(Yicai Global) Sept. 24 --- The first global financial technology fair the INCLUSION Fintech Conference opened in Shanghai today. 'Envision Tomorrow' is the theme of this three-day event.

The conference is an annual exhibition where peers from the global financial technology sector gather to discuss emerging topics.

The main venue of the INCLUSION Fintech Conference stands empty, bathed in an almost cryogenic blue glow.

A control system regulates access to the main venue.

Visitors interface with the Alipay and digital government technology exhibition area.

Upload a photo taken by a mobile phone, and the recognition function in the Alipay payment app can distinguish the separate identities of these three almost identical pooches.

Industry leaders visited the exhibition of new fintech products. The person in the white hat is Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group Holding. Second from right in the front row is Eric Jing, chairman of Alibaba's Ant Group fintech arm.

Editors: Tang Shihua, Ben Armour