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　　In competitive sports, artificial intelligence (AI) is being widely used to support training and analyze athletic performance, significantly raising the scientific level of training;

　　In power operations, the State Grid Fujian Electric Power’s “AI-powered Inspection Drones” increases inspection efficiency by five to ten times compared with manual checks;

　　In pharmaceutical services, the Jiangsu Medical Products Administration has launched “Yao Shi Zhi Liao,” a fully intelligent, all-scenario pharmaceutical service platform that proactively intercepts medication risks and detects adverse reactions before they occur…

　　From April 29 to 30, the 9th Digital China Summit took place in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, jointly hosted by the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Data Administration, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Fujian Provincial Government. Under the theme “Accelerating Innovation and Development in Digital Technologies and Deepening the Building of Digital China,” the summit featured more than 50 sub-forums and exchange sessions, alongside the Digital China Innovation Contest and an on-site experience zone. In addition, more than 100 special events were held concurrently, including the Digital Night Talk on the Minjiang River. The summit also unveiled more than 100 authoritative outputs, including policies, reports, standards, and technical solutions, comprehensively showcasing the latest achievements in building a digital China, sharing development experiences, and fostering consensus on future development.

　　Concentrated Showcase of Digital Technology Achievements

　　At the exhibition, Zhang Qiang, an engineer at Dawning Information Industry Co., Ltd. (Sugon), introduced the single-cabinet 640-GPU supernode to visitors: “We use immersion liquid-cooling technology, which greatly enhances heat dissipation and cuts electricity costs by 30-40% compared with traditional air-cooled systems.” The system has already been deployed at the national supercomputing Internet core node.

　　A pair of AI glasses weighing just 40 grams enables real-time, cross-language communication—put them on, and your conversation partner’s words are instantly translated and displayed before your eyes. “By combining lip-motion recognition with noise-cancellation technology, the glasses can accurately identify the speaker in complex, multi-person face-to-face settings while effectively filtering out background noise. They support simultaneous translation, text capture from images, and intelligent interaction,” explained Xiao Wenjun, senior interaction designer at iFLYTEK.

　　An unmanned restaurant offered a glimpse into the future of embodied intelligence. At the China Mobile exhibition area, a robot wearing an apron skillfully grabbed a coffee cup, placed it under the coffee machine’s spout, and pressed a button to brew the coffee, drawing a crowd of onlookers. “The development is still at the proof-of-concept stage. We are approaching the technology by working backward from real-world scenarios, aiming to create a general-purpose home service robot,” said Zheng Jiahui, product manager at China Mobile’s Hangzhou R&D Center.

　　The on-site experience zone was organized into five exhibition sections, i.e., “Digital and Intelligent Solutions for a Better Future,” “AI-Driven Innovation,” “Advances in Digital and Intelligent Technologies,” “Core Support of Digital Infrastructure,” and “Empowering Industries with Digital and Intelligent Solutions,” as well as three special zones focusing on the digital and intelligent society, the value creation of data elements, and the low-altitude economy. Over 400 organizations took part in the exhibition. Covering everything from digital infrastructure to innovative applications of digital and intelligent technologies, and extending to the realization of data resource value, the experience zone showcased over 6,000 technologies, products, and projects, with around 65% making their debut.

　　Strengthening Practical Industrial Cooperation

　　On April 28, Fujian Province’s first domestically produced high-performance computing server, the “Mindu,” officially rolled off the production line in Minqing County, Fuzhou. Once the production line is fully operational, it is expected to generate over 2 billion yuan in output value in 2026.

　　On the day of the rollout, several corporate guests attending the summit toured the production line to experience the vitality of the digital economy up close. “This is my first time attending the Digital China Summit, and seeing Fujian’s rapid and open development in the digital industry firsthand is truly impressive,” said Xu Guoyun, Head of Fengniao CloudMap (Beijing) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., expressing hope to use the summit as a platform to access more resources and opportunities.

　　A robust ecosystem is key to driving productivity gains.

　　The summit placed greater emphasis on enterprises as key drivers. More than 55% of sub-forums were hosted by enterprises, with private companies such as Huawei and Ant Group organizing sub-forums for the first time. Nearly 75% of delegates were corporate representatives, and enterprises accounted for 80% of the participants in the on-site experience zone.

　　The summit also placed greater emphasis on industry-focused matchmaking and development services. For the first time, it released a four-tier opportunity list covering sectoral, provincial, local, and cross-regional projects, facilitating precise resource matching and ensuring effective project implementation.

　　“Through our exhibition booth, scenario demonstrations, forum participation, and one-on-one meetings, we’ve connected with numerous potential partners. We look forward to seeing our embodied intelligence robots deployed in industrial applications,” said Li Xu, R&D Director of Joyful Embodied.

　　The summit has delivered tangible results and concrete outcomes in driving production. Building on the momentum and support of the previous eight editions, Fujian has launched more than 3,000 digital economy projects, with total investments exceeding 2 trillion yuan.

　　Collaborating on the Future of Digital and Intelligent Development

　　Participants shared enthusiasm for AI’s development prospects and engaged in in-depth discussions.

　　“AI has undergone a paradigm shift, moving from simple conversation to autonomous task execution. At this exhibition, we fully showcase an ecosystem of autonomous, capable intelligent agents and their underlying large model technological foundation, driving the transformation of ‘practical AI’ into a new quality productive force,” said Han Kaichuang, Vice President of Tencent.

　　“AI-enabled engineering applications should focus on six key scenarios: the difficult, the dangerous, the dirty, the tedious, the complex, and the emotionally demanding,” said Zheng Qinghua, Secretary of the CPC Tongji University Committee and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He added that breakthroughs in these scenarios will drive leaps in productivity and reshape production relations.

　　The Digital China Development Report (2025) and the National Data Resource Survey Report (2025), released at this year’s Summit, show that the Digital China Development Index reached 170.1 in 2025, a 12.99% year-on-year increase. China has become the world’s largest holder of AI patents, accounting for 60% of the global total. The first phase of 6G research and development has been completed, establishing a reserve of over 300 key technologies. In 2025, China’s annual data production totaled 52.26 zettabytes (ZB), up 27.28% from the previous year, representing an acceleration of 2.28 percentage points compared with 2024, and accounting for approximately 27.44% of global data production.