A robot brews coffee during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing, Sept. 5, 2025. The World Smart Industry Expo 2025 kicked off on Friday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, bringing together more than 600 domestic and international businesses to showcase innovations across various sectors, including autonomous driving, smart homes and the low-altitude economy. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
CHONGQING, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The World Smart Industry Expo 2025 kicked off on Friday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, bringing together more than 600 domestic and international businesses to showcase innovations across various sectors, including autonomous driving, smart homes and the low-altitude economy.
The four-day expo spans an indoor exhibition venue of 130,000 square meters and an outdoor venue of 40,000 square meters, with this year's focus on the themes "AI+" and "Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicles."
The expo features over 3,000 innovative items across various sectors, ranging from autonomous driving technology, vehicle networking solutions and battery innovations. It will also highlight large models for megacity governance, as well as cutting-edge technologies, products, and integrated solutions related to home appliance connectivity and smart homes.
The expo also utilizes 5G, mixed reality and digital 3D simulation, among other information technologies, to vividly present application scenarios, including low-altitude drone delivery, end-to-end assisted driving across multiple environments, and human-robot interaction.
Intended contracts on investment projects worth over 200 billion yuan (about 28.14 billion U.S. dollars) will be signed during the expo.
Notably, contracts in the fields of smart connected new energy vehicles, next-generation electronic information manufacturing, and advanced materials account for 113.7 billion yuan, representing over 50 percent of the total contracts signed.
The expo features Singapore as its guest of honor. ■
A visitor takes photos of an electric vertical take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing, Sept. 5, 2025. The World Smart Industry Expo 2025 kicked off on Friday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, bringing together more than 600 domestic and international businesses to showcase innovations across various sectors, including autonomous driving, smart homes and the low-altitude economy. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
A visitor tries an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing, Sept. 5, 2025. The World Smart Industry Expo 2025 kicked off on Friday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, bringing together more than 600 domestic and international businesses to showcase innovations across various sectors, including autonomous driving, smart homes and the low-altitude economy. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
A visitor tries a flight simulator during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing, Sept. 5, 2025. The World Smart Industry Expo 2025 kicked off on Friday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, bringing together more than 600 domestic and international businesses to showcase innovations across various sectors, including autonomous driving, smart homes and the low-altitude economy. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
Staff members remove malfunctioning robots from the field during a 3v3 robot football match at the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing, Sept. 5, 2025. The World Smart Industry Expo 2025 kicked off on Friday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, bringing together more than 600 domestic and international businesses to showcase innovations across various sectors, including autonomous driving, smart homes and the low-altitude economy. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
A robot demonstrates calligraphy skills during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing, Sept. 5, 2025. The World Smart Industry Expo 2025 kicked off on Friday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, bringing together more than 600 domestic and international businesses to showcase innovations across various sectors, including autonomous driving, smart homes and the low-altitude economy. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
A visitor tries an exoskeleton robot during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing, Sept. 5, 2025. The World Smart Industry Expo 2025 kicked off on Friday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, bringing together more than 600 domestic and international businesses to showcase innovations across various sectors, including autonomous driving, smart homes and the low-altitude economy. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
Robot players compete during a boxing game at the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing, Sept. 5, 2025. The World Smart Industry Expo 2025 kicked off on Friday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, bringing together more than 600 domestic and international businesses to showcase innovations across various sectors, including autonomous driving, smart homes and the low-altitude economy. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
Robot players compete during a 3v3 robot football match at the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing, Sept. 5, 2025. The World Smart Industry Expo 2025 kicked off on Friday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, bringing together more than 600 domestic and international businesses to showcase innovations across various sectors, including autonomous driving, smart homes and the low-altitude economy. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
A staff member demonstrates a 3D tracking scanner during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing, Sept. 5, 2025. The World Smart Industry Expo 2025 kicked off on Friday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, bringing together more than 600 domestic and international businesses to showcase innovations across various sectors, including autonomous driving, smart homes and the low-altitude economy. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
Visitors learn about the hydrogen power technology applied in new energy vehicles during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 5, 2025.(Xinhua/Huang Wei)
A visitor tries a smart car seat with a medium-less holographic intelligent technology during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 6, 2025.(Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
People visit the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 5, 2025.(Xinhua/Huang Wei)
A visitor learns about a new energy vehicle during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 5, 2025.(Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
A visitor experiences the technology of remote smart driving during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 5, 2025.(Xinhua/Huang Wei)
Children play video games in a smart cockpit during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 6, 2025.(Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
This photo taken on Sept. 4, 2025 shows new energy vehicles during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.(Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
A new energy vehicle is pictured during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 5, 2025.(Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2025 shows a visual quality testing system for vehicles during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.(Xinhua/Huang Wei)
This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2025 shows a new energy vehicle during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.(Xinhua/Huang Wei)
Visitors learn about a new energy vehicle during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 5, 2025.(Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
Staff members demonstrate an intelligent safety belt of a smart cockpit during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 6, 2025.(Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
Visitors learn about a new energy vehicle during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 5, 2025.(Xinhua/Huang Wei)
This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2025 shows a visual quality testing system for vehicles during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.(Xinhua/Huang Wei)
A child interacts with a medium-less holographic intelligent system during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 6, 2025.(Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
