In the intelligent era, let's work together globally! The 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference will kick off on July 26th.
On July 10, the Press Office of the Shanghai Municipal Government held a press conference for the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and the High - level Conference on Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence. Zhang Ying, Deputy Secretary - General of the Shanghai Municipal Government and Director of the Municipal Economy and Informatization Commission, introduced the overall arrangements and preparation progress of the conference. Sun Xiaobo, Coordinator for AI Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Ruomeng, Deputy Director of the High - tech Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, Du Guangda, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Li Hui, Deputy District Mayor of Pudong New Area, Wei Lan, Deputy District Mayor of Xuhui District, and Zhou Jin, Vice President of Donghao Lansheng (Group) Co., Ltd. attended the press conference and jointly answered questions from reporters.
Deepen the Layout of the Whole AI Industry Chain
Developing a new generation of artificial intelligence is a major national strategy. At the end of April this year, during his visit to Shanghai, General Secretary Xi Jinping specifically inspected "Model Speed Space" and required Shanghai to summarize successful experiences such as incubating the AI industry through the large - model industrial ecosystem, increase exploration efforts, and strive to take the lead in all aspects of AI development and governance to produce a demonstration effect. In accordance with the requirements of the municipal Party committee, Shanghai seizes strategic opportunities, deepens the layout of the whole AI industry chain, and aims to triple the number of innovative enterprises, industrial scale, and the number of talents. In the first quarter of this year, the scale of the above - designated AI industry in the city exceeded 118 billion yuan, a year - on - year increase of 29%, and the profit increased by 65%, becoming a new engine driving the city's economic growth. Focus on building "Five High - quality Zones".
Strive to Build an Agile and Efficient Industrial Innovation Origin
Aiming at the technological frontier, Shanghai promotes the integrated layout of intelligent computing, language data, and basic models. The foundation of intelligent computing is continuously strengthened. A platform for overall scheduling and service of the city's intelligent computing power resources is established to better meet the computing power needs of various innovation entities. It is expected that by the end of this year, the city's intelligent computing supply capacity will exceed 100 EFlops. The aggregation of language data is accelerating. The first professional language data operation platform in the country is established, and the "crowdsourcing, co - creation, and crowdfunding" mechanism is explored. The finished language data exceeds 1800 TB, and five pioneering standards such as the "Guidelines for Language Corpus Construction" are released. The basic large - models have achieved iterative breakthroughs, forming a parallel system of "1 + 3" for open - source and commercial models. The Shanghai AI Laboratory, Xiyu Technology, Jieyue Xingchen, and SenseTime are accelerating the commercialization of models focusing on open - source, AI Agents, and multi - modality.
Strive to Build a Demonstration Area for Vertical Applications Empowering All Industries
The "Modeling Shanghai" project is implemented, focusing on the "5 + 6" key areas and deepening the "AI +" action. The vertical models are being implemented at a faster pace. National AI demonstration application bases in fields such as manufacturing, finance, healthcare, and education are established, and a total of 82 large - models have been filed. The layout of scientific intelligence is deepened. The "Hundreds of Teams, Hundreds of Projects" initiative is carried out to accelerate the implementation of AI4S innovation achievements. Industry - leading models such as the "Fuxi" meteorological large - model and the "Venus" protein design model have emerged. The mass production of embodied intelligence is accelerating. The open - source public version machine "Qinglong" of the National - Local Joint Humanoid Robot Innovation Center is launched, and the world's first embodied motion large - model "Longyue" is released, empowering scenarios such as industrial manufacturing and logistics transportation.
Strive to Build an Agglomeration Area for an Open and Integrated Industrial Ecosystem
The city and districts cooperate to build high - level industrial carriers. Centered around "Model Speed Space" in Xuhui and "Model Power Community" in Pudong, a differentiated development pattern of "one in the east, one in the west; one focusing on software, one focusing on hardware" is formed. For example, "Model Speed Space" focuses on the model ecosystem, with more than 500 "AI +" enterprises gathered around it; "Model Power Community" targets embodied intelligence and vertical applications, with nearly 200 AI enterprises gathered. Full - cycle financing support is provided. Led by the national AI fund and the municipal AI mother fund, functional sub - funds are established focusing on factors such as computing power and language data. In cooperation with district - level funds, a financing supply system from the "seed stage" to the "maturity stage" is created.
Strive to Build the First Choice for Young and Active Innovation and Entrepreneurship
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that artificial intelligence is a young cause and a cause for young people. Shanghai cultivates a team of AI entrepreneurs. The Shanghai Innovation and Intelligence College is established to support student - centered entrepreneurship teams. Fourteen universities are promoted to establish AI research institutes, and 19 universities offer AI - related majors. The construction of the AI talent echelon is accelerated. The talent policy environment is optimized, the professional talent evaluation system is improved, the agglomeration of high - end talents is accelerated, and a multi - level and systematic AI talent support pattern is constructed. Currently, the scale of AI talents in the city is nearly 300,000, accounting for about one - third of the national total. A full - chain open - source ecosystem is built. Online open - source communities are established by introducing Alibaba's Model Zoo and the OpenAtom Foundation. A total of 420 billion Token texts and 1 TB of video, picture, and text data are opened, further lowering the threshold for AI entrepreneurship.
