazed forum guests who came to visit.
"We often talk about technology as the future, but in Dongguan, we see: the future is already here." Donovan Martin, CEO and editor-in-chief of Canada's Daily News, lamented.
Today, Dongguan is transforming from "Made in China" to "Intelligent Made in China", and its influence is radiating across the Asia-Pacific.
The head of the hardware engineering division of a smartphone company in Dongguan introduced that in addition to Dongguan, the company has also put innovation into the Asia-Pacific industry, such as continuously optimizing communications in Indonesia’s complex traffic and building environment, and promoting the improvement of portrait photography experience in Malaysia’s different skin colors and light environments...
Dongguan is the epitome of China's industrial upgrading, and the pulse of innovation can be felt everywhere in Guangdong.
At the fully automated terminal in the fourth phase of Guangzhou Nansha Port, unmanned guided vehicles shuttle freely between the yards; in the "Lighthouse Factory" in Shunde, 5G is deeply integrated with the industrial Internet, and a microwave oven comes off the assembly line every 8 seconds; in Guangzhou Metro Line 18, the urban express line with a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour connects a new picture of the intersection of industry and people.
"What impressed me most was that after being soaked in ice for 24 hours, a car was fully charged in just 12 minutes, which is very suitable for Canada's cold climate." Seeing the advanced technology of China's electric vehicle research and development, Donovan Martin said that he looked forward to Chinese new energy vehicle brands building factories in Canada, and pointed out that a diversified supply chain will contribute to the stable development of Canada, while creating jobs and boosting the local economy.
Chen Hanguang, editor-in-chief of Malaysia's Sin Chew Daily, said that China's rapid development in e-commerce, digital payment, electric vehicles and smart manufacturing has provided important cooperation opportunities for Southeast Asian countries. “Through joint research, technology transfer and talent exchange, we can narrow the development gap and jointly cultivate a regional innovation ecosystem.”
The road to zero carbon illuminates a sustainable future
Entering the Hengqin Digital Zero-Carbon Island Sharing Laboratory, a unique "human-machine tug-of-war" was staged. The foreign guests competed with the intelligent robot dog and watched the demonstration of the robot dog inspecting power equipment.
"It can help people enter high-risk scenes to work. With this kind of technology, the island's power supply can be much more stable." Pauline Fletcher, news director of the Pohnpei Public Broadcasting Company in the Federated States of Micronesia, lamented.
MacKenzie Long, CEO of the China-Australia Youth Federation, was deeply impressed by the laboratory. He said that this gold-level zero-carbon building has deeply integrated technological innovation with energy conservation and emission reduction from the beginning of its construction. This model is very sustainable, and he looks forward to applying this kind of technology to more fields.
Green development and technological innovation have always been hot topics in Asia-Pacific cooperation and development. Shan Liang, director of the Shenzhen Planning and Land Development Research Center, said that under high-density and tight constraints, Shenzhen took the lead in delineating basic ecological control lines and implemented the "Mountains and Seas Linking City Plan" to connect mountains, forests, rivers, wetlands, coasts and urban daily life. A good ecology is not only a universal benefit to people's livelihood, but also a deep force that attracts talents, nourishes innovation, and enhances urban competitiveness.
When he visited China again more than 20 years later, Sheikh Tawfiq Moyazemul Haq, director of the Institute of South Asian Policy and Governance at North South University in Bangladesh, was deeply moved. He saw that in the past two decades, China has quickly and systematically solved most environmental problems such as air and water pollution, and the quality of people's lives has been greatly improved. "China also vigorously promotes green technology, and electric vehicles are a typical representative. Nowadays, Chinese electric vehicles are very popular in South Asian cities. This green and low-carbon development model is a major achievement in China's response to climate change and is worth learning from countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia."
Harmony without difference paints a new picture of Asia-Pacific cooperation
The vast Pacific Ocean witnessed this grand event that brought together media representatives from more than 40 countries. Despite different languages and cultures, under the opportunity of this forum, the hearts and minds of different civilizations are being tightly drawn together.
At the Zhuhai sub-forum of the Asia-Pacific Media High-end Forum, Madia, the founder of Zhuhai Bingdu Food Co., Ltd. in Italy, shared his experience in China. He came to Zhuhai in 2008 and welcomed his first child here three months ago. “Starting a family and starting a business in Zhuhai is one of the wisest choices in my life.” Now, he is actively promoting the establishment of sister cities between Zhuhai and La Spezia, Italy, and building a bridge of people-to-people exchanges between China and Italy through food and family ties.
The charm of civilizational exchanges is also hidden in the innovation and sharing of traditional culture. In the Guangdong-Macao Cooperation Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park, the international exploration of traditional Chinese medicine is impressive.
Many companies here have established the development idea of "using literature to bring medicine, medicine to bring medicine, and medicine to bring business". By building traditional Chinese medicine cultural streets, cultural experience halls and other forms, they first tell the story of traditional Chinese medicine, use culture to attract people to understand traditional Chinese medicine, and use professional doctors to drive the consumption of medicines and health products. Relying on the "Macao registration + Hengqin production" model, traditional Chinese medicine products here are also gradually spreading overseas.
While feeling the profoundness of traditional Chinese medicine, the guests also saw the broad prospects for the coordinated development and mutually beneficial cooperation of traditional industries in the Asia-Pacific region.
During the visit, some people took photos and stored them in their mobile phones, while others recorded their thoughts in notebooks. Felix Paz, president of the Peruvian Andes News Agency, has come to China for the sixth time. He said with emotion: "This forum discussed integration and unity. This is exactly the message I want to take away: brotherhood, science and technology, and the need for joint cooperation." (Reporters Wang Feng, Bai Ying, Zou Yuqin)
