On December 26-29, 2021, the 18th China International Public Safety Expo (referred to as the "Expo") with the theme of "Digital Intelligence New Era Security New Power" was held in Shenzhen, attracting the attention of security professionals from more than 150 countries and regions around the world.

The total area of this year's CPSE Security Expo is 85000 square meters, with 4730 standard booths and 1033 companies participating in the exhibition. It covers fields such as smart cities, intelligent security, 5G, big data, artificial intelligence, unmanned systems, etc., including security monitoring, smart homes, intelligent transportation, anti-theft alarm, biometric recognition, security inspection and explosive disposal, drones, fire rescue, and more than 20 industries. More than 60000 types of security and prevention products were showcased.

At the same time as the conference, there will also be a global security ceremony, the 16th China Security Forum, and over 200 conferences; And the 7th Global Security Contribution Award, CPSE Security Expo Golden Tripod Award, Top Enterprise, and Leader were announced to recognize enterprises and individuals who have made contributions to the development of China and the global security industry.

What is worth paying attention to at this exhibition is AI. Industry insiders say that the development of AI has become more rational, gradually transitioning from cool concepts to practical applications. Empowering various industries with AI has also brought new commercial value to many security companies, leading them to embark on research and scene innovation of "security+AI".

At the same time, artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, biometric recognition, the Internet of Things, digital twins, and other technologies have successively integrated with various security scenarios, further deepening and expanding their applications. This has spurred the release of innovative demands for business integration, such as video surveillance, smart homes, ground to air three-dimensional intelligent transportation, and smart cities, mainly based on machine vision, injecting new momentum for sustainable development into the industry.

The restructuring of the security industry pattern is accelerating. Data shows that in the face of increasingly severe public safety threats, the global security market has grown rapidly, maintaining an average annual growth rate of 15% in recent years. It is expected that by the end of 2021, the total output value of the global security industry will reach 400 billion US dollars, and the Chinese security market will reach 150 billion US dollars. At the same time, the construction of smart cities and "Safe China" in China has provided fertile ground for the security industry to flourish again. Traditional security companies are rising strongly, while giants such as Huawei, ZTE, Ping An Technology, Tencent, Alibaba, etc. are laying out in the fields of intelligent security and smart cities. A number of emerging artificial intelligence companies are emerging through the application of the security industry.