Guizhou to become China's 'Big Data Valley'
By Zhang Jie and Yang Jun in Guiyang | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-05-27
The China International Big Data Industry Expo 2017 in Guiyang, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on May 25, 2017. [Photo by Zhang Jie/chinadaily.com.cn]
The China International Big Data Industry Expo 2017 has kicked off in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province in Southwest China, and sparked conversation among many.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the four-day event, held to showcase, and discuss, the possibilities and opportunities available in the big data industry.
A range of activities and forums will be held, and topics discussed at the expo will include the future of the digital economy, digital security and risk control, the national big data pilot zone, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and smart manufacturing.
A nearby taxi driver, based in Guiyang , said the big data was life changing. "I use online maps to select specific roads, making sure there are no blockages or delays, every day," he said to reporter.
By the end of last December, 29 million internet users were based in Guizhou, accounting to 80 percent of the provincial population. The number of mobile internet users also reached 25 million people.
Due to the mass amounts of online and mobile users, numerous companies have been willing to invest in the big data industry in Guizhou. Because of this, the local government continues to provide favorable policies and financial support to big data companies.
These companies, who have set branches or joint ventures in the province, include Alibaba, Qualcomm, IBM, Huawei, Tencent, Baidu, Lenovo and Foxconn. The province has also been labeled as a great place for smaller companies looking to startup in the industry.
More than 400 companies, related to the big data industry, have further been attracted to the province's Guian New Area, which was established in 2014.
Baishan Could, a startup set in Guian, during 2015, last year achieved a revenue of 200 million yuan, and the company expects that figure to triple this year.
"The government gives us strong support," Dai Xiang, the company's co-founder, said when explaining why the company decided to open in Guian.
To train talents for developing the big data industry in Guizhou,
the local government built the Huaxi University Town, consisting of nine local universities and 110 big data companies. Because of this, college students are able to obtain work experience at the site, practicing their skills in the companies, before graduating from their studies. Companies involved also benefit by being able to preselect employees from the group.
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Top Ten Black Technologies list revealed 
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A man touches a flexible display at the 2017 China International Big Data Expo in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
A Top Ten Black Technologies list has been released at the 2017 China International Big Data Expo in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, stating how innovating the data industry helped to build a stronger, more intelligent life.
Ma Fang, senior media relations manager of Shenzhen-based Royole Corporation, said the structure and 0.01 micrometers of flexible display, seen at the event, can be applied to mobile phones, tablets, personal computers, smart home devices and intelligent transportation systems.
Much like the model, the flexible keyboard, released and featured at the event last year, was transparent, light and thin. It could expand and downsize into a stick no larger than a pen, which was easy for journalists to write stories everywhere, Ma said.
"The mobile phone, which can be worn on the wrist, was also released in the United States in January," she said.
"The display will go into production by the end of 2017, and has an estimated annual output of 20 billion yuan."
Ma added the company, Shenzhen-based Royole Corporation, recently signed a cooperation memorandum with China Southern Airlines and Shenzhen Bus, as an application of flexible materials in the aviation and automobile industries.
"There will be no buttons on the operating desk because orders of playing music, guiding roads or air conditioning can be given through touch control," she said.
Wang Hongan, software researcher of the China Academy of Sciences, added the black technology referred to innovative high technology, which was developed generally beyond common sense, and said it would potentially overturn the whole industry.
"The 3D commodity show of the JD Group was enrolled in due to the application of the augmented reality technology in its e-commerce platform," he said.
According to Zhao Gang, leader of visual and augmented reality business of JD, the image of a rice cooker could also be put into real-life circumstances, in order to see if a chosen color and size would suit a specific kitchen.
"Some online shop owners may beautify products, but the 3D technology can even help customers to its inside; which, thus, helps them to make decisions," he said.
Sun Xuhong, director of central air conditioner of Haier, said a driverless unmanned air conditioner, from the Haier Group, had also been significantly developed to detect the temperature of nearby people and could adjust itself.
"The unmanned control system, called Haier intelligent cloud, can design different operating process for companies due to the mass data collected from various industries," he said.
A big data service start-up in China, named Hydata, also developed lip-reading recognition technology, which featured a 70 percent accuracy rate for the Chinese language. It also had an 80 percent accuracy rate for the English language, and was on the way of industrialization, with public security departments, in some provinces.
The technological framework of human-machine emotional interference – put forward by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Electronics Standardization Institute and Guizhou Xiao I Robot Technology Co in February – won the title of black technology in the artificial intelligence field at the 2017 China International Big Data Expo.
"In the future, we expect to make robots which will be able to learn the emotions of humans, just by taking part in fluent and natural conversations," Wang Hao, CTO of Xiao I Robot, said.
"The technology could be used in customer service, as well as looking into the early diagnosis of mental disease, and personalized online learning courses."
A representative, and organizer, of the 2017 China International Big Data Expo added the awards were selected from products and services reported from the media worldwide, which were recommended by universities, based in China, and exhibitors at the expo.
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Chinese companies flex tech muscles at expo
2017-05-29
Xinhua
Editor Yao Lan
From lip reading to foldable phones and smart electricity networks, Chinese technology companies are showcasing the latest high-tech products at an ongoing expo in southwest China
Liu Jian's electricity network received a "Black Technology" award at a ceremony in the 2017 China International Big Data Expo in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou Province. Black technology refers to the latest products such as hardware, software and materials that are seen as innovative and unbelievable.
"I have been looking for breakthroughs in the electricity industry," said Liu, 42.
The Fengneng (Bee power in English) smart electricity network was a big breakthrough for him. It started in 2014, when he met a group from Tsinghua University at a competition in Guizhou. There, they embarked on a journey towards developing an efficient electricity network, which is now known as Fengneng.
"The network can control the use of electricity smartly. Once you switch it on, a cloud computing system starts to analyze the users' habits of using electricity," Liu said. "It can save electricity by an average 20 percent."
A mobile application allows users to switch on or turn off domestic appliances with a few clicks on a phone display.
"The domestic appliances are just like bees collecting the honey of data for the cloud computing system network," Liu said. "With the statistics collected and analyzed, users save energy."
Another award recipient at the show is Hydata, which has developed lip reading technology that knows what you are talking about without hearing your voice.
According to Liu Qiuwen, who works with Hydata, during speaking there are multiple shapes made by the lips that relate to different sounds and various meanings. The technology works out the most likely connection between the lip shapes and words.
"The company's lip language reading technology currently has an accuracy of 71 percent and 80 percent in Chinese and English, respectively," Liu Qiuwen said.
In addition to the top ten Black Technologies, more than 300 exhibitors at the big data expo displayed a variety of innovative high-tech products.
"Every Black Tech product can reshape an industry, or even become an industry model of tomorrow," said Wang Hongan, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. "These products will definitely benefit the public."
China is encouraging innovation in science and technology, with a national conference last year laying out a strategic road-map for technological innovation. According to the conference, science and technology should be given a more important position.
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