From door locks and lighting to home appliances, everything is voice-controlled and connected to the Internet for remote control via a mobile app.

Nearby, the booth held by China's online retail firm of JD exhibited the fully automated "whole in- and ex-warehouse process" of small and medium-sized packages.

Even pictures on walls at the fair give a touch of new tech. Beside photos illustrated as China's poverty-stricken areas, visitors paused to scan QR codes underneath to find not only details but also local specialties that could be immediately ordered online, such as tea and pear syrup, as the e-commerce sales of farm produce is a part of China's poverty relief efforts.

The fair's organizer held an auction of the agricultural goods and futures orders of the goods, which garnered 1.4 billion yuan (202.8 million U.S. dollars) of fund for assisting the growers' poverty relief endeavors.

Worawit Techasupakura, a tourist official from Thailand, said a cohort of enterprises from Thailand's competitive industries including food, medical services and environmental protection participated in this session of CIFTIS.

He said 10.5 million trips were made by Chinese tourists to Thailand in 2018, up 7.4 percent from 2017 and bringing in 18 billion U.S. dollars of tourist income.

STRATEGIC TRANSITION

China has worked to steer away from the old growth driver of export-oriented manufacturing to power the new engine of trade in services.

【国内英语资讯:Xinhua Headlines: Worlds factory looks to non-manufacturing for leapfrog development】相关文章：

★ 国际电信世界大会召开 互联网规则成焦点

★ 北京新开地铁服务奥运

★ 奥运赛场上的妈妈级选手

★ 外资银行在华业务发展缓慢

★ 荷马墓上的一朵玫瑰

★ 毒贩如何在汇丰洗钱？

★ 一个人的情人节：享受单身的理由

★ 美国流行文化垄断面临挑战

★ 中国汽车销售逆势高增长

★ 双语：天桥骄子主持客串绯闻女孩第四季