By Xinyi Li, iChongqing

Chongqing- The opening ceremony of the 2nd Western China International Fair for Investment and Trade (WCIFIT) will kick off on May 16. It has set eight exhibition halls at Chongqing International Expo Center, among which N5, N7 and N8 focus on showing the local characteristics of Chongqing’s counties and districts. Moreover, these halls will cover over 30 exhibition areas. Now, have a grasp of their features and highlights with us.

High-techs displayed by each hall

High-tech is a major feature of those exhibition areas on the 2nd WCIFIT. More than 70 enterprises from Changshou District will bring nearly a hundred products from industries including smart living, new materials, new energy, quantum communication, ecological conservation, AI, NGIT while its counterparts from Qijiang District will display advanced technological products like satellite chips, smart detectors, and also powder of nonferrous metals, such as electrolytic copper, ferrobronze, bronze, tin, copper-tin alloy. Besides, products from emerging industries are also available at Xiushan Exhibition Area such as blue-tooth earphones, batteries, plastic bait, fishing poles, and wooden toys.

The design sketch of smart living

Full display of cultural tourism of Chongqing features

Apart from high-tech products, culture is also a unique symbol of each exhibition area. Xiushan Exhibition Area is built based on typical residence of Tujia and Miao (minorities in China) and decorated with Xiushan festive lanterns and brocade in Tujia patterns. The exhibits also include numerous agricultural products like Chinese toon from Wuling, Maojian tea from Zhongling, black tea from Biancheng, and honey from Chuanhegai. Visitors from home and abroad also have access to our national intangible cultural heritage -- Tujia brocade, and tourism products like Tujia brocade bag, scarf, etc. Moreover, there will be shows relating to Tujia and Miao culture.

The national intangible cultural heritage, Tujia brocade

In addition to the high tech, visitors can also taste distinctive agricultural products from Changshou District including fermented bean curd, odd taste bean, fruit wine, fish noodle, crisp fritter, and blood curd. Yunyang Exhibition Area, in blue and white color, adopts the design of a glass-bottomed cantilever sky-walk, which is a renowned scenic spot, in Longgang. Moreover, the ladder-shaped design corresponds to its surname Ladder City. Based on the theme of Yunyang, blessed with the Yangtze River, a miniature river on the floor echoes the symbol of the famous sky-walk on the ceiling.

The glass-bottomed cantilever sky-walk in Longgang, Yunyang