"Data Linking the Globe, AI Enlightening the Future" AI Industry Investment Promotion Conference Successfully Held in Chengdu Hi-tech Zone

On July 21st, the "Data Linking the Globe, AI Enlightening the Future" Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Promotion Conference was held at Jingronghui in Chengdu Hi-tech Zone. As the first parallel sub-event of the 2026 Asia-Pacific Digital Partnership Dialogue and "Invest in Chengdu" Global Investment Conference, this promotion conference closely focused on cutting-edge tracks such as chips, large models, embodied intelligence, medical AI, and autonomous driving, establishing a matchmaking platform for "AI + Capital + Real-World Scenarios." At the event, guests from multiple enterprises and institutions delivered speeches, and over ten local AI companies from Chengdu Hi-tech Zone showcased their cutting-edge technologies and products.

Relevant officials from the Industry Development Promotion Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Sichuan Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, the Sichuan Provincial Department of Science and Technology, the Sichuan Provincial Economic Cooperation Bureau, relevant municipal departments, various districts (counties), and AI industrial parks attended the conference. During the meeting, officials from the Chengdu Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau, the Chengdu Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Chengdu Hi-tech Zone Digital Economy Bureau, the Chengdu Jinjiang Economic Development Zone, the Management Committee of Chenghua Economic Development Zone, and the Data Bureau of Xinjin District, Chengdu, presented on Chengdu's business environment, AI industry, application scenarios, and industrial parks.

An official from the Chengdu Hi-tech Zone Digital Economy Bureau delivered a dedicated industrial presentation, systematically outlining the zone's advantages in AI industry development. In 2025, the core industry scale of AI and robotics in the entire zone reached RMB 90.7 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 44% compared to 2024. The zone has gathered over 700 key enterprises, including more than 60 key players in the field of embodied intelligence, forming a complete chain system of "Computing Power Chips – Large Models – Industry-specific Intelligent Agents – Embodied Robots."

The official stated: "Six enterprises in the zone have been selected as provincial AI chain-leader enterprises in Sichuan, and three have made it onto the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's Top 100 List for Comprehensive AI Enterprise Strength. Thirteen large models have passed the national generative AI service filing, 154 deep synthesis algorithms have completed registration, and 34 units have been selected for the MIIT Artificial Intelligence Standardization Technical Committee – all ranking first in Western China. Ten achievements were selected as MIIT Typical Application Cases of AI in 2025. Professional carriers like the Xinchuanzhixin Robot Park and the Zhuge Space AI Ecological Demonstration Zone continue to open up real-world testing environments, with over 100 application scenarios witnessing the co-growth of AI and the city. Currently, Chengdu Hi-tech Zone has formed a complete development pathway of 'Thriving Industries through Technology, Attracting Industries through Computing Power, Nurturing Industries through Scenarios, and Strengthening Industries through Ecosystems.'"

Additionally, specially invited guests including Lu Cewu, Founder and CEO of Qiangche Intelligence; Huang Shan, Chairman of Chengdu EVENTEC Technology Co., Ltd.; Li Zhi, Head of the Pan-Western Region of Zibianliang Robotics; He Zhaofeng, Executive Vice President of the Sichuan Provincial AI Research Institute; and Yang Xue, Partner of Zhongxin Xicheng, among other representatives from AI enterprises, associations, and investment firms, shared their insights on stage.

Huang Shan spoke as a representative of a local enterprise. She stated that the company's ability to achieve large-scale, real-world deployment of community delivery robots across thousands of buildings is inseparable from the fertile industrial soil of Chengdu Hi-tech Zone. "Chengdu Hi-tech Zone provides full-cycle development support for embodied intelligence enterprises, from preferential computing power and scenario opening to specialized park carriers. Open scenarios like Xinchuanzhixin Robot Park and Zhuge Space allow us to test our products without traveling far, significantly shortening the commercialization verification cycle." Huang Shan highly commended the synergistic advantages of Chengdu Hi-tech Zone's complete AI industry chain, where local enterprises, algorithm teams, and offline scenario resources are tightly interconnected, forming a virtuous cycle of efficient upstream and downstream collaboration. "Relying on this innovative hotbed, EVENTEC will continue to iterate multi-scenario delivery robot solutions and expand diverse landing scenarios in industrial parks, commercial areas, and apartments. At the same time, we sincerely invite embodied intelligence hardware, algorithm, and operation enterprises from across the country to establish themselves in Chengdu Hi-tech Zone, sharing massive real-world scenarios, an excellent business environment, and a vast local market, working together to build a highland for the embodied intelligence industry in Western China."

