Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- An important event aimed at attracting investments and signing contracts was held today as part of the China International Exhibition of Intellectual Industry-2021 / Smart China Expo /. In total, 92 contracts were signed for a total of more than 250 billion yuan, demonstrating the important role of this exhibition as a platform for enhancing openness and cooperation in the international intellectual industry, according to Xinhua News Agency.

The signed contracts mainly concern projects in areas such as smart manufacturing and the digital economy. In particular, in the field of "smart" manufacturing, 32 agreements were signed for a total of 101.6 billion yuan, and in the field of digital economy - 20 contracts for a total of 42.8 million yuan.

As the responsible representative of the Chongqing Investment Promotion Office noted, this year the city has held a series of events aimed at attracting investment. These events are designed to contribute to the development of such strategically important areas as information technology of the next generation, to strengthen electronics and other supporting industries, as well as to ensure the prosperity of the digital economy and other modern service industries. 

According to the representative, Chongqing has taken a whole range of measures to successfully sign contracts for Smart China Expo-2021. In addition, the city authorities will actively promote the implementation of the signed contracts and promote the transformation of Chongqing into a "key point of smart manufacturing" and a "famous smart city", which will benefit the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic ring.