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BEIJING<\/span>, July 16, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — A news report from China.org.cn:<\/p>\n

Before French blogger Mylene Mathieu visited Hefei, the capital of eastern China’s Anhui province, she pictured a city known for Hui-style architecture and traditional culture.<\/p>\n

“Artificial intelligence technology, robots, and drones \u2014 I never expected Hefei to have such impressive innovation,” she spoke of her recent visit to the city.<\/p>\n

In June, Mathieu joined a group of eight foreign experts, bloggers and international students from countries including the U.S., France, Belarus, Brazil, and Vietnam to visit Hefei, a city increasingly known in China for scientific and technological innovation.<\/p>\n

During the three-day trip, the visitors flew over Luogang Park in an autonomous “air taxi,” interacted with service robots, tried real-time AI translation, got a feel for the quick acceleration of Chinese new energy vehicles (NEVs) on a test track, and joined more than 100 local residents in a choir performance.<\/p>\n

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A panoramic view of Hefei, the capital of eastern China’s Anhui province.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Once an inland city with an economy heavily tied to agriculture, Hefei is now becoming a science<\/span> and technology innovation hub with global influence, supported by growing industrial clusters in NEVs, AI, and the low-altitude economy.<\/p>\n

At Zerith Robotics, the visitors watched robotics demonstrations and used VR equipment to remotely control a humanoid robot, Zerith-H1, as it collected motion data.<\/p>\n

“I knew China’s robotics industry was advanced, but this visit showed me that it has gone far beyond what I expected,” said Rafael Henrique Zerbetto, a Brazilian Esperanto expert with China International Communications Group (CICG). “These robots have both a brain and a body. Hefei is showing how productivity can be redefined.”<\/p>\n

At BYD’s racetrack in Hefei, the visitors tried the company’s driving simulator before test-driving NEV models on an all-terrain course, where the vehicles climbed steep inclines, crossed waterbodies, and performed drift maneuvers. In a water test pool, one NEV equipped with four-wheel independent drive stayed afloat as it moved forward and made turns.<\/p>\n

“Although the NEVs we experienced today drifted at high speed, they were also very comfortable and smooth,” said Kaligaeva Ekaterina, a blogger from Belarus.<\/p>\n

Alexander William, an Indonesian student, said, “I used to hear more about ‘made in China.’ Today in Hefei, I saw ‘intelligent manufacturing in China.'”<\/p>\n

At an air traffic operations center in Hefei’s Luogang Park, Cooley Gavin Andrew, a U.S. blogger, sat inside the cockpit of an EH216-S autonomous passenger aircraft. The aircraft has no pilot seat or control stick and is operated by an intelligent ground dispatch system.<\/p>\n

The group also visited iFLYTEK Town, where they tried AI applications including iFLYTEK’s Dual-Screen AI Translator 2.0, AI glasses, a multilingual transparent display, a smart blackboard, and a Go-playing robot. The Dual-Screen AI Translator supports online translation in 60 languages and real-time interpretation among 19 languages.<\/p>\n

Mathieu spoke French to the screen as Chinese subtitles appeared in real time. She said her husband is Chinese, and language barriers had long been a challenge in their life together. “In Hefei, I saw how AI can help people communicate better,” she said. “Technology is no longer just cold code. It can listen to you, understand what you need, and become a companion.”<\/p>\n

Lee Fook Cheung, an expert from the Center for Asia-Pacific under CICG, said Indonesia is paying close attention to China’s innovation and technology, and Hefei’s experience offers a useful example for emulating.<\/p>\n

Beyond technology, the visitors said Hefei’s urban culture also left a strong impression.<\/p>\n

At Hefei Grand Theatre, they joined more than 100 residents in a group performance. “Hefei is not only about technology,” Mathieu said. “It also has a warmth that touches people.”<\/p>\n

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