Tang Wenkan, Director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology: The Pudong Zhangjiang sub-venue of this year's World Artificial Intelligence Conference focuses on showcasing AI chips and core products.
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Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology: It has built a leading AIGC (AI Generic Content Generation) industry chain nationwide and will continue to deepen scenario empowerment through special policies and funding in the future.
Mars Finance reports that the 2026 Global Digital Economy Conference – "AIGC for Future Forum" was held in Beijing today. Wang Bin, Deputy Director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, stated at the forum that Beijing has built a leading AIGC industry chain nationwide. In the future, Beijing will continue to deepen scenario empowerment through special policies and funding, and promote the "Beijing Model" of industry-culture integration, taking the Dongcheng digital pilot project as an opportunity. (Reporter: Guo Songqiao, Cailian Press)
Zhang Yuhang, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology: Developing the word-based economy and exploring business models such as quantity-based pricing, performance-based payment, and subscription-based hosting.
According to Mars Finance, Zhang Yuhang, a second-level inspector of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, stated on July 8th that the next step will be to create a new form of intelligent economy. This includes developing a word-based economy, building word-based factories, and exploring business models such as quantity-based pricing, performance-based payment, and subscription-based hosting; accelerating research and development of key technologies for embodied intelligence and robot products, and improving the systematic evaluation capabilities of robots; supporting the innovative development of intelligent terminals such as smartphones, smart computers, smart glasses, and smart homes, and improving the pilot-scale testing service system. (Beike Finance)
Zhang Yuhang of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology: Building a 10,000-calorie computing power cluster, aiming to add over 70,000 petabytes of intelligent computing power this year.
According to Mars Finance, Zhang Yuhang, a second-level inspector of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, stated on July 8th that the next step is to solidify the foundation of computing power and data. This includes building a computing power structure of "foundation within Beijing and expansion outside Beijing," constructing a 10,000-calorie computing power cluster, and achieving an additional intelligent computing power scale of over 70,000 petabytes within the year; exploring new models such as computing-power collaboration and direct green electricity supply; continuously improving the institutional system for data property rights, authorized operation of public data, and revenue distribution; creating a trustworthy data space; and improving the data circulation service ecosystem. (Beike Finance)
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization signed a joint statement.
Mars Finance reported on July 2nd that at the main forum of the 2026 Global Digital Economy Conference, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) officially signed a joint statement on cooperation to promote Beijing's industrial development, innovation, and digital transformation. This is a pioneering move in the institutionalized strategic cooperation between the two parties, filling the gap in cooperation between the capital's industrial digitalization sector and the United Nations Sustainable Industrial Development System. The joint statement establishes a long-term and stable cooperation framework, clarifying information sharing, experience sharing, industrial collaboration, capacity building, and technology transfer as the core directions of cooperation, and focusing on promoting two core tasks: first, establishing a global center of excellence for intelligent manufacturing and robotics; and second, deeply participating in the Global Digital Economy Conference and empowering the construction of the Global Digital Economy Cities Alliance. (Cailian Press)
Announcement: The Shanghai Municipal Government will hold a press conference on July 7th to introduce the progress of preparations for the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference.
According to Mars Finance, the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence will be held in Shanghai from July 17th to 20th. On July 7th, the Shanghai Municipal Government held a press conference, inviting city leaders and relevant officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization, and Donghao Lansheng Group to introduce the progress of the conference preparations and answer questions from reporters. (Cailian Press)
The National Development and Reform Commission disclosed five key work plans for the artificial intelligence industry during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, emphasizing the strengthening of key technologies such as models, computing power, and data.
According to Mars Finance, at a press conference held by the Shanghai Municipal Government on July 7, Wang Ruomeng, Deputy Director of the Innovation and High-Tech Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, disclosed the working plan for my country's artificial intelligence industry during the 15th Five-Year Plan period: First, accelerate independent innovation. Strengthen research on key technologies such as models, computing power, and data; increase basic research; generate more original achievements; and contribute Chinese wisdom to the global development of artificial intelligence. Second, strengthen application-driven development. Focus on areas with significant economic contributions, high strategic value, and good social benefits; open up a number of high-value scenarios; and create a number of benchmark applications. At the same time, pay attention to the impact of artificial intelligence on employment, promote the creation of new jobs and empowerment of traditional jobs through artificial intelligence, and prioritize its application in "dangerous, dirty, tiring, and heavy" scenarios. Third, deepen ecological collaboration. Continuously promote deep adaptation of software and hardware, common prosperity of open and closed sources, integration of industry, academia, research, and application, and differentiated regional development to significantly improve the efficiency of ecological collaboration. Fourth, adhere to openness and win-win cooperation. Extensively carry out international cooperation in artificial intelligence, promote open-source and inclusive technology, support the Global South in strengthening artificial intelligence capacity building, and actively participate in international governance in the field of artificial intelligence. Fifth, ensure safety and controllability. We must coordinate development and security, accelerate legislation in the field of artificial intelligence, improve the system of rules and regulations, prevent risks such as data misuse, deepfakes, and privacy breaches, and ensure that the development of artificial intelligence is for human use and under human control. (Cailian Press)