The development of technology opens up many avenues and it has a profound influence on the living standards of people. Here are some examples of how technology has forever changed our lives
Chaoyang Farmers’ Market, Wuxi's largest farmers’ market, supplies food, vegetable, meat and other products to at least 50,000 people every day.
The market got a boost from the IoT technologies last September when it started to introduce mobile payment, credit measurement, security traceability and data integration.
Paying for things by scanning a barcode with the Alibaba or WeChat app is more common than using cash in the country as China's central bank is issuing regulations over QR-code-based payments.
This is the case with an unmanned supermarket in Yangzhou where all the customers need to do is to make the payment by scanning the QR code rather than paying in cash.
With the Internet entering a new phase of cross-border integration, innovation-powered technologies and intelligent way of life is bringing people a more convenient life experience.
On May 3 last year, China unveiled a crude quantum computer that could outpace today's PCs and servers.
Quantum computers have already been built by companies like IBM and D-Wave, but Chinese researchers have taken a different approach. They are introducing quantum computing using multiple photons, which could provide a superior way to calculate compared to today's computers.
The Chinese quantum computing architecture allows for five-photon sampling and entanglement. It's an improvement over previous experiments involving single-photon sourcing, up to 24,000 times faster, the researchers claimed.
On July 4 last year, Chinese scientists set a world record by reaching 101.2 seconds of steady-state H-mode operations via a Tokamak device to harness energy - fusion.
In other words, they turned on an artificial sun, which continued to burn at scorching hot temperatures for nearly two minutes. The prior record - about 60 seconds - was set by the same team a year earlier.
They could set up a long-pulse with an H-mode discharge that can convert into energy, such as what occurs at a nuclear power plant.
On August 10 last year, China launched a pioneering satellite mission to prove the viability of quantum communications from space, an innovation that could lead to a worldwide network to transmit hack-proof messages among military forces, financial institutions and multinational companies.
The benefit of quantum communication is in its security. According to a report by Nature in July, the key is derived from the polarization of a string of photons, and any attempt to hack or tinker with the messages is immediately detectable.
