China and Germany are speeding up cooperation in the artificial intelligence sector, with the first joint AI application demonstration center launched in Beijing.

E-town was hosting a cultural innovation and entrepreneurship competition with more than 100 officials of the development area including expert judges, investors, and representatives of cultural innovation-related businesses and associations.

A forum on innovation and development of smart parks was held in Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (E-town) on April 20, paving the way for the upgrading and development of industrial parks all over China, local media reported.

In a video that went viral online recently, foreign students in China have redefined the "four great inventions" of modern age: bike-sharing services, e-commerce, high-speed trains and mobile payment systems.

President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the two-day Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on Sunday earned wide praise from experts, international delegates and entrepreneurs.

The Belt and Road Initiative promoted by President Xi Jinping foresees the reactivation of a corridor with maritime and terrestrial commercial links between China and Europe, Germany being one of the important poles of this concept.