A model takes a selfie with CHiQ TV in the background at the launch of the device in Beijing. Watching television in the digital era has just got a lot easier. Sichuan Changhong Electronic Co Ltd, a manufacturer of TVs, has ushered in the era of intelligent TVs. Combining its expertise in sensor modules, speech recognition chips, artificial intelligence and big data, Changhong has produced a TV that promises to eliminate desperate browsing of hundreds of live channels during prime time to figure out what's on and what to watch. Freedom from the struggle with multiple remote-controller buttons is nigh.

For more on this, we are joined in the studio by CCTV's Jin Yingqiao. Q1, Tell us more about some of the new trends in the industry in China. A1, It seems like everyone is betting on AI, or Artificial Intelligence, for the future. Be it Google, Facebook, IBM, Amazon or Apple racing against each other globally. And in China, tech giants the BAT, or Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, and Huawei, and home appliance makers Midea and Changhong all have weighed in.