「September 11th, Yanjing International Conference Center, Conference Hall 1.」
The nearly two-thousand-square-meter indoor space was packed to capacity. Lights glittered from the ten-meter-high dome ceiling. Directly ahead, a massive, curved LED screen dominated the view. Each seat was equipped with a touchscreen panel and simultaneous interpretation headphones.
At ten o'clock sharp, the chairmen of the Council for Industrial Informatization, the Hua Country Engineering Association, and the Internet Association took the stage one by one to give their opening remarks.
They presented awards like the "Outstanding Contribution Award" and the "Leading Technology Award" to industry-leading companies in various sectors, including the PC internet, mobile internet, IoT, cloud computing, online marketing, and e-commerce.
To put it bluntly, the awards were nothing more than empty honors with no monetary prize.
