Deng Jiang, former vice president of ByteDance's Baichuan Intelligence, has taken up a new position at state-owned AI enterprise Beidian Digital Intelligence.
36Kr has learned that Deng Jiang, former vice president of Baichuan Intelligence, has officially joined state-owned AI enterprise Beidian Digital Intelligence as the vice president in charge of key industries. He will be fully responsible for Beidian Digital Intelligence's commercial expansion, ecosystem construction, and application implementation of industry solutions in key industries such as finance and healthcare, and will accelerate the industrial layout of Beidian Digital Intelligence's "One AI Foundation + Two Industrial Platforms" model across multiple industries.
Deng Jiang has previously served as the vice president of Baichuan Intelligence and Zhongguancun Kejin. He led the commercialization business of Baichuan Intelligence, established an extensive ecological cooperation network, promoted the integration of large models into multiple industry scenarios, and achieved in - depth applications in actual business, which attracted wide attention in the industry.
Beidian Digital Intelligence is a state - owned AI native enterprise with full - stack AI capabilities including computing power, algorithms, and data, as well as AI trusted data service capabilities. It also has an AI industrial development platform that enables the intelligent transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and accelerates the implementation of emerging industries. With Deng Jiang's joining, it is expected to speed up the industrial AI process of Beidian Digital Intelligence in scenarios such as finance and healthcare.
Why does a versatile talent join Beidian Digital Intelligence?
Deng Jiang is a versatile expert spanning fintech and healthcare AI. His more than ten - year work experience covers three stages: state - owned large - scale banks, fintech companies, and large - model startups. He is a comprehensive talent in the industry with experience in traditional finance, IT, AI scenario implementation, and large - model technology iteration.
Early on, Deng Jiang gained rich underlying knowledge of Internet finance business scenarios at the head offices of Agricultural Bank of China and China CITIC Bank. In 2015, he served as a co - founder of Changan New Life Financial Investment Company, promoting the establishment of a cooperation ecosystem with state - owned large - scale banks, city commercial banks, insurance, and trust institutions. In 2022, he served as the vice president of Zhongguancun Kejin, responsible for the establishment of the financial industry line. During his tenure, he led the team to develop multiple AI financial solutions and achieved commercial implementation verification for nearly a hundred projects. After joining Baichuan Intelligence last year, he served as the vice president, responsible for creating financial industry solutions and establishing a cooperation ecosystem.
Deng Jiang's rapid joining of Beidian Digital Intelligence is also the result of the high consistency between his past experience and Beidian Digital Intelligence's business direction.
Since 2025, Beidian Digital Intelligence has been developing at a high speed. Beidian Digital Intelligence has won multiple infrastructure construction projects for intelligent computing centers. The "Beijing Digital Economy Computing Center", the only commercial computing center within the Fifth Ring Road in Beijing planned, designed, and operated by Beidian Digital Intelligence, has completed its infrastructure construction and is about to be officially put into operation. The architectural appearance design of the computing center also won the Platinum Award at the GADA Global Architectural Design Awards.
Relying on the concept of a "full - stack AI factory", rich experience in "construction and operation" of intelligent computing centers, a complete industrial ecological layout covering chips and AI applications, and full - stack AI capabilities, Beidian Digital Intelligence has also won the bids for the Foshan Artificial Intelligence Computing Center project and the Zhuhai Cloud - based Smart City Project - Intelligent Computing Power (Domestic Computing Power System) project. It will build computing centers based on the economic advantages of different regions, provide digital transformation capabilities for local industries, and promote the development of the urban digital economy.
