FROM service robots in virtual stands to 5G applications displayed in cloud booths, innovations stare at you at the ongoing 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing.

Themed “Global Services, Shared Prosperity,” the six-day event, one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive fairs for trade in services, has attracted 18,000 enterprises and institutions from 148 countries and regions.

In the sprawling exhibition hall at the China National Convention Center, humanoid robots shuttled back and forth, either greeting visitors or spraying disinfectants with the help of automated navigation and obstacle avoidance technology.

The futuristic space of a smart interactive online classroom also drew many people, as a huge electronic whiteboard replaced the blackboard, and mobile electronic devices such as cell phones and tablets took the place of notebooks.

Various service robots are also on display showing skills in cooking, delivering goods, performing surgeries and even providing diagnoses.

The fair focuses on the forefront of sci-tech innovation by displaying global applications of new infrastructure, artificial intelligence, 5G technology application, big data and service robots.

Special exhibition areas and forums deal with the integration and development of financial science and technology, digital economy’s efforts to promote transformation, as well as empowering traditional industries with advanced technology.

(Xinhua)