Media insiders from overseas Chinese news agencies visit iFlytek Co on Oct 22, a Hefei-based company with expertise in voice technologies. [Photo from WeChat account hefeigaoxinfabu]

A group of media insiders from overseas Chinese news agencies learnt about Hefei's breakthroughs at the local National High-tech Industry Development Zone on Oct 22. 

The experience hall exhibiting various cutting-edge products developed by iFlytek Co, a local-based company with expertise in voice technologies, raised great interest among the visitors. 

They were especially amazed at a real-time voice transliteration system, which can be applied at conferences for accurately converting spoken mandarin Chinese into texts, at an accuracy rate of 95 percent. 

The technology made its debut in 2017, for simultaneously transliterating the texts of Premier Li Keqiang's Government Work Report during the two sessions – the annual meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee. 

The delegation was impressed by the orderliness of a two-kilometer-long assembly line of new energy vehicles at JAC Motors, a Hefei-based automobile group with full-line independent brands which ranks among the top 10 automakers in China.

A new energy automobile assembly at JAC Motors, a local automaker with full-line independent brand vehicles [Photo from WeChat account hefeigaoxinfabu]

Media insiders all gave a thumbs-up to Hefei's ever-changing improvement. 

Xiang Xiang from the Australian AC Media Group said the clustering and rising of high-tech companies in Hefei have shielded the city to stand firm amid the slowdown of global economic development. 

Wang Hao from New Zealand Messenger said Hefei has braved its way in scientific innovation, while Li Shuangjie from a Russia-rooted news agency praised the much vigor and vitality has embodied in the city's development.