Opening Speech: Building an "All-round AI City" | 2026 AI Partner · Beijing Yizhuang AI + Industry Conference
The spotlight of AI is shifting from flashy consumer applications to bustling factories, silent operating rooms, and walking humanoid robots. As "implementation" becomes the keyword of the moment, the 2026 Beijing Yizhuang AI + Industry Conference has sounded the clarion call of "Let's go! Take AI to the front line" to explore the real productivity of artificial intelligence at the forefront of the industry. We recorded this gathering of pragmatists and captured the firm voices that make technology take root in the soil.
On May 19th, the 2026 Beijing Yizhuang AI + Industry Conference kicked off in Yizhuang. The conference is guided by the Administrative Committee of Beijing Economic - Technological Development Area, hosted by 36Kr, and organized by the National Information Technology Application Innovation Park. It bids farewell to theoretical discussions and directly targets the real battlefields in factories, hospitals, communities, and fields. Chen Jianmin, the deputy director of the Administrative Committee of Beijing Economic - Technological Development Area, delivered a welcome speech at the opening of the conference, introducing how this "City of All - Domain Artificial Intelligence" turns AI from a "hot topic" into "daily life".
The following is the full text of the speech:
Chen Jianmin | Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of Beijing Economic - Technological Development Area
Respected General Manager Feng, respected guests, entrepreneurs, innovators, and media friends:
Good morning, everyone!
In the early summer, all things are thriving, and the wave of AI is surging forward. I'm very glad to gather with so many friends who have ideas, drive, and creativity in Beijing Yizhuang to jointly attend the 2026 AI Partner · Beijing Yizhuang AI + Industry Conference.
Originally, Director Wang Lei of the Development Area Administrative Committee planned to attend this conference in person. However, last night, due to a temporary notice from the municipal government, a special meeting chaired by the municipal leaders required his participation. He is very sorry that he cannot be present at this conference and has entrusted me to attend on his behalf. He asked me to express his apologies and heartfelt thanks to General Manager Feng and all the participating guests.
First of all, on behalf of Beijing Economic - Technological Development Area, I would like to extend my warm congratulations on the convening of this conference! I would like to extend my sincere welcome and heartfelt thanks to all the guests from afar, ecological partners, and friends from all walks of life who have long cared about and supported the development of Yizhuang. Special thanks go to the 36Kr team. You are the media that understands the AI track best in the domestic new - economy field and the partner that understands "practical implementation" best. Since the first AI Partner Conference in 2024, 36Kr has keenly captured every technological pulse and is known as the "media that knows how to predict the topics best". We are very grateful for your recognition and for choosing to hold the fifth conference in Beijing Yizhuang. Thanks also to every practitioner here who is taking AI to the front line.
Last month, the Beijing Yizhuang AI Future Conference just concluded. That grand event with tens of thousands of participants made us feel the surging enthusiasm for AI in daily life and at the consumer end. We planted an AI seed for the consumer market. Today, with the help of partners like 36Kr, we are going to cultivate an AI forest for the business market. Today, with the theme of "Take AI to the Front Line", we are shifting from theoretical discussions to practical implementation. Where is the "front line"? The front line is right here in Beijing Yizhuang, in factories, workshops, hospitals, schools, communities, and fields, on every industrial track waiting to be empowered by AI.
What kind of city is Beijing Yizhuang exactly? I'm also very honored to have the opportunity to report to you here. Simply put, Beijing Yizhuang is the only national economic and technological development area in Beijing. When it was established in 1992, this area was just a patch of farmland. More than thirty years have passed, and a group of leading enterprises such as BOE, JD.com, SMIC, Beijing Benz, and Xiaomi Auto have emerged on this land, forming four leading industries: new - generation information technology, high - end automobiles, biomedicine, and robotics. Future industries such as commercial space, embodied intelligence, quantum technology, and 6G communication are also accelerating their agglomeration. With only 1.37% of the city's land, we contribute nearly 40% of the industrial added value. More than 100,000 business entities have gathered in Yizhuang. On February 9th this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Beijing Yizhuang in person, specifically the National Information Technology Application Innovation Park where we are now. The General Secretary fully affirmed and placed high hopes on Yizhuang's development of new - quality productivity, promotion of technological innovation, and strengthening of the real economy. Yesterday, Premier Li Qiang also visited Beijing Yizhuang for an inspection. He visited leading locations and enterprises such as the Robot World and Xiaomi Auto. The Premier also emphasized promoting the integration of artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing and accelerating the cultivation and shaping of new drivers and advantages for economic development. All these have greatly inspired and excited us.
