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The popular Collision tech summit in Toronto drew 25,711 attendees from 125 countries or regions, but only one company from the Chinese mainland.

Xiang Peng, vice-president of Tianwei Holding, a private company committed to the development of smart city initiatives, said they were surprised to be the only company from the Chinese mainland at the four-day tech summit, which started on May 20 and attracted more than 100 trade delegations from around the world. It also was the first time the fast-growing summit, now in its fifth year, was held outside the US.

"Lots of people visited our booth and showed high interest in our technology," said Zhang Jiang, vice-general manager of the company's North America subsidiary.