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Huawei Cloud Supports Humanica’s Digital Transformation with Reliable and Scalable Cloud Infrastructure

BANGKOK, March 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Huawei Cloud is supporting the digital transformation of Humanica, Thailand’s leading provider of world-class end-to-end HR and ERP solutions, by delivering reliable and scalable cloud infrastructure that enhances system performance, operational efficiency, and service reliability.

By migrating its HR and ERP systems to Huawei Cloud, Humanica has strengthened its digital foundation with a cloud-native architecture, enabling faster service deployment and more responsive support for the growing needs of enterprises across Southeast Asia.

Humanica combines its proprietary HR technology platform with professional payroll outsourcing services to help organizations streamline HR management and automate business processes. As demand for its services continues to grow, the company requires a more flexible and resilient cloud foundation to support expanding workloads and rapidly evolving market needs.

While Humanica’s initial success was built on a robust foundation of traditional colocation and monolithic architecture, the company’s rapid regional expansion has necessitated a shift toward a more elastic and automated digital infrastructure. To meet the growing demand for its services across Southeast Asia, Humanica has sought to move beyond the physical lead times and manual configuration cycles of legacy hardware models. This evolution is driven by a commitment to enhancing operational agility and ensuring that Humanica remains at the forefront of HR technology innovation.

Through its collaboration with Huawei Cloud, Humanica has successfully transitioned to a modern cloud environment designed for agility, reliability, and scalability. Huawei Cloud is the first cloud provider in Thailand to offer three Availability Zones (3AZ), providing advanced redundancy mechanisms that ensure high availability and uninterrupted service operations. Leveraging this infrastructure, Humanica has deployed its workloads across multiple zones for maximum resilience.

Building on this cloud foundation, Humanica’s engineering team has implemented a comprehensive cloud-native stack, including container orchestration, automated deployment pipelines, and an integrated monitoring and observability platform, significantly simplifying operations and accelerating delivery. With these capabilities, Humanica’s engineering teams can focus exclusively on pioneering next-generation HR features and accelerating strategic service expansion across the region.


“Huawei Cloud is committed to supporting enterprises in their digital transformation journeys with secure, reliable, and high-performance cloud technologies,” said Ms. Celine Cao, CEO of Huawei Cloud Thailand.

“Our collaboration with Humanica demonstrates how cloud innovation can help organizations modernize their infrastructure, improve operational efficiency, and accelerate business growth.”

Huawei Cloud provides a comprehensive portfolio of cloud solutions that support enterprise workloads, including cloud infrastructure, cloud-native development capabilities, hybrid cloud architecture, and advanced security services. Its unified architecture allows organizations to seamlessly integrate public and private cloud environments while maintaining local data management.

The platform also offers robust database services such as RDS for SQL Server, which provide intelligent management tools for backup, restoration, performance optimization, and resource monitoring. To ensure enterprise-grade protection, Huawei Cloud integrates comprehensive security services, including Identity and Access Management (IAM), Network Address Translation (NAT) Gateway, and Security Groups, while complying with more than 130 global security certifications.

Since adopting Huawei Cloud as its infrastructure foundation, Humanica has achieved significant operational improvements. The company can now scale its IT resources five times faster, reducing provisioning time from weeks to minutes through automated infrastructure orchestration. This agility has enabled Humanica to accelerate new feature releases and onboard enterprise customers more rapidly, strengthening its competitive position in the HR technology market.


“By leveraging Huawei Cloud’s cloud-native infrastructure and local support capabilities, we have strengthened the reliability, security, and scalability of our platform,” said Mr. Soontorn Dentham, CEO of Humanica. “This enables us to accelerate product innovation, deliver more stable services to our customers, and continue supporting organizations in their digital transformation journeys.”As enterprises increasingly embrace cloud technologies to drive innovation and efficiency, Huawei Cloud continues to provide secure, scalable, and intelligent solutions that empower businesses to unlock new opportunities in the digital era.

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About Huawei
Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. The company has more than 207,000 employees and operates in more than 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world.

