Ahead of the Dragon Boat Festival, more than 230 students from leading Chinese universities — including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Nankai University, and Tianjin University — competed in a dragon boat race on the Haihe River in Tianjin's Nankai district on May 31.
The 4th Tianjin International Shipping Industry Expo opened on June 2 in Tianjin, highlighting the latest developments in global shipping, logistics, and maritime technology.
The 2026 World Intelligence Expo took place in Tianjin from May 26 to 29, with journalists from 22 African countries gathering in the city for a media tour and exploring the latest developments in China's intelligent industries and innovation.
About 1,500 drones lit up the night sky over Tianjin on May 28, forming a 3D light show featuring local landmarks and imagery inspired by Haihe River culture, as the city hosted events tied to the 2026 World Intelligence Expo.
An Italian professor explores the World Intelligence Expo in Tianjin! A variety of smart robots show their talents one after another, including gesture-controlled robots, robot musicians, robotic dogs and TCM therapy robots.
During the World Intelligence Expo 2026, State Grid Tianjin deployed robotic dogs, inspection robots, and driverless patrol vehicles to enable 24/7 intelligent inspection across underground and ground power facilities, greatly improving efficiency.
China's stepped-up push to advance intelligent manufacturing is reinforcing corporate confidence and opening broader opportunities for enterprises at home and abroad to innovate, expand and share in the growth of the world's second-largest economy, economists and business executives said on the sidelines of the World Intelligence Expo 2026 in Tianjin, which opened on May 28 and runs through May 31.
"China is not just a huge market — it is a global engine for innovation and manufacturing," said Rainer Kern, chief financial officer of Karcher Greater China.