China to showcase 5G dominance in response to US tech war at flagship trade fair
- Huawei, ZTE, Tencent and Baidu will highlights China’s fifth generation cellular network technology at the China International Fair for Investment and Trade
- One of China’s oldest trade fairs will take place between September 8 and 11 in Xiamen in the province of Fujian
China’s 5G advancements by its biggest technology firms, including Huawei, ZTE, Tencent and Baidu, will be the major attractions at September’s China International Fair for Investment and Trade as a response to the technology conflict with the United States, the organisers said on Wednesday.
A summit involving companies from China and the US is also on the agenda for the China International Fair for Investment and Trade although no details have been confirmed for the September 8 and 11 event in Xiamen, a port city on the southeast coast in the province of Fujian.
“The trade conflict between China and the US, is not just about trade, it’s really more about technology,” said Wang Qiongwen, the director general of Xiamen’s Municipal Bureau of Convention and Exhibition Affairs.
“As China is building itself as an industrial powerhouse and a socialist country, the industrial internet of things is an very important technology and new industry. That is why we are concentrating on this industry this time.”
The trade conflict between China and the US, is not just about trade, it’s really more about technology
Former US commerce secretary Carlos Gutierrez is expected to attend the fair, as well as representatives from Coca Cola, Siemens, Schneider Electric and Louis Dreyfus.
