Blue Hall Observation | Asian Games Vitality! Huiying China's High Quality Economic Development Strength

The 19th Asian Games will be held from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, and five surrounding cities. As the highest sports competition platform in Asia and an international platform for peace and cultural exchanges, the Hangzhou Asian Games will soon welcome more than 12000 athletes, nearly 5000 technical officials, and tens of thousands of journalists.

What are the highlights of the upcoming 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, which have not been seen for 5 years and have gone through the test of the delayed epidemic? What kind of new scenery are there inside and outside the stadium?

Recently, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited envoys and diplomats from more than ten Asian countries, including Thailand, East Timor, Nepal, and Kuwait, to visit Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Huzhou, Jiaxing Wuzhen, and other places to inspect the preparations for the Asian Games and the development of Zhejiang's digital economy, and experience the new cultural atmosphere of Jiangnan water towns. Experience the warm atmosphere of the Asian Games in the green mountains and clear waters of Zhejiang.

At the Shaoxing Keqiao Yangshan Climbing Center, a group of young athletes are training and walking briskly on the artificial cliff track, cheering and cheering incessantly. The venue was originally an abandoned mine, but after construction and development, it has been transformed into an Asian Games venue.

It is understood that currently all 56 competition venues and 31 training venues for the Asian Games are ready, catering to millions of people during the preparation period to meet their daily fitness and sports training needs.

"Chinese Smart Manufacturing" is indispensable both on and off the field

At the three person basketball court of the Asian Games in Huzhou, diplomats stepped down to experience playing basketball. This competition venue is also the sports field of Deqing Geographic Information Town, which gathers multiple leading enterprises in China's geographic information industry. They are all using their technological advantages to safeguard the Asian Games, and sports and high-tech are at zero distance here.

Liu Haili, Chairman of Hydrogen Aviation Technology, a new energy company, told Blue Hall Observer that the flight time of industrial drones powered by newly developed hydrogen is about ten times longer than that of drones powered by other engines. It can be effectively used for forest patrols and power grid maintenance. This year, for the first time, State Grid of China has used hydrogen fuel cell drones to ensure the safety and supply of the power grid.

Wu Jianbin, chairman of the Taihu Lake Energy Valley, introduced to the visitors that China's new energy storage industry has made rapid progress. From the northwest of China to the Asian Games, there is a super power supply guarantee of new energy storage network. During the Asian Games, the company's "peaceful co storage" new energy storage network can provide electricity security for the entire province, reducing peak hours and filling valleys. The "peaceful shared storage" energy storage device, which is the same size as four electric vehicle batteries, can store 1 million kilowatt hours of electricity, ensuring that 80000 to 100000 households use it without power outage for a day.

Nepalese Ambassador to China, Bishnu Shresta, told Blue Hall Observer that he had heard of the strong digital economy in Zhejiang before when he was in Beijing, but now it's better to see than to hear. I truly understand the changes that new technologies have brought to life here, and the entire social management has been digitized. The Chinese government attaches great importance to the digital economy, and it has indeed brought many changes to people's lives.

The digital economy is a beautiful business card for the development of Zhejiang

The visiting delegation of the Chinese Embassy in Zhejiang saw that the factories and enterprises here have full innovation capabilities, and many new technologies and products are unforgettable, especially the new industries and formats brought about by the development of high-tech and digital economy, which provide strong support for economic recovery.

During a meeting with the envoy delegation in Hangzhou, Yi Lianhong, Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, introduced that as a resource small province and an area with less per capita arable land, Zhejiang's economy has increased nearly tenfold from 800 billion yuan 20 years ago to 7.8 trillion yuan in 2022 under the guidance of the "88 Strategy" major decision-making. The digital economy is a shining business card for the development of Zhejiang. In 2022, the added value of core industries in the digital economy reached 897.7 billion yuan, accounting for 11.6% of GDP.

When visiting top platform companies, the inspection team saw that the platform is actively innovating in the field of cross-border e-commerce, and is attempting to jointly build a digital free trade zone in the Southeast Asian country of Thailand to help local enterprises explore international markets. We are also providing comprehensive digital services for the Hangzhou Asian Games in areas such as cloud services, information technology, e-commerce, and green public welfare, driving millions of businesses and 1.3 billion consumers worldwide to support the Asian Games.

He suggested that the Chinese government could actively promote e-commerce in more countries in the future, especially in the "the Belt and Road" countries, so that more consumers could see more goods from the international market.

Timor Leste's Ambassador to China, Abramoto Dos Santos, believes that China is one of the strongest economies in the world, and during the inspection process, it was found that its development is astonishing.

The delegation also participated in a digital economy industry docking conference in Hangzhou, and had face-to-face exchanges with representatives from nearly 50 digital economy enterprises to gain a systematic and in-depth understanding of the development of Zhejiang's developed digital economy, intelligent manufacturing, and e-commerce.

In the past year, some Western media have been enthusiastic about criticizing the Chinese economy, and ambassadors to China have seen a reality during their travels to many parts of Zhejiang: the vibrant Asian Games reflect the economic strength of China in the new era during the preparation process!

The opening day is getting closer and closer, and people are hoping that the vitality of the Asian Games can infect Asia, promote regional peace and friendly exchanges, and let Asian countries work together to accelerate economic and trade cooperation.