The afternoon tour brought the journalists closer to the technologies and services on display. Their route included AI Shanghai's city information services, Hexagon's industrial robotics, Qualcomm's on-device artificial intelligence, and Shanghai Foreign Service's AI-enabled human resources services.
This year's expo features more than 480 representative innovations making their global, Asian, or China debuts, a record for the event.
Madiha Abid, a journalist with Pakistan Television News, said she was impressed by the breadth of technologies on display, from AI and next-generation communications to cars and cameras. She saw opportunities for Pakistan to access new technologies and to expand cooperation with China. "My legs are hurting, but I haven't finished the tour yet," she said.
Gizelle Amada Lanza Rodrigues, an influencer from Honduras, said she had not expected the exhibition to be so large. She was struck by the variety of technologies and products from different countries and saw the event as an opportunity for people to learn about one another and develop cooperation.
The visit also offered impressions of Shanghai beyond the exhibition halls. Datsov praised the event's organization and recalled visiting Shanghai Tower and taking a river cruise. He added that it may be the best place in the world to spend the night.
Abid was also impressed by Shanghai's development, illuminated nightscape, and visitors from around the world. "Shanghai is a life and life is Shanghai," she said.
Xu Feiyi and Li Junfeng contributed to this story.
