THE TOWN BUILT ONLINE the Internet Has Helped Shape Wuzhen in More Ways Than One
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018 CHINA DAILY 16 WORLD INTERNET CONFERENCE Yin Xiaodong (left), CEO of Jiaxing Yuguang Optoelectronic Technology Co, shows visitors how the Face ID feature of an iPhone X works with the help of an infrared camera at the company’s office in Tongxiang Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park, in Tongxiang, Zhejiang province. Visitors try out an intelligent cleaning machine at the Binzhi AI Hotel in Wuzhen. The hotel adopts an allinone tech platform that integrates guests, Visitors observe smart products of Zhenshi Holding Group at a showroom in Jiaxing city’s Tongxiang, Zhejiang province. PHOTOS BY ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY rooms, facilities and staff management. THE TOWN BUILT ONLINE The internet has helped shape Wuzhen in more ways than one By MA ZHENHUAN in Wuzhen, Zhejiang [email protected] The World Internet Conference has brought a significant facelift to lives of people and businesses in Zhejiang prov ince’s Jiaxing, where Wuzhen is located. Since it was chosen as the permanent site for hosting the WIC in 2014, over the past five years, the once small tourist town has emerged as a sparkling pearl and a new landmark in the map of China’s digital economy. The latest technological innovations have been applied Students from Wuzhen Zhicai Primary School interact with a foreign teacher in Canada on a video call during an English class. in the town, now covering an area of 110 square kilometers from the previous 67 square km, with a better ecology and more complete infrastructure, luring internet profession als from around the world. Among the latest technologies to be adopted are the 5G cellular network and internet hospitals, greatly improving convenience for the local residents. For example, by the end of 2017, the Internet Hospital of Wuzhen has conducted over 12,000 remote medical consul tations through the internet, making it a leading medical and health platform in the nation. China Daily looks at some of the leading technological achievements and ways that the internet has reshaped the lives of locals in Wuzhen, Tongxiang and Jiaxing. A technician operates a machine at the workshop of Jiaxing Xuanfu Residents of Tongxiang enjoy reading at its first selfserved Bohong Library Automatic Transmission Co. by the Fenghuang Lake. A guest checks in to the Binzhi AI Hotel that uses facial A bride and her friends pose for pictures at Fenghuang Lake in Tongxiang. A visitor experiences 3D VR technology at Jiaxing Science and Technology recognition technology and ID card reading system in place of City in Jiaxing. a conventional reception desk. .