The Appliance & Electronics World Expo (AWE) 2018, one of the world's biggest platforms for displaying the frontier technologies of smart living, will be held in China in March. Xu Dongsheng, secretary-general of the China Household Electrical Appliances Association, the event's main organizer, announced on July 31 that AWE 2018 will be held from March 8 to 11 in Shanghai. More than 1,000 companies are expected to participate in the expo, including overseas brands such as Siemens and Samsung and domestic brands like Midea and TCL. "We are expecting about 100 brands to debut their most important and latest technologies and products during the expo next year," Xu said. Due to the rapid development of artificial intelligence and 5G, products and technologies showcased at AWE 2018 will not only be about smart entertainment, smart health, driverless cars and smart homes, but will also extend to sectors such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and drones, Xu said. The expo will have 10 pavilions covering 130,000 square meters and is expected to attract more than 250,000 visitors from China and abroad, including tens of thousands of purchasers. This year's AWE in Shanghai drew 220,000 visitors from China as well as nearly 80 countries and regions, with overseas visitors accounting for more than 10 percent of them, according to figures from the association. "With China's rapid economic development and the innovation of mobile internet technologies, China has become an important consumption market, and China's household appliance and electronics industry is also playing an increasingly important role in the world," Xu said. cheap silicone wristbands ukwristbands with a messagebatman wristbandcustom livestrong braceletscool wristbandscustom sweatbands no minimumfidget spinner bracelet
Pediatrician Yang Yang checks a child at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center in Guangdong province in January. ZHANG ZIWANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Fees for medical treatments and examinations of children 6 and younger were raised by 30 percent in Guangzhou recently as a way to keep the city's pediatricians from quitting their jobs. According to a notice issued by four city government departments at the end of April, the higher fees cover 408 kinds of treatments and examinations for children. The increase in fees for children aims to overcome the difficulty in seeing pediatricians and to encourage more medical students to become pediatricians, the notice said. The price increase is also expected to encourage State-run hospitals to provide even better medical services to children. An ordinary diagnostic fee for a child was increased from 10 yuan to 13 yuan ($1.60 to $2.05). A tonsillectomy rose from 520 yuan to 676 yuan. Gong Sitang, deputy president of the Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, said the policy is people-oriented, as it allows pediatricians to feel respected. Pediatricians usually have to be more careful and face heavy pressure in seeing child patients because some of the children are too young to speak or can't clearly describe their symptoms, Gong said. Also, most of them are their parents' only child and usually the apple of their parents' eye. Gong said the price hike will not increase the burden of patients or parents who enjoy medical insurance or who are covered by the country's healthcare system. Most of the children's medical expense are actually paid by the government and insurance companies, he said. Fang Zhuohong, a Guangzhou office worker, said she hoped the higher fees would make it easier to see pediatricians. Many parents have to spend at least half a day to bring their children to see a doctor in Guangzhou, she said. Many people won't be able to see senior doctors or specialists if they don't make appointments in advance. But not all people applauded the move. The price hike will increase the burden for myriad migrant workers who come from outside the city, said one Guangzhou resident, who refused to give his name. Many of them don't have local medical insurance and have not yet been included in the healthcare system. A shortage of pediatricians has seen some city hospitals close their pediatrics departments in recent years. A pediatrician at a major general hospital, who did not want to be named, said many pediatricians in his hospital have to work overtime. Some pediatricians have to see as many as 200 patients a day, about three times the number seen by an ordinary doctor, he said.
