AI reconstructs the new ecosystem of consumer electronics, the "Smart Connectivity · Emergence" Innovation and Development Conference is held in Qingdao.
On the afternoon of September 4, 2026, as an important concurrent event of the 23rd China International Consumer Electronics Expo, the Innovation and Development Exchange Conference themed "Smart Connection · Emergence - AI Reconstructing the New Ecosystem of Consumer Electronics", hosted by Shandong Provincial People's Government and co-organized by China National Tender International Convention & Exhibition (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Jixiao 361, was held in the conference area of Qingdao International Convention and Exhibition Center (Hongdao Pavilion). The exchange conference gathered leading academic, research and industry figures from key links including material science, terminal manufacturing, industrial internet, scenario application, commercial payment and brand growth, to jointly witness the profound qualitative change that the consumer electronics industry is undergoing as large AI models move from the cloud to terminals.
"Smart Connection · Emergence": Decoding the New Industrial Fulcrum of the AI Super Cycle
The conference takes "Smart Connection · Emergence" as its theme, accurately reflecting the dual pulse of the current consumer electronics industry. "Smart Connection" echoes the core concepts of the Consumer Electronics Expo such as "Smart Connected Life" and "Smart Connected Low Altitude", pointing to the ecological picture of terminal interconnection and scenario integration in the AI era; "Emergence" comes from complex science, which means that when the AI capability of terminals breaks through the threshold, the system will spontaneously generate intelligent collaboration beyond a single device — new functions, new experiences and new species are born in batches.
At present, the consumer electronics industry is standing at the entrance of the "AI super cycle". The traditional model relying on hardware parameter competition has reached its ceiling, and AI terminals equipped with agent capabilities are becoming the new fulcrum of industrial growth. The logic of industrial competition is moving from "involution of individual products" to "cross-scenario ecosystem construction", and from "single-point intelligence" to "ecosystem emergence". At this key reform node, this conference, based on the exhibition and taking the conference as the medium, aims to build a high-quality industrial exchange platform to jointly study and judge the innovation path and growth logic of AI reconstructing consumer electronics.
Academician's Perspective: From Material Revolution to Computing-Electricity Integration, Anchoring the Underlying Reform of the Industry
At the opening of the conference, Dr. Zhao Meng, Chairman of the National Graphene Applied Innovation Alliance and Academician of the International Advanced Technology and Engineering Academy, delivered a keynote speech titled "Computing-Electricity Integration, Win the Future Wisely — Reconstructing the New Ecosystem of AI Consumer Electronics Industry from Material Revolution to Terminal Outbreak". Academician Zhao Meng pointed out that the outbreak of the AI consumer electronics industry does not only rely on algorithm breakthroughs, and the integration of underlying material innovation and computing power infrastructure is the key to determining how far and how stably the industry can go. Starting from the application of new materials such as graphene in chip heat dissipation, flexible devices, energy management and other fields, he revealed the driving force of AI terminal reform at the physical level, laying a keynote of industrial speculation starting from the bottom for the whole conference.
Practices of Leading Players: How AI Reconstructs the Kitchen, Service Links and Business Closed Loop
At the scenario application level, Li Tao, General Manager of Meiyu Technology, the technology inclusive brand of Fotile Group, brought a sharing titled "From Cleaning to Drinking Purification — AI Reconstructs the New Kitchen Ecosystem". As a practice representative of leading enterprises in the home appliance industry, Li Tao demonstrated how AI goes deep into high-frequency family scenarios, upgrading the kitchen from a single-function execution place to an intelligent space with perception, interaction and autonomous decision-making capabilities. He pointed out that the real "AI-native" is not to add a voice entry to the device, but to reconstruct the relationship between people and the kitchen from the underlying logic of user experience.
Cheng Junlai, Co-founder of Wofeng Technology, started from the enterprise service side and delivered a theme speech titled "Enterprise-level AI Agent Drives the Full-link Autonomous Service Closed Loop of Consumer Electronics". As a representative of the "Little Giant" enterprise specializing in refinement, specialization, uniqueness and innovation, Cheng Junlai pointed out that AI Agent is becoming the core engine for consumer electronics enterprises to realize the full-link autonomous closed loop from R&D, production to marketing and service, helping enterprises shift from "human-driven" to "agent-driven", and build all-time and all-domain service capabilities while reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
At the level of industrial internet and computing power base, Li Wenchao, chief architect of Guolian Co., Ltd. Zhisuan Duoduo, analyzed the underlying supporting role of industrial internet in the development of AI terminals with the title "How Industrial Internet Defines the Next Decade of AI Terminals". He pointed out that the large-scale implementation of AI terminals is inseparable from the systematic integration capability of industrial internet in data, computing power and algorithm levels. In the next ten years, whoever masters the core link of industrial internet will have the say in AI terminals.
In the commercial payment and circulation links, Hu Qiaolin, senior consultant of Huifu Tianxia, analyzed how AI reshapes the industrial transaction links with the title "From Revenue to Continuous Revenue — AI Drives the Full-link Reconstruction of 'Receipt, Management, Distribution and Payment' in the Consumer Electronics Industry". He proposed that AI not only changes the form of consumer electronic products, but also reshapes the flow mode of industrial funds, shifting from a single revenue model to a recyclable and fissionable continuous revenue model, bringing underlying innovation at the business model level for the industry.
In addition, Mu Shitu, CEO of Jixiao 361, discussed the transformation of brand growth model in the AI era with the title "From 'Exhibition Venue' to 'Magnetic Field' — AI Drives the Long-term Growth of Consumer Electronics Brands". He pointed out that driven by AI, brands no longer rely on one-time exposure in the exhibition venue, but form a "magnetic field effect" that continuously attracts users through deep connection with users via data intelligence, providing a new methodology for the long-term growth of consumer electronics brands.
Qingdao: From "Capital of Home Appliances" to "Highland of Intelligent Terminal Innovation"
The holding of this conference in Qingdao also reflects the strategic leap of this city in the consumer electronics industry map. As "Famous City of Home Appliances in China", the annual output of major intelligent home appliance products in Qingdao accounts for about one tenth of the national total. At the beginning of 2026, Qingdao clearly proposed to promote the scale of the new generation intelligent terminal industry to exceed 300 billion yuan within three years, and build an industrial highland with global influence. From "home appliances" to "intelligent terminals", from "manufacturing" to "smart manufacturing", Qingdao is completing a profound industrial transition.
The 2026 Consumer Electronics Expo has an exhibition area of 60,000 square meters, covering multiple fields such as smart home, artificial intelligence, smart health care, new display, new energy vehicles, etc. Leading brands including Haier, Hisense, Aucma, Xiaomi and Gree have intensively displayed full solutions for smart homes and new AI intelligent terminal products, while enterprises such as Unitree Robotics and Leju have also brought embodied intelligent products such as humanoid robots and quadruped robot dogs. The conference and the exhibition are deeply linked, jointly outlining the panorama of the consumer electronics industry in the AI era from exhibits to ideas, from products to ecosystems.
All Things Smart Connected: The "Emergence" and Evolution of a Paradigm
The "Smart Connection · Emergence" conference is not just a forum, but a collective declaration of the consumer electronics industry moving from "device intelligence" to "AI-native ecosystem". When AI changes from a tool to infrastructure, when terminals change from individual products to scenarios, when business changes from revenue to continuous revenue, the industry is facing not only technological upgrading, but a comprehensive reconstruction covering product logic, user relationship, business model and ecosystem ranking. This reconstruction is underway, and Qingdao is standing at the forefront of this transformation.