We visited the 14,000-square-meter digital technology pavilion at the CCEIC and delved deep into the "miracle of the Chinese supply chain" highly praised by Jensen Huang.
According to a report by Zhidx on July 17th, from July 16th to July 20th, the 3rd China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo was held in Beijing. Besides Jensen Huang, the founder of NVIDIA, who has been attracting a lot of attention recently, this year's expo gathered over 650 enterprises. They showcased the "cutting - edge technologies" in fields such as AI, robotics, chips, and XR, attracting a large number of visitors to queue up under the scorching sun to enter and visit.
During multiple interviews and speeches at the expo, Jensen Huang repeatedly praised China's supply chain as a "miracle", with a comprehensive layout and advanced technology, playing an important role in the global supply chain. If you have no real - sense of Huang's praise, the display of China's supply chain strength at the expo is the best proof.
The Digital Technology Supply Chain area at this expo was like a home court for AI and robotics. According to an incomplete statistics by Zhidx, on more than 100 booths covering an area of 14,000 square meters in this area, over 20 humanoid robots appeared in various corners of the exhibition hall. Every time they showed up, they attracted visitors to stop and interact. AI technology has not only been integrated into terminals such as smartphones, AI PCs, AI glasses, smart cars, and smart agricultural machinery, but also provides the "brain" for AI applications, smart cities, and smart factories.
One of the features of the expo is the collaboration and cooperation between upstream and downstream of the supply chain. At this year's expo, Apple once again joined hands with its supply - chain enterprises to participate. There were no iPhones or MacBooks on its booth, but several production lines were in operation. Multiple international chip and semiconductor manufacturers, including NVIDIA (participating for the first time), Intel, Qualcomm, and Micron, participated in the expo. However, they mainly displayed third - party products using their own technologies.
Local industrial chains also made their debut at the expo. Enterprises from the upstream and downstream of Hubei's humanoid robot industrial chain formed an independent exhibition area to participate together, bringing together enterprises involved from joints to the whole body of humanoid robots. Thirteen Zhejiang enterprises participated as a group. Half of the "Six Rising Stars in Hangzhou" were present, namely Unitree Robotics, Forbrain Technology, and Qunhe Technology. Guangdong Province brought 64 leading enterprises in the supply chain to the expo.
Zhidx visited over 100 booths in the exhibition hall on the first day of the expo. Focusing on the Digital Technology Supply Chain area, we bring you the latest observations from the expo.
01. The Density of Humanoid Robots is Off the Charts: Shaking Hands and Offering Drinks to Visitors
At this expo, the density of humanoid robots was extremely high. Every few steps, various robots caught people's eyes. Enterprises from the upstream and downstream of the robotics industrial chain made a concentrated appearance.
Visitors waiting to interact with robots queued up in a long line at the NVIDIA booth. The robot Galbot G1 from Galaxy Universal would pick up prizes from the shelves for the winning visitors and place them in the designated positions.
There were also other "colleague" robots beside Galbot G1, namely Tianguang 2.0 from Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, Acceleration Evolution T1, and Alpha Bot 2 from Zhipingfang.
Unitree Robotics showcased its humanoid robot G1. During the on - site interaction, a technician operated it beside. A reporter from Zhidx shook hands with it. Unitree Robotics didn't have an independent booth this time. Instead, it participated in the expo as part of the Zhejiang Artificial Intelligence Industrial Chain together with other Zhejiang enterprises.
On the same booth as Unitree was Forbrain Technology, a Zhejiang brain - computer interface technology company. Forbrain Technology brought products such as the BrainCo intelligent bionic hand, bionic dexterous hand, and Qingling M3 intelligent bionic leg. A staff member used a robotic arm to write Chinese calligraphy. The staff member said that the experience of using the robotic arm was similar to that of a real arm.
Eighteen leading enterprises in Guangdong's supply chain, such as Ubtech Robotics, DJI, and ZhaoWei Machinery, made their appearance in the Guangdong theme area. The Walker C series robots from Ubtech Robotics waved and interacted with visitors on the booth. Equipped with an embodied intelligent interaction large - model, they have served as "tour guides" at the China Pavilion of the Osaka World Expo in Japan.
Ubtech humanoid robots (Source: Nanfang Plus)
ZhaoWei Machinery's new - generation dexterous hand has 17 active degrees of freedom, enabling delicate movements such as grasping, bending, and swinging. Its transmission efficiency exceeds 95%, and its service life can reach 10 years.
