Israeli companies loom large at high-tech expo in Sichuan

More than 60 Israeli companies - including the self-driving car firm Mobileye purchased by Intel in a $15 billion deal earlier this year - gathered in Mianyang, Sichuan province, from Thursday to Saturday for a major high-tech expo.

"It's a record number of Israeli companies participating in any expo in China," said Amir Lati, consul general of the Israeli consulate general in Chengdu, Sichuan.

"As the co-host country for the 2017 China (Mianyang) International Science and Technology Expo, we have brought the firms for business-to-business cooperation," Lati said.