CCTV News: Autonomous driving, smart wearable, brain-computer interface... With the development of the "Artificial Intelligence +" action, technological innovation is changing people's consumption habits and is promoting the integration of multiple business formats. Foreign media have noticed that technology and consumption are becoming the two major engines of China's economic development.
The German magazine "Haize Online" recently reported that China's current economic policy can be summarized as "leading at the forefront of the world through technological investment and domestic consumption." In the field of science and technology, investment plans mainly focus on "future industries" such as artificial intelligence, biomanufacturing, and quantum technology; and promoting domestic consumption is not only to promote economic development, but also to strengthen domestic innovation within the framework of the "dual circulation" policy to ensure that it is not affected by international interference factors.
Li Chunlin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a press conference of the State Council Information Office on March 17 that in order to promote consumption upgrading, the "Special Action Plan to Boost Consumption" will make efforts from three aspects. One of them is to use technology to cultivate new growth points in consumption, clear up bottlenecks in technology implementation, promote the accelerated development of new consumption, and enable cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements to benefit more consumers.
In a smart park in Shenzhen, Guangdong, robots make coffee on site, drones shuttle and deliver takeout... "Artificial intelligence + consumption" is around the people. According to the staff, the robotic arm imitates real people’s freshly ground coffee, and the sales volume of dozens of cups per day on normal working days, and hundreds of cups per day on holidays.
The drone takeaway cabinet, less than 200 meters away from the coffee machine, solved the problem of difficulty in ordering takeaway pickup when citizens were visiting the park in the past. Citizens interviewed said that this form felt very novel and wanted to order a meal to try. Staff from Bijiashan Park said that there are about 100 orders for takeout on weekdays, and about 160 orders on weekends and rest days.
The continuous expansion of scientific and technological application scenarios has also promoted the continuous expansion of county consumption scale. At 3 pm, at the comprehensive rural delivery logistics service point in Quanpi Village, Xiaoling Township, Chongyang County, Xianning City, Hubei Province, the person in charge Chen Hui met with this driverless delivery vehicle on time. The local area is currently setting delivery routes based on 5G network technology to achieve unmanned delivery vehicles.
At present, more than 100 million express parcels enter and exit the countryside every day, and about one-third of the counties in the country have achieved "same-day delivery" of express delivery. According to business big data monitoring, rural online retail sales in 2024 were 2.56 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.4%.
The technological content of cultural and tourism consumption is also increasing. Recently, Zhangjiajie, Hunan launched the "Robots Entering Scenic Area" experience activity. In the scenic area, robots guide tourists to check tickets, board cars, and interact with tourists, providing everyone with a technological and intelligent cultural and tourism experience. Relying on natural landscapes, local scenic spots create "zero carbon smart scenic spots", develop science fiction theme projects, and work with universities, cultural and tourism institutions and other forces to focus on the development of robots that adapt to the complex environment of the scenic spots, so that technology can be integrated into every link of the tourist journey and provide a high-quality cultural and tourism experience.
