A total of 10 projects win gold awards of the 2021 World IoT New Technologies, New Products, New Applications Awards in Wuxi on Oct 23. [Photo/wiotexpo.cn]

Most-watched internet of things-related new technologies, new products, and new applications from across the world in 2021 were honored during the World IoT Expo in Wuxi on the evening of Oct 23.

Sponsored by the CCID Consulting and China Software Testing Center (the Software and Integrated Circuit Promotion Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), the event attracted 1,780 project mostly related to IoT innovation infrastructure, the integrated development of the IoT and the digital economy, and the integrated innovation of the industrial internet.

After three months of selection, 10 projects were conferred gold awards. They include the "flexible factory line security solution based on 5G+ open system" submitted by China Mobile Communications Group Jiangsu Co and Schneider Electric SA, the "video surveillance system project based on security information coding" submitted by Hikvision, and the "Baidu smart cloud smart city heating algorithm and data control platform" submitted by internet giant Baidu.

The ceremony also released five lists with 10 projects respectively on IoT innovation infrastructure, the integration and development of the IoT and the digital economy industries and industrial internet integrated innovation.

The 2020-21 edition of the Annual Report of China Internet of Things Development was published as well. This report sorted out the phased characteristics of the market, industry, enterprise, capital and other fields of IoT at home and abroad, as well as the development trends of the IoT in key Chinese provinces and cities, and suggested proposals to accelerate the development of China's IoT industry.