A 2-billion-yuan fund is launched in the Yangtze River Delta, and Yibin enters the new track of AI industrialization | Frontline News

Author | Huang Nan

Editor | Yuan Silai

The artificial intelligence industry in China is experiencing a transition from technological breakthroughs to industrial popularization. How to make the algorithm models in the laboratory "run" in the real production environment has become the core proposition for various regions to seize the new round of industrial high - ground.

Against this background, shifting from the introduction of single - point technologies to the construction of systematic ecosystems has become the key path for late - developing cities to achieve industrial breakthroughs.

On March 10, the 2026 Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Cooperation Promotion and Project Cooperation Agreement Signing Ceremony was held in Shanghai. Yibin, a western city once labeled with liquor and coal, launched a 2 - billion - yuan scenario list, a 2 - billion - yuan industrial fund, and a 5 - year funding list with a maximum of 100 million yuan at one time, targeting the Yangtze River Delta, where the artificial intelligence industry accounts for one - third of the national scale.

The 2 - billion - yuan artificial intelligence application scenario opportunity list released at the promotion conference covers three major fields: embodied intelligence, vertical AI applications, and data infrastructure, with a total of 19 specific scenarios.

Among them, the investment in the field of embodied intelligence exceeds 1 billion yuan, covering more than 120 sub - scenarios in four major categories: service, industry, urban governance, and intelligent driving, involving more than 1,000 robots; the investment in the field of vertical AI applications exceeds 700 million yuan, focusing on 13 scenarios in the fields of consumption, industry, automotive, and governance, including AR/VR experience of liquor culture, AI quality inspection in the power battery and photovoltaic industries, and full - process AI monitoring in automobile manufacturing; the investment in the field of data infrastructure is about 300 million yuan, involving the procurement of intelligent computing power services and the construction of a trusted data space in the liquor industry.

Robots in Sichuan Dongci 5G factory are automatically producing high - efficiency solar cells.

This list has a clear orientation: targeting the segmented tracks that can be supported by the local industrial foundation and driven by real needs.

The capital side is also following up. On the basis of the previously established artificial intelligence special fund with a total scale of 9.5 billion yuan, Yibin newly released an industrial fund of over 2 billion yuan this time, which is invested in three core tracks: embodied intelligent hardware manufacturing, large - model industry applications, and computing power infrastructure.

In terms of innovation support, the "Jiangyuan Action" artificial intelligence intention list pre - released at the promotion conference includes three new R & D institutions and four common platforms. The projects that are implemented can receive a maximum funding of 100 million yuan over a 5 - year period.

At the event site, a number of projects were signed. For example, the South High - speed Railway Area signed a contract with Galaxy General, and Yibin High - tech Zone signed a contract with Dreame Technology on the manufacturing base project; Yibin Digital Industry Development Group signed a contract with Unitree Technology, and Celya Group signed a contract with Chengdu Agarisi Intelligent Technology on joint scenario verification.

Galaxy General robots are conducting scenario training.

These signed projects are not simply about capacity transfer, but are based on the industrial cooperation model of "R & D in the Yangtze River Delta and transformation in Yibin".

In February 2026, the first product of the Dreame ecosystem Yibin manufacturing base was successfully launched. In the future, this base will bear more than one - third of the global production capacity of MOVA. Zhao Xiaotian, the general manager of MOVA Intelligent Cleaning, pointed out that "the Yangtze River Delta has top - notch R & D and talent, but Yibin has a strong ability to implement industrialization, including a complete power battery industrial chain and rich green power resources, which can significantly reduce manufacturing and computing power costs. This dual advantage of 'intelligent manufacturing + green energy' is not available in the Yangtze River Delta."

The signing between Agarisi and Celya presents another industrial logic. The intelligent upgrade of traditional manufacturing industries needs "external technical brains". The core goal of this cooperation is to inject AI technology into Celya's new base project in Xinjiang to build an intelligent automated production line.

Xiao Yi, a partner of Innoangel Fund, said that Yibin's artificial intelligence industry has formed a complete layout from computing power, scenarios to industry, and is developing vigorously. "For enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta, this is a rare development opportunity. With technology in the Yangtze River Delta and transformation in Yibin, they can quickly open up the western market and get dual support from scenarios and capital."

Two months ago, Yibin appeared as the first sub - venue of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. At that time, leading embodied intelligent enterprises such as Galaxy General, MOVA, Magic Atom, and Unitree Technology had reached cooperation with Yibin. The effect of the Spring Festival Gala continued to be released. The Galaxy General robot Galbot G1 received hundreds of orders within 24 hours after the program was broadcast.

Dreame's smart home products appeared on the Spring Festival Gala.

"In the future, the most potential application scenario of AI will be intelligent robots. In the field of industrial manufacturing, the application of AI will fully penetrate into every link of people, machines, materials, methods, and environment. The most transformative aspect still lies in the collaboration between humans and machines." Yan Liang, the general manager of Inspur Cloud Information Technology Co., Ltd., pointed out that Yibin has rich industrial scenarios, green computing power, and a good business environment. In the future, it will jointly build artificial intelligence infrastructure and artificial intelligence factories to further promote industrial upgrading.