Drones deliver directly to your doorstep... The "technological driving force" behind service trade, buying a cup of coffee with digital RMB
A cup of coffee falls from the sky, robots compete on the same stage... With the accelerated integration of digital technology and the real economy, this year's China International Fair for Trade in Services is full of a sense of technology. Technology empowerment is driving China's service trade industry to a new level.
International style coexists with fireworks and gas
10 summit forums, 102 special forums, and an internationalization rate of over 20% for exhibitors... Compared to the past, "international style" has undoubtedly become an important keyword in this year's Service Trade Fair.
For domestic enterprises, the Service Trade Fair is not only a platform for enterprises to share business opportunities, but also a bridge for enterprises to reach the world.
As a technology retail enterprise, Meituan has participated in the Service Trade Fair for the fourth year. This year, Meituan's new food delivery platform KeeTa made its debut. As an international exploration of local lifestyle business, KeeTa was launched and operated in Hong Kong in May this year, and is expected to cover the entire Hong Kong region by the end of the year.
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KeeTa, a brand new food delivery platform under Meituan, debuted at the Service Trade Fair for the first time
"Through the international platform of the Service Trade Fair, we hope to present consumers with more convenient new consumption scenarios and experiences, allowing service retail to unleash more growth potential and effectively stimulate consumption vitality," said the relevant person in charge of Meituan.
At the YTO Express booth, the company demonstrated its ability to "go global". At present, YTO International Network has covered 6 continents, more than 150 countries and regions, and has established more than 50 branches and offices in 18 countries and regions, with nearly a thousand global franchisees and agents. Yuantong has global shipping centers in over 20 domestic and international cities, including Los Angeles, Sydney, and Melbourne, serving cross-border trade.
Yuantong Express booth in the express service area of the China International Fair for Trade in Services
"As the Chinese airline with the widest coverage of international cargo flights and the largest number of international cargo flights in Asia, YTO Airways has opened more than 100 international routes, covering Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and other regions, with a total annual capacity of over 100000 tons," said the person in charge of YTO Airways.
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The Service Trade Fair not only has an international atmosphere, but also comes with its own fireworks.
Every year at the Service Trade Fair, the presence of time-honored brands is indispensable. This year, there have been new changes in the old brands at the Service Trade Fair - the Beijing Old Brand Innovation and Development Experience Zone, built at Hall 15 of Shougang Park in 2023, is the first to be displayed in the form of a special exhibition at the Service Trade Fair, showcasing the profound historical heritage and unique cultural charm of old brands.
Quanjude Central Axis Food Ceremony, Beijing Daoxiangcun Zero Store products, Xingshunzhai fermented sour milk made from ground mung bean wow gold ice cream... This service trade fair is the first time to show the portfolio matrix of time-honored brands in the form of an enterprise group. It is also the first time to introduce a market-oriented mechanism to hold an exhibition and stimulate the market vitality of time-honored brands through government guidance and market leadership.
Drones and robots dance together
At this year's Service Trade Fair, future technologies such as drones, automatic delivery vehicles, and autonomous driving have also received much attention. In the express delivery service section of the supply chain transportation exhibition area in Shougang Park, 10 express delivery companies including China Post, SF Express, and "Three Links and One Delivery" participated in the exhibition.
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Industry digital technologies and cutting-edge technology products such as EMS "Intelligent Identity Locks Equipped with Digital Envelopes", SF Express "Intelligent Building Delivery Robots", "Weighing and Tracking Integrated Workbench", and Cainiao Network "Overseas Warehouse Dispatch Central System" were showcased in a centralized manner.
SF Express's intelligent building delivery robot is the first to appear at the Service Trade Fair. In June of this year, SF Express began testing intelligent building robot delivery, assisting couriers in completing the final 100 meters of express delivery, achieving a reduction in delivery costs, a decrease in staff workload, an improvement in delivery efficiency, and an improvement in customer experience.
