Hangzhou, a hub for innovative technologies

An Alibaba executive briefs journalists from 10 countries, including Cambodia on the e commerce platforms.

With a vast network of high-tech manufacturing zones, Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in the eastern coast of China, has become one of the largest innovation centres for artificial intelligence and robotics in the world.

Hangzhou’s advanced manufacturing corridor, located in the east of the city, expands over more than 500 square kilometres, straddling the Qiantang River and encompassing the districts of Jianggan, Binjiang, Xiaoshan, Yuhang and Fuyang.

The area is already a hub for the proliferation of cutting-edge information technology and plug-in electric vehicles, with manufacturers now starting to target virtual reality and spaceflight, as well as block chain and quantum technologies.

Hangzhou boasts dozens of industrial parks that specialise in high technology, such as Hangzhou High-tech Zone, Dajiangdong Industrial Hub, Hangzhou Economic Development Zone and Xiaoshan Economic Development Zone. Six new international industrial cooperation parks are planned in the next seven years, while three additional centres will be built elsewhere in Zhejiang province in the near futue.

This scenic Chinese city also enjoys impressive access to mobile internet-enabled social services, which help people in a variety of everyday situations, from finding parking space to paying taxes or making hospital appointments.

It is not just Hangzhou, however. Smart cities are sprouting across the nation after the government introduced Internet Plus in 2015, an initiative that seeks to maximise the application of the internet and other information technology in conventional industries.

Du Juan. Khmer Times staff

Moreover, understanding that artificial intelligence lies at the heart of a host of new transformative technologies, from facial recognition to autonomous cars, China also made a point of supporting research and innovation in AI.

“China’s success in AI is partly the result of government investment in scientific research at universities,” said Du Juan, a representative of Hangzhou’s Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office.

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