CHONGQING -- A smart technology exhibition held in China's heartland metropolis Chongqing last week saw the biggest names in the industry all appear on stage, highlighting the surge in high-tech investment pouring into the nation's inland region.
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Visitors are seen at a monitor displaying facial recognition technology developed by Tsinghua Unigroup at the first Smart China Expo in Chongqing.
CHONGQING -- A smart technology exhibition held in China's heartland metropolis Chongqing last week saw the biggest names in the industry all appear on stage, highlighting the surge in high-tech investment pouring into the nation's inland region.