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By leveraging technological advantages and introducing favorable policies, the city has grown and life has improved

The municipality of Tianjin has been making headlines this month for a slew of breaking news.

The first was the announcement of China's first solar-powered intelligent vehicle. Named after the city, it made its debut during the Sixth World Intelligence Congress late last month and started touring on July 5.

Incorporating 47 cutting-edge technologies and devices, the vehicle is the sum of the efforts of 42 companies and three universities in Tianjin.

Zhou Shengxi, deputy head of the Tianjin Industrial and Information Technology Bureau, said that the national tour is aimed at expanding partnerships for the vehicle, which is accelerating efforts to reach the market. The news follows the completion of a major upgrade to the automatic container loading docks, the first of their kind in the world, at Tianjin Port on July 1.

The project marked a milestone at the port, where 49.5 percent of loading and unloading activity has now been automated, said Yang Minjie, vice-president of the Tianjin Port Group.