China News Service, Changsha, December 9th (Reporter Tang Xiaoqing) Smart rail transit equipment and smart connected cars are Hunan's advantageous industries.

Among them, in terms of smart rail transportation equipment, the province has now created a number of industry firsts.

  "For example, the world's first smart rail train, the first domestic arterial railway 4,500-ton self-driving electric locomotive, and the first domestic unmanned maglev train are all produced in Hunan." Liao Tingqiu, a second-level inspector from the Hunan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, was in Changsha on the 9th. Said that in terms of intelligent connected vehicles, Hunan is one of the provinces with the most "national brand" honors, and has been approved as the "National Intelligent Connected Vehicles (Changsha) Test Zone" and "Hunan (Changsha) National Connected Vehicle Pilot Zone". Changsha is one of the first pilot cities in China for the "Smart City Infrastructure and Smart Connected Vehicle Coordinated Development". The smart transportation industry has a solid foundation and an excellent industrial ecology.

  From December 17th to 18th, the 2021 Hunan (Changsha) International Smart Transportation Expo with the theme of "Technology Empowers Transportation and Wisdom Leads the Future" will be held in Changsha to showcase the promotion of new products, new technologies and new materials in the field of smart transportation With applications, more than 200 exhibitors are expected to build an international exchange and cooperation platform integrating exhibitions, trade negotiations, technology releases, and interactive experiences.

  The total planned exhibition area of ​​the expo is 40,000 square meters, and there are eight exhibition areas for smart highway, urban smart transportation, smart port and shipping, smart rail, smart aviation, smart hub, smart transportation integration technology, and traffic safety.

At the Smart Transportation Development Forum, guests will take new technologies, new applications, and new systems as entry points to conduct in-depth discussions on topics such as "Digital Transportation Innovation and Development" and "Vehicle-Road Collaborative Smart Transportation" under the new development pattern.

  At the same time, the Expo will hold thematic forums such as the Sustainable Development Strategy of China's Urban Rail Transit, the Intelligent Connected Transportation Technology Forum, as well as the "Digital Intelligence Cup" Smart Transportation Innovation Competition, new product launches, enterprise matchmaking meetings, visits and investigations, and the "Brain Hole" "Traffic" painting solicitation activities and other supporting activities with strong themes and high public acceptance.

  "Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Liu Youmei, Ding Rongjun, Chen Xiangsheng, and many other academicians, experts, and professors related to smart transportation were invited to attend the forum and gathered together to exchange ideas on multiple smart transportation topics, and bring directional suggestions for the development of industries and enterprises. And enlightenment to realize industry resource interoperability and technology sharing.” said Li Jianbin, second-level inspector of the Hunan Provincial Department of Transportation. Up to now, central enterprises, provincial state-owned enterprises and industries such as China Railway Construction, CRSC, China Unicom, and CRRC Times Electric Leading companies have confirmed their participation.

  Hunan (Changsha) International Smart Transportation Expo is an important window for external communication between provincial key exhibitions and Hunan transportation system enterprises.

The holding of this expo is one of the important measures for Hunan's in-depth implementation of the "three highs and four new" strategy. The show will focus on promoting new technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, mobile Internet, cloud computing, and blockchain as well as rail transit, automobiles, and aviation. The in-depth integration of aerospace, construction machinery, agricultural machinery, shipbuilding and other industries will showcase new and innovative technologies and new results, guide related companies to accelerate technological innovation and new product research and development, and accelerate the transformation of Hunan's equipment manufacturing industry to high-end and intelligent equipment manufacturing. Leading the development of the industry and providing a new engine for building an important advanced manufacturing highland in the country.

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