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China's 'Silicon Valley' betting on smart factories and robots

Beijing, Sep 29 (EFE).- The new smart factories and logistic robots for the delivery of packages featured at the forum of Zhongguancun, dubbed as the Chinese "Silicon Valley," on the outskirts of Beijing.The forum, which was first held in 2007, was attended by leading figures from the technology community such as Xiaomi's founder Lei Jun, who spoke about their aim to become the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer by sales.To achieve this, he stressed that the company will rely "on smart manufacturing" and revealed they were building a smart factory on the outskirts of Beijing, which will "work without staff" and produce "10 million high-end mobile phones every year." (Camera: ÁLVARO ALFARO).B-ROLL OF THE ZHONGGUANCUN TECH HUB; THE SECURITY ROBOT; THE MODELS OF AN AUTONOMOUS TRAIN, AND A MODEL OF THE HIGH-SPEED TRAINS IN BEIJING, CHINA. SOUND BITES: BUSINESS OWNERS, SHI JING AND ZHANG WEI.1. SHI JING, BUSINESS OWNER.-This stone stele was found in Anhui province. Its original appearance is no longer clear due to erosion. We repair it using a precision two-dimensional and three-dimensional scan to restore it to its original form. 2. ZHANG WEI, BUSINESS OWNER.- This is a backpack that reduces the load. With magnetic levitation technology, when you put this backpack on, it feels like someone is holding the backpack from behind. It can reduce 87 percent of the effort required to carry the backpack.