"The way Chongqing is developing its digital economy, artificial intelligence, smart technologies and the way it is helping to have a smart and intelligent life will inspire everyone," said Muhammad Junaid, second secretary of Pakistan embassy, on a visit to the "One Day of Smart Life" Pavilion in Lijia Smart Park on Aug 24.

As part of the Smart China Expo 2021 and China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Forum on the Digital Economy Industry, foreign guests visited smart pavilions in Lijia Smart Park displaying Chongqing's achievements of smartization. The foreign guests included Muhammad Junaid, Vugur Panahov, counselor of Azerbaijan embassy, Farid Damirli, first secretary of Azerbaijan embassy, and Sezgin Taskin, business Counselor of Turkish embassy.

The guests visited Smart Life Pavilion, Intellectual Studio Pavilion, and Smart Art Pavilion in which different applications of daily scenes are displayed.

Junaid came with his wife Misbah Rafique and their three-year-old daughter. When asked about his visit to Smart China Expo 2021, Junaid said: "It was one of the biggest and one of the greatest expo on the smart economy. There were a lot of things to learn like how digital technologies could be used in the health sector, education; how they can improve our lifestyles, our agriculture, our environment, and our security. One of the key takeaways of my visit to Chongqing is to promote digitalization, to promote more cooperation with China." He told the journalist present that he plans to revisit Chongqing in October to coordinate the establishment of the sister city between Chongqing and Karachi and the sister province between Chongqing and Balochistan. He also said that as the bridge capital of the world, Chongqing impressed him greatly, "especially the view on Nanshan and the World Financial Center."