According to 36Kr, Beidian Digital Intelligence adheres to the strategic framework of "One AI Foundation + Two Industrial Platforms" for business layout. It builds an AI foundation with full - stack AI infrastructure capabilities including computing power, algorithms, and data, as well as AI trusted data services, and creates a platform for empowering traditional industries and a platform for accelerating emerging industries, constructing an engine to drive industrial development. For traditional industries such as government affairs, healthcare, finance, culture, and industrial manufacturing, Beidian Digital Intelligence relies on a matrix of vertical models to empower industrial intelligent transformation. In emerging industrial fields such as low - altitude economy, embodied intelligence, and AI4S, Beidian Digital Intelligence accelerates the scenario verification and industrial implementation of innovative technologies through a common technology platform, and speeds up the development of AI native industries.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to develop new - quality productivity according to local conditions. The transformation of the AI industry has entered the deep - water zone, which requires promoting the full - process intelligence of the entire industry based on the actual pain points of the industry. The "One AI Foundation + Two Industrial Platforms" is the strategic model proposed by Beidian Digital Intelligence after seeing the characteristic industries and AI transformation needs of different regions. Supported by technological capabilities, it combines local characteristics to promote local operations and industrial development.
For different industries, Beidian Digital Intelligence has built different AI foundations, such as the "Spark · Healthcare Foundation" for healthcare, the "Spark · Film and Television Foundation" for the film and television industry, and the "Spark · Foshan Pan - Home Furnishing Foundation" for the pan - home furnishing industry, empowering AI construction and local operations in multiple regions and industries, and providing comprehensive foundation support for the digital transformation and upgrading of local advantageous industries.
Taking the healthcare field as an example, Beidian Digital Intelligence has built the "Spark · Healthcare Foundation" for the healthcare industry and successfully applied it in China - Japan Friendship Hospital. It has helped to connect the Yingzhi Special - Disease Large Model and the DeepSeek Full - Blooded Version Model, and build the China - Japan Yingzhi Agent Development Platform, which is integrated into the hospital's work process, providing medical knowledge Q&A and clinical assistance functions for clinical doctors in each department of the hospital, improving clinical diagnosis and treatment efficiency and accuracy.
As the industrial AI process continues to deepen, versatile talents who understand both industries and technology are needed to promote the AI process of each industry with rich industry knowledge.
As industrial AI implementation enters the deep - water zone, Beidian Digital Intelligence shows a strong talent magnet effect
Deng Jiang is not the first industry big shot to join Beidian Digital Intelligence. The chief technology officer who joined Beidian Digital Intelligence at the beginning of the year is Dr. Xie Dong, former vice president of IBM globally and chief technology officer in Greater China; its chief scientist is Dou Dejing, a distinguished professor at Fudan University and a well - known expert in the field of artificial intelligence. The trend of various types of talents, including those with deep technical backgrounds, senior industrial experience, and academic leaders, flowing to state - owned AI enterprises is becoming more and more obvious.
Deng Jiang's joining reflects two major trends: on the one hand, the AI scenario implementation in vertical industries has entered a refined stage; on the other hand, state - owned enterprise platforms, with their strong trust endorsement and strategic determination, have become the preferred positions to promote the AI scenario implementation in various industries.
Beidian Digital Intelligence is a state - owned AI native enterprise under the Beijing Electronic Control Group. Relying on policy guidance and resource coordination advantages, it has an ecological position with in - depth integration of production and research. It has a clear stance, and its core goal is to support and lead the development of China's artificial intelligence industry, which has a strong magnetic field to attract high - end talents. Deng Jiang's joining also reflects that Beidian Digital Intelligence is accelerating the layout of a matrix of functional experts, gathering industry insiders with industrial insights and vertical industry solution capabilities to speed up the AI implementation process.
For AI industry talents, Beidian Digital Intelligence provides fertile ground for AI scenario implementation, and as a state - owned enterprise, it can promote collaborative innovation in the industrial chain. Guided by a clear strategic path and supported by strategic talents, the industry also hopes that state - owned AI enterprises like Beidian Digital Intelligence can continuously expand the AI industrial ecological map, allowing technology to innovate and iterate in a vibrant ecosystem, bringing new impetus to drive industrial efficiency improvement and high - quality economic development.