Its mission is to bring digital technology to every person, home, and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. To this end, Huawei drives ubiquitous connectivity and promotes equal access to networks; brings cloud and artificial intelligence to all corners of the world to provide superior computing power where and when it is needed; builds digital platforms to help industries and organizations become more agile, efficient, and dynamic; and redefines user experience with AI, making it more personalized in all aspects of life, whether at home, in the office, or on the go.

About Humanica
Humanica Public Company Limited is Thailand’s leading world-class HR technology provider, offering a comprehensive suite of Human Capital Management solutions and professional payroll outsourcing services. With over 22 years of experience serving enterprises across Southeast Asia; Humanica empowers organizations to streamline HR operations and drive digital transformation through its proprietary, cloud-native technology platform.

Laos-China Railway Surpasses 80 Million Tonnes of Cargo Since Late 2021

The China-Laos Railway has transported more than 90 million tonnes of cargo since it opened in December 2021, including 18 million tonnes of cross-border goods. (Photo credit: People's Daily)

The Laos-China Railway (LCR) has transported more than 80 million tonnes of cargo since its launch in December 2021, cementing its place as one of Southeast Asia’s most consequential trade corridors in just over four years of operation.

Of that total, more than 18 million tonnes crossed international borders across a network now serving 19 countries and regions, including Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore, Chinese state media reported.

Daily cross-border services have risen from just two trains at launch to a peak of 23, while the variety of goods has expanded from roughly ten commodity types, primarily fertilizers and rubber, to more than 3,800, now spanning chemicals, textiles, electrical products, and minerals.

So far in 2026, 5.64 million tonnes have already been transported.

Millions of passengers, one day’s journey

As the LCR marked four years of operation on 3 December 2025, it had carried more than 62.5 million passenger trips, including nearly 640,000 cross-border journeys. The fastest end-to-end journey now takes just 9 hours and 36 minutes, shrinking what was once a multi-day overland trek into a single day’s travel.

For Laos, the 1,035-kilometer line running from Kunming in China’s Yunnan Province south to Vientiane, has opened the country to faster, more reliable regional connections, with Lao produce, minerals, agricultural products now reaching the markets at lower cost, and Vientiane as a growing distribution hub for the wider subregion.

The next link: a Mekong bridge and beyond

That role is set to expand. 

A planned Mekong railway bridge at Vientiane would connect the LCR to Thailand’s new high-speed rail project, extending the corridor further south through Thailand toward Malaysia and Singapore, completing a continuous rail link from Kunming to the tip of the Malay Peninsula. 

With Laos’ capital sitting at the pivotal junction, the LCR is fast becoming the central spine of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in mainland Southeast Asia.

The jump from ten goods categories to more than 3,800 in just four years signals a maturing, diversified trade route. 

If current momentum holds, cumulative cargo could reach 100 million tonnes before the end of 2026.

Boao: Where the World Meets | Qionghai: Where Free Trade Thrives

Global Health Tech Debuts as Qionghai Leads the Wellness Wave


QIONGHAI, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 March 2026 – From March 24-27, the ” Boao: Where the World Meets, Qionghai: Where Free Trade Thrives” City Exhibition was held at Boao’s Dongyu Island Cultural Park. This marks the first major city showcase since the launch of Hainan Free Trade Port’s island-wide special customs operations—providing a panoramic window into Qionghai’s role as a core functional zone of the free trade port. Woven with the theme of global connection and open development, the exhibition turns policies and culture into immersive, sensory experiences through innovative technology and design.

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The opening hall’s “Digital Twin Experience Pod” offers a glimpse into daily life in tomorrow’s Qionghai—all through the use of an identity card. The interactive “Cycle Through Qionghai” installation takes guests on a dynamic ride along the Wanquan River, through historic Nanyang hometowns—settlements built by overseas Chinese returning from Southeast Asia, and into Qionghai’s stunning coastal and mountain scenery.

