Visitors pictured outside the first Datong International Expo for Intelligent Energy Systems and New Energy Products, Aug 9. The expo is set to last for one month and involves more than 150 energy companies from home and abroad exhibiting over 1,000 of their latest energy technologies and products. Firms attending are also seeking partnerships and project agreements in the 146 booths set up in the expo’s two exhibition venues. [Photo/news.cn]

An expo staff member demonstrates to a visitor how to use a car lift, Aug 9. [Photo/news.cn]