Wuxi to host World Internet of Things Expo in November

A news conference for WIOT 2022 is held in Wuxi on Oct 26. [Photo/Wuxi Daily]

Wuxi in East China's Jiangsu province will host the World Internet of Things Exposition 2022 from Nov 25 to 27, said local authorities at a news conference.

The annual expo this year will include a summit, an exhibition to showcase IoT applications and IoT products, and six other activities with a focus on intelligent sensing, internet of vehicles, and industrial internet.

About 1,000 participants, including experts from home and abroad and industry leaders, are expected to attend the WIOT Wuxi Summit, where experts will share their thoughts on hot topics such as digital economy, digital transformation, and AI plus IoT, or AIoT.

File photo: The WIOT Wuxi Summit. [Photo/Wuxi Daily]

Global Fortune 500 enterprises, industry leaders, and unicorn enterprises will showcase their core technologies and innovations and release their new products at the IoT exhibition.

A conference on advanced manufacturing clusters in China and a summit on intelligent industries will also be held alongside the expo.

WIOT 2022 is sponsored by the Jiangsu Provincial Government and organized by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology and Wuxi municipal government.

Since its inception in 2016, the event has been attended by more than 1.1 million people from over 50 countries and regions and seen the signing of agreements for nearly 800 projects with combined investment of over 200 billion yuan ($27.88 billion), making it the world's most renowned and influential IoT gala.