Chongqing- After three successful days of the Smart China Expo Online 2020, the curtains fell on the event at the closing ceremony held in the Lijia Intelligent Park of Chongqing.

Lijia Intelligent Park, where the closing ceremony was held, staged a series of entertaining performances which included a musical dance performance between robots and local school children, and also a solo traditional dance routine performed to a stage backdrop featuring colorful animations themed on big data and smart technology.

As the closing ceremony of the Smart China Expo Online 2020 reached a conclusion, Mr. Wu Cunrong, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and executive vice mayor of Chongqing, shared his assessment of the event. “This event has been a vivid display for the image of Chongqing. As of noon today, 274 media outlets and 1253 journalists from around the world have focused on the online smart Expo, releasing over 4950 original reports, and dispatching 61,000 related news feed messages. Online media has registered a total of 890 million hits readership numbers.”

He added, “This not only reflects the unprecedented stature of the occasion, but also the unique glamour of Chongqing through the Smart Manufacturing Powerhouse and Renowned Smart City exhibition, and virtual exhibitions such as Online Chongqing. As a result, the international influence and reputation of Chongqing have been enhanced greatly.”

Prize winners from competitions held during the Smart China Expo took to the stage to receive their awards from government representatives. These included winning contestants from the autonomous driving contest iVista, the Smart Cup for young innovative entrepreneurs in big data and smart technology, the Huawei Cloud Software Innovation, and AI contests, and the Blockchain Application Innovation contest.

In a series of recorded video messages played during the ceremony, the Portuguese ambassador to China Mr. Jose Augusto Duarte offered his impressions on the SCE.

’The Smart Expo is not only a large gathering of science and technology but also global intelligence. I have benefited much from the cutting-edge views of many experts and scholars. Additionally, the joint participation of government, institutions, enterprises, and universities has created unlimited space for imagination in the smart industry. These factors instill me with confidence in Sino-Portuguese cooperation.’

Mr. Wu Zhiqiang, an academician of the China Academy of Engineering, remarked, "Chongqing is in the process of its transformation. With its indomitable spirit of 'mountain soul', we put wisdom innovation and people-oriented in the first place. In the future, we believe that it will show the world a more efficient, greener, more intelligent, and more sustainable city to meet people's yearning for a better life."

In a recorded video address to the audience, Mrs. Liu Duo of the China Institute of Information and Communication announced the release of a white paper on internet identifier applications.

"At present, the internet identifier application resolves a number of industrial problems including product traceability, quality control, data loss, and system interoperability. These inhibit enterprises in the process of decision making, and cause inconvenience to multi-dimensional data aggregation and processing capacity."