A key highlight is the frontier technology from the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone. Breakthrough innovations—including the world’s first automatic exophthalmometer, a non-invasive glucose monitor, a facial recognition system for genetic screening, and the Ruiwatch wearable—made their collective public debut, showcasing how “global medical innovations meet their first patients in China.”

As China’s only Medical Tourism Special Zone, Qionghai is not just a hub of medical “tech marvels”—it is a natural wellness destination. It brings together world-class medical devices, privileged treatment policies, and international health management systems, making “access to global cutting-edge healthcare” an everyday reality. From Lecheng’s precision medicine to seaside healing, from Traditional Chinese Medicine wellness to sports recovery, Qionghai is building an integrated ecosystem of medical care, wellness, tourism, and living.

With the Free Trade Port now in full operation, this coastal city invites health seekers worldwide to begin a journey of total renewal—where advanced medicine meets natural vitality, right here in Qionghai.
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2026 Ningbo Image Overseas Exhibition Concludes Successfully in Hong Kong, China


HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 March 2026 – On the afternoon of 21 March, the 2026 Ningbo Image Overseas Exhibition took place at the Hong Kong CineArt MegaBox. Using visual media as a connecting thread, the event built a bridge for cultural exchange between Ningbo and Hong Kong, allowing Hong Kong audiences to experience the charm of Ningbo up close.

2026 Ningbo Image Overseas Exhibition Concludes Successfully in HongKong, China

The event comprised three components: a Ningbo-themed film screening, a creative salon, and the ‘Experience Ningbo’ city exhibition, attracting enthusiastic participation from staff and students of Hong Kong Baptist University, as well as local cultural figures.

The Ningbo-themed film screening presented three films from Ningbo and five short films from the 30°Ningbo Short Film Festival, showcasing Ningbo’s cultural heritage and natural scenery through the lens.

The creative salon invited three guests—director Jiang Xiaoxuan, Hong Kong Baptist University lecturer Lai Kin-fung, and Southern Film Company Limited‌ Manager Lin Yunhua—to explore new avenues for the visual dissemination of local culture from the perspectives of film and television production and the cultural fusion between the two regions.

The “Experience Ningbo” exhibition, through the promotion of local cuisine and scenic beauty alongside displays of urban cultural and creative products, allowed audiences to experience Ningbo through both sight and taste. Many visitors expressed their desire to visit Ningbo in person.

This event created a “visible, tangible and portable” record of the city’s culture, further deepening cultural exchanges between Ningbo and Hong Kong. Moving forward, the film exhibition will tour more overseas cities, using the medium of film to promote Ningbo to the world.

Hashtag: #2026NingboImageOverseasExhibition

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Wellcome and COFCO Hong Kong Announce Strategic Partnership Target First-Year Sales to Exceed HK$100 Million

Stabilising the Supply of Quality Food and Strengthening Price Competitiveness


HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 March 2026 – Wellcome and COFCO Corporation Limited (“COFCO”) held a strategic cooperation agreement signing ceremony, announcing the establishment of a long-term partnership. The collaboration will strengthen cooperation across the supply of quality food products, brand and marketing initiatives, supply chain operations and elevating the overall customer consumption experience.

Curtis Liu, Chief Executive Officer, Food at DFI Retail Group (back row, fifth from left) and Mr. Lijun Qing, Vice President at COFCO Corporation Limited (back row, third from right) attended the signing ceremony with their teams to announce the strategic partnership
Curtis Liu, Chief Executive Officer, Food at DFI Retail Group (back row, fifth from left) and Mr. Lijun Qing, Vice President at COFCO Corporation Limited (back row, third from right) attended the signing ceremony with their teams to announce the strategic partnership

COFCO is an international agribusiness with a fully integrated food supply chain, underpinned by strong upstream sourcing capabilities and extensive supply chain management expertise. Wellcome is Hong Kong’s leading supermarket chain with the city’s largest store network. By leveraging their complementary strengths, the partnership aims to further enhance the supply of quality food products and offer customers a wider selection of fresh, great‑value choices.

