Innovation leapfrogs developmental barriers

As technological winds of change sweep various sectors, the digital dimension promises to transform the economy

Five technologies - 5G, the internet of things, artificial intelligence/machine learning, robotics, and cloud computing - will come to fruition over the next decade and enable the transformation of industries throughout the Chinese economy.

That was the consensus view at the latest World Intelligence Congress, an annual gathering of business leaders, government officials, and university researchers that the northern Chinese city of Tianjin has been organizing since 2017.