Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai

Zhuhai will showcase a series of hi-tech products at the opening of the 2017 Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo to be held in Dongguan, Guangdong Province from Sept 21 to 24.

Key state-owned enterprises such as Zhuhai Electric Appliances, Zhuhai Port Holdings, and Huafa Group as well as other innovative private companies will constitute a 21-enterprise Zhuhai delegation, according to the Municipal Bureau of Commerce.

Product descriptions, pictures and material items will be in place at 121 exhibition stalls to present commercial exchanges and market development achievements with countries along the Belt & Road. Manufacturing, high-end science and technology, and engineering, among other cooperation areas, will be the focus.

Also highlighted will be the architectural curtain walls of Zhuhai Singyes Green Building Technology Co Ltd and the virtual display technologies by Zhuhai 4D Age Technology that are often used for digital museum construction and relics reconstruction.

The 2016 Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo [Photo courtesy msr-expo.com]

Models of the latest products from Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology Ltd and China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co Ltd, which include unmanned vessels, corporate jets and drones, will also be on show.

Representative cooperation agreements valued at more than 14.5 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) are expected to be signed.

The expo promises to be an broad-based display of Zhuhai's construction success resulting from Belt & Road Initiative implementation and the national going-out strategy practiced by most of its enterprises, said a government official.

A dedicated platform to promote the Belt & Road Initiative, the international expo has been held annually since 2015, bringing together Guangdong cities and countries or regions along the Maritime Silk Road, especially those of Southeast Asia.

This year's session will be expanded to an unprecedented scale of 100,000 sq m.

More than 1,680 enterprises from home and abroad will take apart in the event. Just over 67 percent of them, or 1,134, will come from 56 foreign countries and regions, while the 548 domestic exhibitors will constitute the balance, according to the organizer.