The company will open operations in several key cities and regions in 2018, with China projected to be the largest tourist source country for Airbnb by 2020.
The competition, which runs through Tuesday, features 1,355 contenders from 69 countries and regions. This year's competition is expected to be the largest World-Skills competition ever held.
The company's 100 km/h maglev rail line, designed for urban transport, has operated between Changsha's south railway station and the airport in Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan province, since May 2016. It takes 19.5 minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey.
The company said it regularly invests 6 to 7 percent of its annual sales revenues in R&D. It has worldwide R&D facilities in the Chinese mainland, Europe, Japan, Singapore, and the United States.
The company plans to invest billion in artificial intelligence between this year and 2022, with China the main target market in which the company anticipates huge demand, on the back of the added emphasis on AI development.
The company said last month it had been certified by global family physician organization WONCA for its AI healthcare system, which had accumulated 670 million consultation records. During the pandemic, the system made 1.11 billion consultation records, it said.
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The company, which operates the popular mobile payment service Alipay in China, launched its "intelligent assistant" this month. The voice-recognition system enables users to buy airline tickets and book hotels by using their voice.
The company said with China's fast 5G development and Ford's own rapid progress in C-V2X, customers in China will be the first to receive the benefits of this smart technology, which will help make local streets safer and less congested.
The company now supplies seafood for large supermarkets, high-end restaurants and large fresh food e-commerce platforms.
The company launched a new A8L model on Chinese market the same day.