Focus on Arts and Ecology

More than 1,000 products from 300 brands were on display at China's third International Consumer Products Expo, commonly known as the Hainan Expo, which opened this week in Haikou, the capital of south China's Hainan province.

With 120,000 square meters of exhibition space companies debuted products while global purchasing agents eagerly explored the latest in jewelry, home decor, food, tourism, and technology.

Attendees hailed from more than 65 countries and regions, including 30 CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.

Hainan became a free trade pilot zone and port in 2018. Over the past five years, preferential policies such as zero tariffs and low tax rates have prompted more enterprises to set up shop on the island. The expo concludes on April 15.

See some of the latest technologies on display at the expo including autonomous food delivery vehicles, drone delivery, massage chairs, prosthetic hands, and mobile robots for terrain navigation and data capture.

Consumer products powered by artificial intelligence were a highlight including iFLYTEK's wireless microphone C1 which uses a  noise reduction algorithm and speech recognition. It can also correct people with different Chinese accents so that their message is delivered clearer through video or audio. Huawei also displayed its AITO M5 intelligent vehicle made by its auto partner SERES which has Huawei's smartest cockpit, Harmony OS 3 vehicle system.

CGTN's Omar Khan spoke with Sheng Tantzscher, the VP and CFO of Porsche China about their commitment to sustainability.

Chinese producers also highlighted products that combine Chinese heritage and the latest technology.  CGTN's Huang Fei and SSTV's Gao Han toured some of these exhibitors including makers of trendy collectibles, banquet porcelain, and even calligraphy-writing robots.

Check out the diverse international food and drink exhibitions with CGTN's Xia Cheng and Michelle Xing Van den Bergh.

Hear what members of the public said about the best things they saw at the Hainan Expo.

See what one French company had to say about how they entered the Chinese market during the pandemic. CGTN's Lu Sirui spoke to Eugene Perma's international manager Patricia Esnaud.

(Sources: China Report)