Another "national mission": which regions are entrusted with important responsibilities?

According to Cailian Press, on October 16th, at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Intelligent Connected Vehicle Conference, the National Pilot Test Base for Artificial Intelligence Applications (Automobile Direction in the Manufacturing Field) was officially launched.

According to the news from "Dongguan Release", recently, the National Pilot Test Base for Artificial Intelligence Applications (Mobile Terminal Direction in the Consumption Field) was officially approved. This base is jointly built by Dongguan and Shenzhen, and the construction work has officially started. The report points out that the establishment of the base not only marks a leap - forward breakthrough in the "key link" from AI technology R & D to large - scale industrial applications, but also injects strong impetus into the joint efforts of Dongguan and Shenzhen to build a high - quality development high - ground for the AI industry.

The "Darwinian Dead Sea" is a common phenomenon in the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, used to describe the disconnection between technological R & D and market production. Pilot testing is the key link in promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements from the "laboratory" to the "production line".

In August this year, the State Council issued the "Opinions on Deeply Implementing the 'Artificial Intelligence +' Initiative", pressing the accelerator button for the "Artificial Intelligence +" initiative. It clearly stated that a number of national pilot test bases for artificial intelligence applications should be planned and constructed.

A relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission previously said that the pilot test base for applications is a common - capacity platform to accelerate the large - scale, standardized, and systematic development of artificial intelligence applications. In combination with the six key actions of the "Artificial Intelligence +" initiative, by planning and constructing application pilot test bases in key fields such as manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, finance, and energy resources, industry resources and relevant industrial capabilities will be gathered to cultivate AI professionals, promote application results, incubate innovative entities, and build an open ecosystem.

According to incomplete statistics, recently, national pilot test bases for artificial intelligence applications in multiple fields have been successively established.

In the energy resources and finance fields, on July 27th, the ecological co - construction of the National Pilot Test Base for Artificial Intelligence Applications (Power Direction in the Energy Field) led by China Southern Power Grid was officially launched. On the same day, China UnionPay, in cooperation with the Bank of Communications, Fudan University, the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and the Shanghai Financial Technology Industry Alliance, announced the official launch of the project of the National Pilot Test Base for Artificial Intelligence Applications (Inclusive Financial Payment Direction in the Finance Field).

In the healthcare field, in August, Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University was approved to build the National Pilot Test Base for Artificial Intelligence Applications (Clinical Medical Research Direction in the Healthcare Field), and Zhejiang launched the construction of the National Pilot Test Base for Artificial Intelligence Applications (Intelligent Specialist Doctor Direction in the Healthcare Field); in September, Beijing launched the construction of the National Pilot Test Base for Artificial Intelligence Applications in the healthcare field, and the National Pilot Test Base for Artificial Intelligence Applications (Healthcare Field) built by Guangzhou Digital Technology Group was officially launched.

In the transportation field, on September 9th, a deployment meeting for the construction of the National Pilot Test Base for Artificial Intelligence Applications in the transportation field was held in Qingdao, Shandong, marking the full - scale start of the construction of the first batch of three National Pilot Test Bases for Artificial Intelligence Applications in the transportation field in Qingdao, Mianyang, and Xiamen.

In the manufacturing field, on September 11th, the National Pilot Test Base for Artificial Intelligence Applications (Manufacturing Field) was launched in Shanghai...

Regarding the tasks undertaken by the application pilot test bases, a relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission previously revealed that they mainly include four aspects: focusing on common problems to drive and promote the improvement of industry efficiency; building a co - creation platform to promote the development of the AI industry; accumulating common capabilities to significantly lower the threshold for application innovation; and cultivating a win - win ecosystem to promote the transformation of the industry's innovation paradigm.

This article is from the WeChat public account "Urban Evolution Theory", author: Liu Yanmei, published by 36Kr with authorization.