SF Express launches intelligent building delivery robots for the first time at the Service Trade Fair
The Meituan drone exhibited this time is already the fourth generation model. "The development of this aircraft model took more than two years, focusing on urban low altitude logistics and delivery scenarios, and can stably fly in complex environments of -20 to 50 degrees Celsius." The on-site staff introduced that as of May 2023, Meituan drone delivery has landed in six commercial districts in Shenzhen and Shanghai, covering communities, commercial districts, scenic spots, and office buildings. The cumulative delivery of coffee and other orders has exceeded 167000, and the variety of goods that can be delivered exceeds 20000. ".
"This hybrid oil electric express delivery drone can meet various application scenarios such as last mile delivery, medical emergency, and emergency rescue." At the Zhongtong booth, staff told reporters that through Zhongtong's self-developed drone comprehensive control platform, the flight status of express delivery drones can be monitored in real time with an error of only centimeters.
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Zhongtong Express Drone
At the same time, Zhongtong's intelligent unmanned vehicle for terminal delivery has achieved a de safety officer operation. This unmanned vehicle can not only complete the delivery of packages from vehicle to person, but also link with intelligent express delivery cabinets to automatically hand over packages between vehicles and cabinets, opening a comprehensive zero contact delivery service. At present, Zhongtong unmanned vehicles have been piloted and operated in residential areas and industrial parks in Qingpu, Shanghai.
Didi is one of the earliest domestic technology enterprises to enter the field of autonomous driving. At present, Didi has over 200 autonomous vehicles in cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. "In June 2020, we took the lead in launching manned testing services to the public in Shanghai. Didi's autonomous driving has been operating safely for over 1000 consecutive days and has achieved mixed dispatching in its operating areas in Shanghai and Guangzhou." On site staff revealed that Didi's autonomous driving is currently working with partners to comprehensively promote the mass production of autonomous new energy vehicles.
Hard technology drives "gold content"
Financial services are an important component of service trade. As one of the nine major themes of the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services, this year's financial services theme covers a series of activities such as exhibitions, forums and summits, negotiations and exchanges, and the release of project signing results, showcasing the deep integration of innovative technology and the financial field from different dimensions.
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It is worth mentioning that this year's Financial Services Special Exhibition has set up a digital RMB display area, which is jointly performed by institutions such as Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Tencent, and JD.com to showcase the highlights of the financial services special exhibition.
As one of the first pilot operating institutions for digital RMB, Tencent has showcased products and operational innovations such as "Wallet Quick Payment" and "Digital RMB Red Envelope Assistant", continuously supporting the promotion and application of digital RMB.
Tencent Group Exhibition Area within the Digital RMB Display Zone
Starting from March this year, users can activate WeChat Pay under the "Wallet Quick Payment" function of the Digital RMB APP, and freely choose the opened digital RMB wallet in WeChat mini programs, video accounts, and other scenarios to trade among supported merchants.
In addition, Tencent continues to support the distribution of digital RMB red envelopes in various regions through digital means, and has developed WeChat mini programs with the characteristics of "reusability, wide coverage, light threshold, and low risk" for digital RMB red envelopes. During this year's Spring Festival, Tencent supported the distribution of 100 million yuan catering digital RMB red envelopes in Shenzhen, serving the development of the real economy.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and JD Technology have jointly launched an innovative scenario of "Digital RMB Programmable Supply Chain Finance", and have now achieved the first order landing in the procurement financing scenario.
JD Group Exhibition Area of the Service Trade Fair
It is understood that this scenario relies on digital RMB smart contract technology and embeds Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's digital RMB intelligent custody products into the financing business process of JD's supply chain finance platform. From financing application to disbursement and repayment, the entire process is automated between the ICBC digital RMB wallets opened by all parties, without the need for manual intervention.
"JD Technology not only continuously innovates and explores in consumer scenarios, but also realizes the widespread application of digital RMB in industrial scenarios." The relevant person in charge of JD Technology stated that since the birth of the first national e-commerce platform digital RMB consumption on JD in December 2020, the number of users has been nearly 15 million, the number of wallets opened has been nearly 20 million, and the cumulative transaction amount has exceeded 3 billion yuan.