Chinese innovations explore global prospects

About 1,200 Chinese technology companies, including Suning Holdings Group and Huawei Technologies Co, as well as startups, used the annual Consumer Electronics Show or CES in Las Vegas to showcase their innovations in fields like artificial intelligence or AI and robotics.

At the Jan 8-11 event, the number of participating Chinese companies declined from last year's record 1,500 or more. Business leaders attributed the drop to the US-China trade row, which they said has cast a shadow on the tech sector in the United States.

Gary Shapiro, president of the US Consumer Technology Association, which organizes the CES, said that tariffs on Chinese products are actually costing the US tech industry and consumers about $1 billion a month.