Strive to Build a Pioneer Area for Governance and Cooperation with AI for Good
Adhering to the equal emphasis on development and security, Shanghai has formed a three - dimensional institutional framework led by special plans, guaranteed by local legislation, supported by sectoral policies, and coordinated by ethical governance. The governance system is continuously optimized. The "Shanghai Declaration on Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence" is implemented, the revision of the "Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Promoting the Development of the Artificial Intelligence Industry" is accelerated, and an expert committee on AI ethics is promoted to be established. International cooperation is actively promoted. Platforms such as the Excellence Center of the Global Industrial AI Alliance and the China - BRICS AI Development and Cooperation Center have been launched. Cooperation mechanisms have been established with 38 countries to promote international AI industry docking and technological exchanges.
Deepen Global AI Open - door Cooperation
Hosting the World Artificial Intelligence Conference at a high level is an important measure to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech during his inspection of Shanghai and deepen global AI open - door cooperation. Since 2018, Shanghai has successfully held seven sessions of the conference, attracting more than 6,000 top domestic and foreign experts and 2.5 billion online participants in total. It has become one of the largest, most professional, and most influential top - level events in the global AI field. This year's conference has attracted more international attention. Party and state leaders attach great importance to it and personally care about it, and have issued invitations to the world on multiple occasions. The main leaders of the municipal Party committee and government have conducted special scheduling many times, and all preparation work is progressing in an orderly manner according to the schedule.
This year's conference is co - hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State - owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Association for Science and Technology, and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. It will be held from July 26 to 28 at the Pudong Expo Center, Expo Exhibition Hall, and the West Bund in Xuhui. Centered around the theme of "Global Solidarity in the AI Era", five major sections including conferences and forums, exhibitions, competitions and awards, application experiences, and innovation incubation are set up to comprehensively present the latest practices in AI technology frontiers, industrial trends, and global governance.
Focus on Internationalization Focusing on internationalization, hundreds of forums will gather elites to explore the new future of AI together. The conference targets 10 key sectors such as AI infrastructure, scientific intelligence, intelligent terminals, AI - empowered new - type industrialization, and AI + finance, and presents a new structure of "1 + 1+2 + 10+N", that is: one opening ceremony and main forum, one high - level conference on global governance of AI, two plenary sessions on scientific frontiers and development security, more than 10 ministerial forums, and N ecological forums. A youth elite exchange meeting and a debate meeting are newly launched, inviting international celebrities, top enterprise CEOs, and young talents to have in - depth discussions on hot topics such as large - model evolution, embodied intelligence, and quantum computing. Currently, more than 1,200 guests from more than 30 countries and regions have confirmed their participation, including 12 Turing Award and Nobel Prize winners, more than 80 Chinese and foreign academicians, and representatives of multiple international top - level laboratories.
Focus on High - end Focusing on high - end, the scale of the exhibition is unprecedented, gathering cutting - edge new products. The exhibition area of the conference exceeds 70,000 square meters for the first time, attracting more than 800 enterprises to participate, of which more than 50% are from outside the city and international enterprises. In particular, dozens of domestic leading AI enterprises, more than 60 leading foreign enterprises such as Siemens and Schneider, and more than 30 central and state - owned enterprises will jointly display with their ecological partners. More than 3,000 cutting - edge exhibits will be on display, including more than 40 large - models, more than 50 AI terminal products, more than 60 intelligent robots, and more than 100 "world premieres" and "China debuts" of important new products, setting a record for previous sessions.
Focus on Youthfulness
Focusing on youthfulness, the awards and topics are newly upgraded to stimulate the new vitality of young people. The SAIL Award has attracted 240 projects from around the world to participate, with international projects accounting for 17%. Nearly 200 papers have been submitted for the Young Excellent Paper Award, and the average age of the authors is 29. The proportion of doctoral students and those in - school is 79.4%, highlighting the innovation potential of young people. This year's conference also specially sets up three cutting - edge topics: "Questions in Science, Questions in Mathematics, and Questions in Models", providing a larger platform for young people to have innovative dialogues and discuss cutting - edge issues such as life sciences, new AI architectures, and the integration of AI and mathematics.
Focus on Professionalism
Focusing on professionalism, innovation incubation is accurately matched to cultivate a new industrial ecosystem. A new "Venture Capital and Incubation" section is set up. More than 200 start - up projects at home and abroad are organized to conduct roadshows, and more than 100 investment institutions will conduct on - site matchmaking, providing investment and financing services integrating demand release, plan matching, and investment matching. The intelligent experience is comprehensively upgraded. The "WAIC City Tour" is planned, creating a "Living Intelligence Ring, Urban Service Ring, and Industrial Ecosystem Ring". New application experiences such as humanoid robots, intelligent driving, and low - altitude economy are organized. At the same time, relying on Shanghai's industrial landmarks and concurrent featured activities, an exclusive "AI Shanghai Tour" is created for participants to build more platforms for industrial cooperation.
The 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and the High - level Conference on Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence are about to open. We sincerely invite all new and old friends to come to Shanghai to participate in the conference and visit the exhibition and jointly participate in this global event in the field of artificial intelligence.
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