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GUIYANG, China, May 27, 2021 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

The 2021 China International Big Data Industry Expo (CIBDIE), the country's

leading big data expo, kicked off on May 26 in Guiyang, capital city of

southwest China's Guizhou Province, according to China International Big Data

Industry Expo Organizing Committee.

Founded in 2015 and officially upgraded to a national expo in 2017, the big

data expo has become an international and professional platform for the

development of big data as well as an industrial bellwether.

The three-day event is jointly held by the local government as well as the

country's top economic planner, industrial and information watchdogs. With

support from the China's commerce ministry, the expo features domestic, global,

industrial and business perspectives.

Under the theme "Embrace digital intelligence, Deliver new development," the

event will include conferences, exhibitions, new product launches, contests and

other activities.

This year's expo is scheduled both online and offline, seeking open cooperation

and joint development of different stakeholders. The online expo offers

services like online communication, online exhibition, business negotiation,

online forum and guest promotion, presenting a variety of exhibition functions.

Guiyang City and Gui'an New District, as the core areas of the national big

data (Guizhou) integrated pilot zone, have always been pioneers in big data

development, posting leapfrogging progresses in industrial growth. More than

5,000 big data enterprises and 117 industrial giants were here by the end of

2020. The added value of digital economy reached 164.9 billion yuan (about 25.8

billion U.S. dollars), accounting for 38.2 percent of the regional GDP, and

over half of the region's real economy featured big data elements.

The specific activities of the expo are as follows:

Conferences: the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as 7 high-end

dialogues and 13 professional forums.

Exhibitions: Online and offline exhibitions to display new technologies, new

products, new schemes and new applications in the field of big data. A section

on big data's role in rural revitalization is also established.

New launches: Releases of the expo's leading science and technology achievement

award, research on methods and paths of data factor market, global prediction

system of COVID-19 and the dictionary of big data encyclopedia, etc.

Competitions: The 2nd industrial APP integration innovation competition and the

6th Guiyang big data and network security elite confrontation exercise.

Activities: a series of activities such as meetings and exchanges, talent

introductions, night talks, salons and dialogues, promotions and

contract-signing, strategic cooperation, organized visits, etc.

Source: China International Big Data Industry Expo Organizing Committee

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