China's pursuit of creativity surges

While watching a 3D printer deftly add layers of material to create a new object at China's first 3D Printing Cultural Museum in Shanghai, it struck me just how many science and technology ventures I had witnessed over the past several days while traveling along the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Having been invited on a reporting trip to learn about the progress that's been made along the belt, and about plans for the future - including China's determination to transform its industries and society with technology - was a development aspect that especially stood out.

From visiting the Tus-Caohejing (Zhongshan) Science Park, to the G60 science and innovation corridor and the Shanghai Lingang Songjiang Science Town, as well as many other areas, it became evident just how much money was being pumped into the science and technology sector.