Looking ahead, the two parties will focus on collaboration across four key areas:

  • First, strengthening the direct supply of quality products, with a diverse range of premium food products under COFCO prioritised for listing across Wellcome’s sales channels. This will expand offerings in key categories such as rice, flour, edible oils, dairy products, meat, alcoholic beverages, tea and beverages.
  • Second, enhancing supply chain efficiency by leveraging Wellcome’s local delivery and store network to accelerate the flow of fresh and fast‑moving consumer goods.
  • Third, driving joint brand and marketing initiatives, including new product launches, festive promotions and campaigns promoting healthy eating.
  • Fourth, strengthening food quality and safety management by strictly adhering to food safety standards and enhancing product traceability mechanisms, jointly safeguarding customers’ food safety.

At present, the key areas of cooperation include Mengniu dairy products, Fortune edible oil, Meilin canned food, and Joycome meat. In 2026, sales of COFCO’s products at Wellcome are expected to exceed HK$100 million. COFCO will prioritise supplying Wellcome with a broader range of quality products, while Wellcome will leverage its extensive local retail network to support COFCO with a stable and scalable sales channel in Hong Kong.

Through this partnership, both parties aim to provide customers with greater peace of mind and a wider range of quality food products, responding to Hong Kong families’ growing demand for better living. The first phase of the partnership’s promotional rollout features Joycome chilled pork, delivered fresh daily and offered at a long‑term promotional price of HK$28. Available from today at all Wellcome stores, the product is sourced directly from its origin, enabling Wellcome to offer customers produce of the highest quality.

Curtis Liu, Chief Executive Officer, Food, at DFI Retail Group, said: “This partnership between Wellcome and COFCO brings together the complementary strengths of both parties — COFCO’s robust food supply chain and Wellcome’s strong online and offline retail network. By combining these capabilities, we can further strengthen the stable supply of quality food products and offer customers a broader range of fresh products at great value.”

COFCO (Hong Kong) Limited’s spokesperson said: “The establishment of this long‑term strategic partnership with Wellcome fully leverages COFCO’s strengths in food supply chain capabilities and product resources, together with Wellcome’s territory‑wide retail network, enabling a wider range of quality food products to be supplied to the Hong Kong market more efficiently. COFCO will continue to provide Wellcome with a diverse and high‑quality product offering, working together to meet local households’ needs for food quality and supply stability.”

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Wellcome

Established in 1945, Wellcome is Hong Kong’s longest established supermarket chain with the largest store network. Since 1964, the company has been wholly owned by DFI Retail Group and serves as the Group’s key supermarket brand in its food business. Together with Market Place, 3hreesixty and Oliver’s, Wellcome operates a network of over 320 stores serving more than 14 million customers every month.

With the mission of ‘Always Fresh, Always Value and Always Here for You’, we take pride and passion in providing a quality range of fresh and grocery products, great value and an exciting shopping experience to help our customers save more and enjoy more. As a market-leading supermarket, Wellcome constantly innovates to serve our communities better. In 2021, it introduced a new format, Wellcome Fresh, which offers great value and high-quality fresh produce in an environment that combines the atmosphere of a wet market with the convenience of a supermarket. In 2025, Wellcome launched “Everyday Value” price commitment, locking prices on over 400 fresh & grocery essentials for customers. More recently, it has accelerated its e-Commerce development, enhancing the omnichannel customer journey by offering a more convenient, flexible and personalised grocery shopping experience. For more information about Wellcome, please visit http://www.wellcome.com.hk.

COFCO Corporation Limited

COFCO Corporation Limited, founded in 1949, is a major international agri-food enterprise with a global presence and an integrated value chain spanning the entire agricultural and food industry. In 2025, it ranked 133rd on the Fortune Global 500 list. At present, the COFCO’s annual revenue exceeds 600 billion RMB, and it ranks first nationwide in both the scale and volume of trading, processing, and manufacturing of major agricultural products. Its brands, including Fortune, Mengniu, Great Wall, China Tea, Joycome, Meilin, Jiugui, Lohas, and Xiangxue, are widely recognized and well regarded.