Facing the era of artificial intelligence, the positioning of Beijing Yizhuang is very clear, which is "scenario - driven and implementation - oriented". We have proposed to build a "City of All - Domain Artificial Intelligence", and the core is to use the whole city as a test field and amplifier for AI. From taking the lead in deploying a high - level autonomous driving demonstration area five years ago to the fact that driverless taxis have become a daily means of transportation for many citizens today, from the permanent venue of the World Robot Conference being located in Yizhuang ten years ago to the robot half - marathon held on April 19th last month, which is well - known around the world, with more than 300 humanoid robots running on the streets of Yizhuang. These are not just exhibits in the laboratory but products iterated in real - world scenarios. Currently, more than 600 core AI enterprises have gathered in Yizhuang, and the industrial scale has exceeded 80 billion yuan. Our layout extends from token economy to AI applications and intelligent terminals, forming an industrial ecosystem with coordinated "data, computing, models, and applications", which can be summarized by four "wholes":
Firstly, a full - link original industrial layout. We have built the largest 5000P public computing power platform in the city, with a planned computing power of over 50,000P, and promoted the extension of ground - based computing power to space - based computing power. AI is deeply integrated with 6G and quantum technology. A number of national - level platforms such as the National Big Model Evaluation Center, the International Open - Source Community, and the Software - Hardware Adaptation Center have been successively established. Whether you are working on large models or intelligent hardware, you can find upstream and downstream partners in Yizhuang.
Secondly, full - industry integration and empowerment. We promote the in - depth integration of AI with advantageous industries such as automobiles, medicine, manufacturing, and commercial space. The high - level autonomous driving demonstration area covers 600 square kilometers, and the "vehicle - road - cloud integration" has become a national benchmark. Nearly 5,000 pharmaceutical enterprises have gathered in BioPark, and AI - assisted new drug R & D is accelerating its implementation. 75% of the country's commercial rocket enterprises are concentrated in Yizhuang, using AI to optimize design, simulation, and testing. Here, AI is not an abstract concept but a practical tool for industrial upgrading.
Thirdly, full - scenario urban applications. This is our most core feature. We have systematically opened up more than a hundred real - world scenarios in transportation, healthcare, manufacturing, energy, government affairs, education, culture, and tourism. Through mechanisms such as "soliciting solutions for specific problems" and "scenario brokers", we enable precise matching between technical solutions and real - world needs. At today's off - site World Café - AI + Industry Matching Meeting, 50 technology providers and scenario demanders are having face - to - face "blind dates", and more than 100 real - world scenarios are waiting to be illuminated by technology. Last month, the world's first smart elderly - care robot nursing home was launched in Yizhuang, where more than 40 types of robots deliver meals, perform moxibustion, and assist the elderly in walking. This is a typical example of our scenario matching. What we want to build is not a show - case model but an open verification system, allowing all kinds of technologies to find an entry point for implementation in Yizhuang and making the city itself an innovation infrastructure.
Fourthly, full - factor resource supply. We issue 300 million yuan worth of computing power vouchers, data vouchers, and model vouchers every year. We have built the Modulus World Community and the city's first OPC Community specifically designed for "one - person companies" and super individuals. There will also be an OPC Night event tonight, and we welcome everyone to actively participate. The country's first full - cycle service station for AI super individuals has been put into use, where company registration can be completed in as fast as half an hour, truly allowing for immediate handling and departure. We have also launched exclusive housing with three - month rent - free and 25% discount in the first year, making it affordable for young people to live and stay. More notably, we have broken the traditional talent evaluation framework, focusing on ability rather than seniority and on actual performance rather than certificates. A one - person company, as long as it is highly innovative, can be recognized as a leading talent and receive tangible rewards. We even issued the country's first digital ID for a virtual idol. The virtual idol Yuri has become a "digital resident" of Yizhuang. These innovations are happening all the time in Yizhuang.
Facing the future, we have set a goal for ourselves: by the end of 2027, we will focus on 1000 core enterprises in the artificial intelligence industry chain, promote the scenario - based implementation of 100 vertical models, attract 10,000 super individuals and active developers, and create more than 10 benchmark intelligent scenario complexes, making Beijing Yizhuang the technological origin, industrial agglomeration area, and preferred scenario area for artificial intelligence.
Dear friends, what Beijing Yizhuang is building is not a single show - case but an open and inclusive innovation verification system, not scattered application scenarios but a future city with integrated industry and city, symbiotic humans and machines, and interactive virtual and real worlds.
We sincerely invite all entrepreneurs and innovators to bring your solutions to Yizhuang and take root here. Let's turn AI from a "hot topic" into "daily life" and from "possibility" into "productivity".
Finally, I wish this conference a complete success. I hope everyone can gain projects, make friends, and build confidence in Yizhuang!
Thank you all!