2019 iWorld Expo to be held in Chengdu to empower integration, innovation and digital economy

CHENGDU, China, April 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the press conference for 2019 iWorld, themed as "Empowerment - Integration - Innovation," was held here in Chengdu. iWorld will be jointly held by IDG Asia. Attendees included: Wang Feng, Director of Software Industry Division, Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Economic and Information Technology, Liu Jun, Deputy Director of Convention and Exhibition Service Department of Chengdu Exposition Bureau, Zhu Dongfang, Vice President of IDG Asia, Zhang Li, Vice President of IDG China, and Linda Jin, Vice General Manager of GfK China. Leading entrepreneurs from all walks of life and over 100 journalists from authoritative media also attended the press.

In 2019, the notion of "digital economy" is written into the government work report again. Expanding digital economy was released as the task of government work, and it might be necessary to promote the ecological development and alternation of digital economy. It is particularly important to promote the upgrading and transformation of enabling manufacturing industry, promote the integration of digital enterprises and platform advantages and bring forth new ideas in exploring such paths as "Intelligent Plus" digital ecosystem.

Connecting the global digital economy, the Press Conference of iWorld Expo convenes today

According to Zhu Dongfang, Vice President of IDG Asia, the 2019 iWorld Expo will be jointly held by Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Economic and Information Technology, Chengdu Expo Bureau, the Management Council of Chengdu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone and IDG Asia under the guidance of the Chengdu Municipal People's Government. This exhibition aims to show the digital economy ideal and research achievements of dream-seekers and enterprises that chasing their dreams in the science and technology industry of the new era, and to make continuous efforts to strengthen the digital economy on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

At the press conference, Wang Feng, Director of Software Industry Division, Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Economic and Information Technology, said that under the strong leadership of Chengdu Municipal Committee and Chengdu Municipal Government, a number of major projects have been put into construction and operation, and security of production factors and edges of resources sharing are on the rise. The software service industry in Chengdu as a whole has gained positive momentum. Director Wang also recognized the achievements made in cooperation with International Data Group (Asia) in the past three years. "The iWorld Expo not only presents us with new technologies, new products, new models and new business formats, but also promotes the innovation strength of Chengdu's software industry, and plays a positive role in ecosystem," he said.

Linda Jin, Deputy General Manager of GfK China, is optimistic about the growth of the entire consumer electronics market. She believes that consumption upgrade will promote continuous development of high-end products both online and offline. At the same time, there is an obvious trend of intelligence. The Internet of Everything, as a new highlight of product development, will bring new opportunities in the future.

Creating a world-class intellectual property event, with 12 forums on new technology gathered together

The exhibition is about to last for three days from 23rd to 25th, August in Chengdu Century City New International Convention and Exhibition Center. The exhibition area is 22,000 square meters, with eight areas in display, including interconnection technology, software technology, automotive technology, start-ups, wearable devices, digital health, digital home and digital entertainment. By then the China software International Cooperation Conference and 2019 iWorld Summit Forum will be held. The exhibition will also have more than ten parallel forums on the going with themes including:"Reserving - IT Talents", "Forecasting - AI Future", "Global Creative Mobile Internet Development Competition (Chengdu)", "Promoting - New Development for Industrial Internet", "Exploring - Application of Blockchain Technology", "Thinking - Internet Innovative and Enterprises", "Experiencing - Digital Culture & Entertainment Industry", "Insight - Ecology of Mobile Marketing", "Breaking - Intelligent Vehicle Technology", "Perceiving - New Consumption Era", and "Innovating - Virtual Reality for Development". More than 200 brands will participate in the exhibition and over 100 industry leaders will discuss with each other and exchange their ideas. What's more, about 300 media will report at the same time.

Being held in Chengdu for four times, the iWorld Expo will help build Chengdu into a future world economic center

From 2017 to 2019, ICT expenditure related to digital transformation has increased by 35%. It is expected that by 2021, the scale of China's digital economy will reach 8.5 trillion US dollars, accounting for 55% of the total economic volume. The digital economy has huge market potentials. While as one of the world's largest display platforms for mobile consumer electronics and solutions, iWorld has its hosting in Chengdu for the fourth time, which is an innovative demonstration that the digital economy gains momentum in western industry center. The iWorld keeps a foothold in Chengdu, and will expand its influences on the key electronic information industry belt that is composed of western cities like Chongqing, Xi'an, Mianyang, Leshan and Suining, etc.

Introducing the world intelligent cutting-edge technology to promote perfect closed loop of digital economic system

This year's NPC and CPPCC proposals include topics such as "What changes have been made in the description of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry?", "What are the impacts of AI on digital economy?" and "how to form a perfect closed-loop industrial chain?" which remain focuses. Nowadays, AI and digital economy have infiltrated into nearly ten million families at home and abroad, bringing new forms of smart and intelligent Internet entertainment.

According to IDC data, China's smart home market shipments are expected to reach 150 million sets, up 35.9% year-on-year. And 67% of smart home devices will be able to connect to home Internet platforms in 2019, 23% of which will be able to support two or more Internet platforms. This year, in order to promote all-round digital life, iWorld Expo has specially added three thematic exhibition halls, namely digital home, digital entertainment and artificial intelligence. It aims to lead the audience face to face with cutting-edge technologies through AI foundation, application and terminal displays. It will also display 3C digital products and home appliances, enabling the audience to experience smart home and Internet entertainment through intelligent platforms, and to experience the convenient and complete product series application of digital economy in a close immersion way.

Sharing top-quality market resources to strengthen digital economy and boost industrial transformation

Most of the participants in this exhibition are Internet enterprises, software developers, terminal equipment providers, venture capital organizations, operators, distributors, government representatives, industry associations, research institutions, media, high-end industry users, SP/CP service providers and ordinary users. Therefore, the effective matchmaking of market resource advantages has become an important link that affects the implementation of the digital economy.

The exhibition is committed to providing enterprises with shared prime market resources and intellectual support for their transformation and upgrading. Specifically, leadership of large enterprises like Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent (BAT) will be invited to share their experiences in business operation and management, and conduct exchanges with other participants, and a matchmaking meeting will be held for channel providers. The exhibition is to introduce large e-commerce platforms like JD, Suning and Yintai, professional retailers, shopping malls, large-scale sellers and channel providers of high-quality brands, totaling over 30, in a bid to realize the seamless resource matchmaking between visitors and enterprises, and between enterprises and enterprises.

Innovating supporting activities, to create the top digital industry event in western China

Besides innovating meeting mode and enriching exhibition content, the iWorld Expo will roll out a series of creative supporting activities, attracting a growing number of visitors.

"The Best 2019" is created to recognize excellent mobile Internet products and services in the Asian region this year. "Top Ten Incubators Selection Activity" is to select excellent incubators of demonstration significance, which is aimed to promote the transformation of innovation achievements and capital connection. "Science & Technology Carnival" embraces several activity areas, including Future World, Anime World, Bargain Hunters' Street, Adventurers' Paradise and Studio Entertainment World. By making visitors join in Bale VR Theater, Lego Mindstorms, Xiaomi Products Preferential Activity, Red Bull Extreme Sports and other S&C experiences, new products can be promoted among visitors' social circles. "New Photo Contest", by revolving around mobile photography techniques and experiences, sparks mobile phone users' creative inspiration, and encourages them to share their happiness and pleasures through photos with others. "eSports" mainly launches the League of Legends and StarCraft: Brood War, attracting 20 best domestic eSports teams like RNG, QG and LFY, and offering a high-end platform of competition and exchange for eSports players.

For more information about the iWorld Expo please visit: http://www.iworld-idg.com/

SOURCE IDG China