Maintaining economic vitality with innovation

While checking my family's online spending records in the past year, I found that we spent a large amount on intelligent products. A wireless vacuum robot, smartwatch, electric rice cooker and a blood-pressure-monitoring machine - all of which can be controlled through apps.

Such easily operable electronic gadgets perform nearly every household function for my family. Even my 5-year-old daughter speaks to the digital virtual assistant the moment she wakes up in the morning: "Hi Xiao Ai, play me the song Five Little Ducks."

As a reporter, I tracked China's macroeconomic stories last year. Sometimes, the news may make people depressed when words like "slowdown", "financial risks" and "bad debt" appear in the headlines. However, at other times, frequent use of words such as "strong consumption", "technological innovation" and "rebalancing" could cheer readers up, portraying a bright outlook for the economy.