As a central state-owned enterprise that shares the same founding year as the People’s Republic of China, COFCO has enjoyed a deep and longstanding bond with Hong Kong over several decades. Since the 1960s, under the unified arrangements of the state, COFCO has borne full responsibility for organizing and securing the supply of fresh food as well as grain and oil products for Hong Kong through the “Three Express Trains” from the mainland. From the departure of the first train in 1962 to the retirement of the “Three Express Trains” in 2010, COFCO continuously overcame various difficulties to ensure a steady flow of fresh food, fruits, and vegetables from the mainland to Hong Kong, day in and day out. The “Three Express Trains” functioned like three major arteries, delivering a constant supply of fresh produce from the mainland to Hong Kong and Macao, which not only enriched the year‑round food baskets of local residents but also provided solid support for the economic development and social stability of both regions.

TPIsoftware Announced Collaboration with Phison Electronics to Establish AISO for Accelerated On-Premises AI Implementation

TAIPEI, March 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TPIsoftware (TPEx: 7781) announced a strategic collaboration with Phison Electronics to establish AISO, an alliance whose mission is to empower nations to build their own AI with market-proven, credible solutions. AISO, which stands for AI for Sovereignty, includes industry leaders: Gogolook, KDAN, TNP, TSTI, Altos, Thinktron, FUCO & Ryzo, Acer Synergy Tech, ECS and Fongcon as founding members, with guidance by Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

The AISO launch was initiated by Phison CEO Pua Khein-Seng, Senior Executive Officer of the Ministry of Digital Affairs Hsu Mei-Ling, Counselor of National Development Council Lin Ching-Chin and TPIsoftware Chairman Ben Yao along with alliance members.
The AISO launch was initiated by Phison CEO Pua Khein-Seng, Senior Executive Officer of the Ministry of Digital Affairs Hsu Mei-Ling, Counselor of National Development Council Lin Ching-Chin and TPIsoftware Chairman Ben Yao along with alliance members.

The announcement took place at a press conference held on March 23. The event was followed by an MOU signing with Cathay Financial Holdings and Delta Electronics to solidify partnership, witnessed by representatives from the Ministry of Digital Affairs and National Development Council.

AISO is formed to enable turnkey delivery that accelerates AI deployment and adoption at the organizational level with integrated hardware-and-software solutions. This allied approach provides enterprises with affordability, scalability and reduced technical complexity of building on-premises AI. AISO focuses on developing a network with an AISO Inside standard that strengthens compliance with global legal frameworks, e.g. the EU AI Act, and national regulations while supporting the complete AI lifecycle.

TPIsoftware Chairman Ben Yao said that despite an abundance of AI solutions, the real challenge of AI adoption lies in the implementation process. The key is whether the AI capabilities are leveraged to create tangible value with proper data governance and regulatory compliance. The alliance aims to support AI deployment in highly-regulated industries including financial services, healthcare, public sector, etc., with bundled solutions for accelerated innovation and streamlined implementation at a fraction of the cost.

Phison CEO Pua Khein-Seng stated that with the company’s patented aiDAPTIV technology for enhanced inference, enterprises are able to bring AI into production at speed and scale with enterprise-ready software and affordable infrastructure by being part of the AISO network.

Cathay Financial Holdings CTO Marcus Yao highlighted that AISO enables on-premises architectures with enhanced governance and data residency, complementing their cloud-first strategy. Delta Electronics CIO/CISO L.F. Tseng added that the integrated solution provided by Phison and TPIsoftware ensures greater autonomy, compatibility and processing performance, driving AI transformation.

Royal Healthcare in Singapore provides NEC’s “FonesVisuas Test” for Disease Risk Prediction

TOKYO, March 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced that its FonesVisuas Test, an innovative blood test that predicts disease risk, is being offered by Royal Healthcare (*1), a Singapore-based medical institution and group company of Sojitz Corporation that combines the latest medical expertise with the art of hospitality.

