STORY: Chinese firms wow mobile world eyeing new growth at MWC 2024
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 26-28, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 29, 2024
LENGTH: 0:02:23
LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NI FEI, Senior vice president of ZTE and president of ZTE Mobile Devices
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LUIGI GAMBARDELLA, President of the ChinaEU
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): LARA DEWAR, Chief marketing officer at GSMA
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MATS GRANRYD, GSMA's director general

STORYLINE:

The 2024 edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world's leading trade fair for mobile technology and related industries, concluded in Barcelona, Spain on Thursday.

The state-of-the-art products and applications showcased by Chinese companies had become eye-catchers at the four-day event.

Chinese technology company ZTE unveiled one of the world's first 5G+AI eyewear-free 3D tablets.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NI FEI, Senior vice president of ZTE and president of ZTE Mobile Devices
"It supports 5G which means you can experience 3D anytime and anywhere. It can convert any 2D content to 3D content in real-time. Also, we have our dedicated optical design to make this 2D tablet come into a 3D tablet. I think it's a very cutting-edge technology."

Chinese computer giant Lenovo launched a transparent display laptop, a 17.3-inch concept notebook with a screen that one can peer straight through.

Chinese smartphone brand HONOR showed visitors how to control a car with eye-tracking technology, as people can start or stop the engine and move forward or backward the car.

This year's MWC centers on the "Future First" concept, highlighting the importance of uniting industries, continents, technologies and communities to realize the potential of the future.

It drew a total of 2,400 exhibitors, including around 300 Chinese telecommunications companies.

Business insiders said that Chinese firms have made important contributions to the mobile world that is eyeing new growth.

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LUIGI GAMBARDELLA, President of the ChinaEU
"It's incredible to see how many Chinese companies and Chinese people are here (MWC) present. This shows us a Mobile World Congress without Chinese will not be a Mobile World Congress. Chinese companies in many fields are leading the way. I see many opportunities in front of us."

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): LARA DEWAR, Chief marketing officer at GSMA
"I think there's a ton of innovation that's coming out of China, so it's really important that they're here."

SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MATS GRANRYD, GSMA's director general
"I know how much effort, money, talent that China is pouring into new technology, into AI, into connectivity. That's going to really bear fruit in the future."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Barcelona, Spain.
(XHTV)