According to a recent report by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), China will need more than 60 core technologies to accomplish the country's vision of building a low carbon economy in the future. However, 42 out of the 60 technologies were not yet mastered by China, which means that 70 percent of the China's low carbon low carbon economy will be reliant on technology acquisition from abroad.

Over the past seven years 6.18 has introduced more than 40,000 technological achievements by 1,500 research institutions. Of these, more than 20,000 have been put into production in Fujian. This year's fair was equally successful, especially in green technology.

Accomplishments included an agreement between Xiamen University and the State Nuclear Power Technology Center to start cooperation in training, research and development and technology transfer. Fuzhou University and a local enterprise agreed a project to develop high-quality new cars that use methanol gasoline and biodiesel.

"Demands for environmentally friendly products have been surging due to a changing environment," said Chen Rong, an advisor for a technology company exhibitor. "The government's efforts to promote such products has also made it a highlight of the exhibition."

As the centerpiece of the exhibition, The 390 square meter low carbon pavilion drew crowds because it was made of paper. According to the staff, the entire structure was made from recyclable materials and cost half of what other ones on a similar scale did. More than 1,000 patents from China and overseas have also been put on display.

"The material used in building this pavilion is a pioneering product that leads the era of energy saving," said Li Silong, director of marketing, Auneau Paint Co, Ltd, the pavilion's builder. The polymeric material is capable of heat insulation, fire protection and waterproofing - and is environmentally healthy, he said.

In the green building exhibition area, a two-story house attracted many spectators. The main structure of thin-walled light steel is resistant to an earthquake of magnitude eight. The use of amorphous silicon thin film solar roof installations demonstrated the cost-efficient conversion of sunlight.

Intelligent appliances will be in our homes soon, as a Fuzhou company demonstrated with its latest product - a cell phone-like "wireless terminal". It can be used as a remote control device for any household electrical appliance and lighting system, overriding the need for several such contraptions.

Visitors were also shown how they could generate electricity using wind power at their own homes. A manufacturer from Taiwan introduced a mini wind power system generating 300 to 1,500 watts of power per day.