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C4 Jing’an Tuesday 24 September 2019 Shanghai Daily

Photo
by Jiang
Xiaowei Remembering an
education icon

Local residents donned school
uniforms of the 1920s, played
traditional Shanghai neighborhood
games and watched a play at the
former residence of esteemed
educator Cai Yuanpei during the
third parent-child evening event on
August 24.
The play was scripted and per-
formed by staff of the former resi-
dence and was intended to honor
Cai’s life and his contributions to
the country.
Go-getters take championship Cai (1868-1940) was president
of Peking University and founder
Members of the Jing’ansi Subdistrict weiqi (go) team,
champions of the 2019 China Home of Weiqi League, of the Academia Sinica. He was
revered for his synthesis of Chinese
shared their experiences with game fans at Shanghai and Western ideas.
Shixi Middle School.
Chang Hao, vice president of the Chinese Weiqi Asso-
ciation and a go world champion, presented the cham- Photo
pionship trophy to the subdistrict. He also explained the by Jiang
strategy of the deciding game to weiqi fans, using an Xiaowei
artificial intelligence system at the scene.
Smarter urban
administration, planning

Jing’an District presented Shanghai’s
first artificial intelligence government
platform at the 2019 World Artificial Intel-
ligence Conference in Shanghai late last
month.
Called the Jing’an Government Affairs
Brain, the project combines government
data with social data, using technologies
like big data, cloud computing and artifi-
cial intelligence to track population trends,
initiate smart urban planning and improve
supervision. It has provided support to 11
district government departments.

Moments in Seeking closer ties with Milan Funding infusion for

Jing’an District government held a market-
ing event in Milan earlier this month to promote
its investment and service environment, and
September encourage more Italian companies to open big data firms
branches in the district.
An industry fund to support
Shanghai and Milan have longstanding ties.
businesses involved in big data
The district government signed new agreements
has been established in Jing’an,
with Salvatore Ferragamo, Pasquale Bruni and
Alma, an international school of Italian cuisine, to
matter” of Shanghai’s “smart
collaborate in fashion, design, food and culture. which has been called the “gray
city” ambitions. The fund was
set up in Shibei High Technol-
Mirror on the designs of the future ogy Park, home of the Shanghai
Data Exchange, China’s leading
Shanghai Design Week kicked off in late Au- big data center.
gust at the Shanghai Exhibition Center, seeking to The fund offers financial aid
show how design affects culture, art, science and to startups and smaller innova-
technology. tive businesses in the big data
A three-day main exhibition displayed more than industry. Executives from Shibei
200 brands and 10,000 new products. and local investment companies
A “Design the Design” forum invited participants unveiled the fund at the 2019
to discuss the role of design in contemporary life Shanghai Jing’an International
and its future prospects. Big Data Forum this month.

A big boost
for eSports

The logo for the 2019 eSports Shanghai Masters, the
first high-profile event of its kind in the city, was unveiled
at the Daning Convention Center in Jing’an District on
September 4. The Shanghai eSports Association signed
contracts with event providers to formally launch a new
eSports league.
The eSports Masters will take place in the Jing’an
Sports Center between November 28 and December 1.
So far, its registered events include Dungeon and Fighter
F1 World Championships and three new competitions in
Overwatch, Warcraft III Reforged and League of Legends.
(Compiled by Ke Jiayun and Li Qian)