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Nearly 200 people participated in this event, which brought together numerous leading companies in the AI and robotics industry, including major players like Tencent, Volcano Engine, Alibaba Cloud, Ant Group, and Kuaishou, as well as leading robotics companies such as Unitree, AGIBOT, Zibianliang, Leju Robotics, and Accelerated Evolution.

Outside the main venue, Chengdu Hi-tech Zone also showcased its "hardcore strength" in AI. Over ten local enterprises, including TD Tech, Chengdu EVENTEC, Tianjiang Xinhua, Chengdu Yurui Innovation, Sichuan Embodied Intelligent Robot Technology, Chengdu E-Sheng Medical, Sichuan Kupan Technology, Chengdu Huagao Scene Technology, Chengdu Dili Technology, Chengdu Potential AI, Eva Cloud Intelligence, and Yuzhi Lingdong, exhibited their core products, comprehensively demonstrating the zone's full-chain innovation capabilities in AI.

The innovations on display covered the entire spectrum of tracks, including underlying hardware, general-purpose large models, industry-specific intelligent agents, humanoid robots, and consumer-grade AI.

Robotics

TD Tech brought a quadruped robot, widely applicable in scenarios such as security patrols, emergency deployment, major security operations, and communication support. Tianjiang Xinhua showcased the cultural tourism robot "Xiaoxin," the first domestic robot integrating multi-scenario flexible services and precise manipulation. This robot is already operating commercially at the Chengdu Museum of Natural History, having served over 100,000 visitors. Chengdu EVENTEC exhibited lightweight delivery robots verified through long-term real-world community operations. In one residential area in Chengdu, these robots completed nearly 30,000 last-mile delivery tasks in four months and are now being deployed on a large scale nationwide, providing mature solutions for the large-scale implementation of community-oriented embodied intelligence.

AI + Automotive

Chengdu Dili Technology unveiled its fully self-developed intelligent shared mobility scooter. This AI "big guy" is primarily designed for scenic spots, parks, and industrial parks. It supports switching between manual and autonomous modes, possesses automatic dispatch capabilities enabling QR-code-based auto-parking and return, and features a one-click car-hailing function. It can automatically navigate to charging stations when needed. The scooter can be customized with additional functions based on the specific scenario, such as smart reservation, AR navigation, dynamic scheduling, and ecological monitoring.

AI + Healthcare

Chengdu Yurui Innovation exhibited its SurgSmart intelligent surgical system, whose related technological achievements have been featured at top international surgical academic conferences and are now covering medical institutions in dozens of cities and provinces across China. Chengdu E-Sheng Medical's Brain-Computer Interface Rehabilitation Training and Assessment System enables coordination assessment, strength evaluation, and various human-machine training functions, attracting significant attention and inquiries at the scene.

AI + Education

Leveraging its independently developed multimodal large model, Chengdu Potential AI has created a comprehensive teaching assistance platform integrating learning, creation, and evaluation for the K12 education stage.

AI + Consumer Goods

Yuzhi Lingdong's "walulu" series of AI-powered smart companions is the first growth-type AI plush toy IP in China, offering users emotional resonance, personalized growth, and a blended virtual-physical companionship experience. Sichuan Kupan Technology's bionic AI smart pets, including "Chongke Baobao Miao" and "Chongke Percy Border Collie," also drew considerable attention.

AI + Emergency Rescue

Eva Cloud Intelligence's "Shuguangzhi Ert-700pro" hovering lighting robot garnered significant interest. A company representative explained, "One lighting drone can cover diverse scenarios including firefighting, power grids, railway transportation, and the night-time economy, undertaking lighting support tasks."

Furthermore, in the computing power and underlying hardware track, TD Tech and Tianjiang Xinhua showcased domestically produced intelligent computing terminals and storage hardware designed for large model training and robotic perception, solidifying the zone's autonomous and controllable computing power foundation. In terms of park services, Chengdu Huagao Scene Technology and the Sino-Singapore (Chengdu) Innovation and Technology Park exhibited robot products for inspection, cleaning, and even entertaining activities like painting and sugar painting, which have undergone long-term iterative validation in real-world commercial district settings.

It is reported that multiple investment institutions and industrial chain enterprises at the scene reached preliminary cooperation intentions. In the next step, Chengdu Hi-tech Zone will actively promote the rapid implementation of the industrial collaborations achieved during this promotion conference. Simultaneously, it will continue to amplify the cooperation opportunities generated by the international event, normalize AI industry investment and financing as well as supply-demand matchmaking activities, strengthen the underlying support of domestic computing power, enrich the supply of vertical large models across various industries, persistently open up real-world application scenarios across the entire city, and accelerate the construction of a nationally leading AI industry highland.