Shanghai blazes tech trail for other cities to follow

The city of Shanghai is serious about achieving big-ticket technological breakthroughs, and is rolling up its sleeves to make them happen.

This new-found resolve has been most palpable in a string of heavyweight information technology trade shows and forums in the city, which taps into frontier realms from the internet of things, artificial intelligence to chips.

The Shanghai International IT& Electronics Fair, Asia's biggest information technology fair by exhibition space and visitor numbers, was held from March 19 to 21 with six sub-theme exhibitions such as Semicon China and Electronica China.