Entrance of the Specialist Medical Centre
Entrance of the Specialist Medical Centre

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the global rise in lifestyle-related diseases and dementia underscores the urgency for advanced predictive diagnostics (*2). Concurrently, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) iLibrary data has identified cancer and cardiovascular diseases as leading causes of mortality worldwide (*3), amplifying the urgency for proactive health management solutions.

Royal Healthcare is based in Singapore’s medical hub, Novena, providing personalized, high-quality health screening services alongside customized medical experiences that prioritize efficiency and convenience for both local and international patients.

Interior of the Specialist Medical Centre
Interior of the Specialist Medical Centre

The addition of the FonesVisuas Test represents a significant advancement by analyzing proteins that reflect dynamic physiological changes. From just a small blood sample, the test can predict risks of developing conditions such as dementia, heart attack, lung cancer, chronic kidney disease, and prostate cancer over the next several years.

Royal Healthcare combines its services with conventional health checkups to guide individuals who are not yet ill but also not in optimal health toward lifestyle improvements. This approach aims to prevent future illness and enhance people’s quality of life.

Looking ahead, NEC plans to expand provision of the FonesVisuas Test internationally, particularly in the APAC region, underscoring its commitment to advancing global healthcare standards.

Notes

(*1) https://royal-healthcare.com/
(*2) https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/noncommunicable-diseases; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dementia
(*3) https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/health-at-a-glance-2023_7a7afb35-en

About NEC

The NEC Group leverages technology to create social value and promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential. NEC Corporation was established in 1899. Today, the NEC Group’s approximately 110,000 employees utilize world-leading AI, security, and communications technologies to solve the most pressing needs of customers and society.

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Focus on upgrading industries and collaboration

BEIJING, March 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — This is a news report from China Daily: 

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has laid a foundation for coordinated innovation and is set to intensify efforts in the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, industrial upgrading and technology finance, a senior official said.

Jin Wei, vice-mayor of Beijing, highlighted that research collaboration across the region has grown stronger. A dedicated joint fund under the National Natural Science Foundation of China has been established. It supports 270 projects, fostering collaboration among more than 700 research teams, and incubating 179 hard-tech enterprises.

In terms of industrial collaboration, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has mapped out six key industry chains, including hydrogen energy and biomedicine, and jointly developed seven advanced manufacturing clusters, such as integrated circuits and artificial intelligence.

This Wednesday marks the opening of the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference. The five-day event lists deepening coordinated innovation in the region as one of its priorities, and will host the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated innovation and high-quality development forum as a parallel session on Friday.

The parallel forum will consist of six sessions, including keynote speeches, announcements, and cooperation signing ceremonies. It aims to connect cutting-edge technologies and international resources, explore pathways and models for coordinated regional innovation, and build a platform for exchanges and cooperation among governments, enterprises, universities and research institutions.

“We are jointly enhancing the prestigious reputation of Zhongguancun,” Jin said, adding that four such parks have been established in areas such as the Binhai New District in Tianjin and Xiong’an New Area in Hebei.

Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei have jointly set up operation teams, implemented supporting policies and improved cultivation systems. More than 9,800 enterprises have settled in these four parks. Notably, the park in Xiong’an New Area, inaugurated just over two years ago, has attracted more than 260 tech enterprises.

Looking ahead, Jin emphasized that the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region will continue to promote the transformation of sci-tech achievements and establish a regular mechanism for aligning research outcomes with practical applications.

The region will also organize strategic sci-tech forces, such as national laboratories, universities and research institutes, to cooperate with key enterprises in Tianjin and Hebei, and build industrialization carriers in areas such as Tongzhou, Wuqing and Langfang.

A staff member of Tianjin Siasun Intelligent Technology operates a mine inspection robot in the Beijing-Tianjin Zhongguancun Tech Town in Tianjin.
A staff member of Tianjin Siasun Intelligent Technology operates a mine inspection robot in the Beijing-Tianjin Zhongguancun Tech Town in Tianjin.