Imagine a world where your car no longer needs a driver, production lines in factories self-optimize, and home appliances achieve perfect coordination through the internet of things. This isn't science fiction, but a reality unfolding before us. This transformation, driven by new quality productive forces, is founded on cutting-edge technologies such as deep learning, big data, and cloud computing. They are reshaping our world, making "smart" the new norm for both production and daily life.

Zhao Zhongxiu, president of the University of International Business and Economics, and the vice-president of the China Society of World Economics, recently shared in an exclusive interview with China Daily's "Dialogues with Thinkers" column that these new quality productive forces are bringing new development opportunities to the world.