ZhaoWei Machinery's new - generation dexterous hand (Source: ZhaoWei Machinery)
Enterprises from Hubei's humanoid robot industrial chain participated as a group. According to the booth introduction, Hubei currently has 7 humanoid robot whole - machine enterprises, such as Granor, Optics Valley East Intelligence, Hubei Jingchu, Shouzhi Innovation, Hubei Qiling, Optics Valley Huahui, and Fariland, and over 80 core enterprises in the relevant supply chain.
TCL CSOT showcased the split - type companion robot TCL AiMe, which can serve as a control center for smart homes and also provide emotional companionship.
In terms of the industrial chain, Huamicrotech exhibited a comprehensive solution for tactile perception of the dexterous hand, arm, and sole of humanoid robots. The fingertips and pads of its robot dexterous hand can achieve millimeter - level resolution.
The embodied intelligent enterprise Shutu Technology demonstrated the data processing algorithm SynaData, which can extract embodied intelligent training data from Internet RGB videos.
At the expo, enterprises such as Ligong Huahui, Tianlian Robotics, Taren Robotics, and Marvell Technology also exhibited their robot products, showing the booming development of China's robotics industry.
However, Zhidx also observed that at the expo, more enterprises chose to let their robots stand still, while only a few manufacturers demonstrated robots moving and interacting with the physical world. In the future, enabling humanoid robots to have the ability of independent judgment, planning, and execution may be the key for them to be applied in real production and living environments.
02. AI is Everywhere, and it Can Even Provide Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis
At this expo, AI was an absolute key word that couldn't be avoided. AI has not only been integrated into consumer electronics such as mobile phones and computers but also plays an important role in many production, management, and operation tools and products for enterprises.
DingTalk, an enterprise office collaboration platform under Alibaba, recently launched an AI spreadsheet function. Users can use the AI spreadsheet tool to create business management systems for projects, recruitment, sales, etc. 1688 has created an AI digital employee for merchants, which can help small and medium - sized merchants with some e - commerce operation work.
Lenovo demonstrated multiple "super intelligent agents" products for the government, enterprises, and individuals. The "Tianxi Super Intelligent Agent" for individual users is installed on Lenovo's PCs, mobile phones, tablets, etc., while the customized intelligent agent solutions for government and enterprises can be used in scenarios such as urban management, IT operation and maintenance, and AI marketing.
Inspur Group exhibited the Hailuo Intelligent Agent based on its Hailuo large - model, which can be used in scenarios such as AI security inspection, water conservancy inspection, emergency management, and official document writing.
Jiechuang Intelligence, an enterprise focusing on intelligent security technology, brought the "Zhang'anxing" AI electromagnetic net - capturing product and a series of AI emergency rescue products. The electromagnetic net - capturing patrol robot dog can be integrated with the security system of smart parks, conduct autonomous patrols and security prevention, and capture intruders when necessary.
On - site demonstration of the electromagnetic net - capturing patrol robot dog (Source: Jiechuang Group)
ZTE brought multiple server products and a full - stack intelligent computing solution this year, achieving decoupling of hardware, decoupling of training and inference, and decoupling of models. After the popularity of DeepSeek, the company also launched the DeepSeek AICube intelligent computing all - in - one machine.
Hangzhou NetEase Zhushu Information Technology Co., Ltd. brought the "NetEase Foreign Trade Connect (AI Team)", an AI intelligent agent team solution, which includes AI marketing experts, AI operation experts, AI website - building experts, AI social media experts, etc., and can complete tasks such as intelligent customer discovery, customer screening, and account management. Zhongkong Information, a smart city enterprise in the Zhejiang exhibition area, released a smart city AI large - model all - in - one machine.
Hangzhou Bamai Technology demonstrated its AI traditional Chinese medicine solution. Its AI traditional Chinese medicine intelligent hardware such as Qiao Langzhong and Daqi can quantify the experience of famous doctors and conduct intelligent diagnosis.
03. A Wide Variety of Consumer Electronics: Apple's Supply - Chain Enterprises Bring Production Lines to the Scene
At the expo, major manufacturers and emerging startups exhibited many new types of consumer electronics products.
Lenovo displayed a concept laptop with a transparent screen at the front of its booth, attracting many users to experience it. This laptop uses a Micro - LED screen with a thickness of less than 4 millimeters. The keyboard area is also transparent, and it has an AI recognition function.
Lenovo's concept laptop with a transparent screen (Source: Lenovo)
Apple has participated in the expo for three consecutive years. However, Apple doesn't display its products directly. Instead, it brings several of its supply - chain enterprises every year to showcase its Chinese supply chain.