City turns into 'beating heart' of sensor tech

Bengbu, Anhui province, home to over 200 companies devoted to smart sensing technology; dubbed 'China Sensor Valley' by industry insiders

In an age of intelligent machines, sensors have become the invisible organs of modern technology, giving devices the power to see, hear, feel and respond.

And increasingly, these sensors are being made not in Silicon Valley, but in Bengbu, a once-sleepy industrial city in East China's Anhui province.

With over 200 companies devoted to smart sensing technology, the city is fast becoming the "beating heart" of the country's sensor industry and has been dubbed by industry insiders as "China Sensor Valley".