Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
South Asia deserves peace more than any other region, says Zaheer Janjua
DNA OTTAWA: Pakistan High Commissioner to Canada Zaheer A. Janjua has hoped the South Asian region will be free from conflicts and the people of the region will be able to live their lives in peace and harmony. He made these comments while speaking to members of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run team that visited the Pakistan High Commission in Ottawa while relaying a peace torch from its birthplace in New York to the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. Welcoming the team and receiving the peace torch, theRead More
China’s AI industry achieves fruitful outcomes
By Xie Weiqun, Shen Wenmin, Huang Xiaohui, People’s Daily The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2023 was held in Shanghai from July 6 to 8. The event, joined by more than 1,400 guests and 400 exhibitors, covered an exhibition area of over 50,000 square meters. It hosted 133 themed forums, attracting over 177,000 in-person visits. All of the above hit record highs. The event was a magnet attracting investment and businesses. During the 2023 WAIC, 210 firms reached a total intended purchase amount of 11 billion yuan ($1.52 billion), andRead More
Shanghai to foster new growth drivers with AI technology
By Liu Shi’an, Xie Weiqun, Shen Wenmin, People’s Daily Shanghai-based tech firm Deemos, a startup offering digital identity in the metaverse, attended the 2022 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) with its technology that builds digital avatars upon the scanning by panoramic cameras. This year, it went further and brought to the 2023 WAIC a text-to-3D avatar technology, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) and text guidance to generate animatable 3D faces that can be customized based on user preferences. Themed “Intelligent Connectivity Generating Future,” the 2023 WAIC was held in ShanghaiRead More
Kuliang story of China-U.S. friendship passed down for generations
By Bai Ziwei, Liu Ge, Wang Yinxin, People’s Daily Since the 1880s, large batches of foreign expatriates moved to Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian province. Many of them would spend the summer in Kuliang, or what’s known as Guling in Mandarin, a popular place for summer vacation located on the outskirts of Fuzhou. There, they built villas, hospitals, tennis courts, swimming pools, postal offices and many other facilities, and established a deep bond with local residents. Recently, Kuliang welcomed many old friends from the United States attending the “Bond with Kuliang:Read More
Protecting cultural heritage, promoting mutual learning among civilizations
By Hang Kan To protect cultural heritage and pass it down through generations is a shared responsibility of mankind. So far, the number of world heritage sites in China has grown to 56, including the Great Wall and the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, northwest China’s Gansu province, the Yungang Grottoes in north China’s Shanxi province and Fujian Tulou, a type of Chinese rural dwellings of the Hakka people in the mountainous areas in southeast China’s Fujian province that dates back to Song and Yuan dynasties.Read More