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July 30, 2026 artificial intelligence The Product Application Expo opened at the Suzhou International Expo Center. Fan Bo, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee, and Wang Wei, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, attended the opening ceremony. Xu Xiaolan, member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the China Institute of Electronics, and Gao Wen, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and chairman of the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Alliance, delivered video speeches.
This Smart Expo is hosted by the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance and hosted by Suzhou International Science and Technology Park (SISPARK) and Suzhou International Expo Center Management Co., Ltd. With the theme of "One Yuan, All-Seeing AI", the event is deeply aligned with the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), focusing on the three dimensions of new industrialization, large models and AI computing power industry chain, OPC entrepreneurship and TOKEN economy, and using the "Super Individual·Smart Chain Twin Cities" as the framework to promote the two-way import of Suzhou's profound industrialization scene and Shanghai's cutting-edge innovative resources, creating an international, professional, and diversified communication platform that integrates events, exhibitions, conferences, new media, and new consumption.
At the opening ceremony, the Suzhou Municipal Government and Microsoft (China) Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement to comprehensively deepen cooperation in four major directions: "artificial intelligence + manufacturing" empowerment, replication and promotion of technological innovation models, OPC innovation ecosystem creation, and corporate expansion overseas, so as to fully stimulate the development vitality of the artificial intelligence industry. Ruan Qing, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and director of the Shanghai Global Urban Research Institute, and Yang Qiang, academician of the Canadian Academy of Engineering & Royal Academy of Sciences and director of the AI Advanced Institute of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, delivered keynote speeches respectively. Chen Xixi, director of the Jiangsu Center of Xinhua News Agency, China Economic Information Service, released the "Annual Report on the Development of New Generation Artificial Intelligence (2025-2026)", and Sun Huifeng, director of the Innovation Center of Beijing Zhiyuan Artificial Intelligence Research Institute and president of Beijing Shangqi Digital Technology, released the "China Urban Artificial Intelligence Development Index (2025-2026)". 2026 Artificial Intelligence Leading talents The settled project was awarded a license to become the National Manufacturing Innovation Center for Ultra-HD Video in Suzhou Achievements transformation The base and Suzhou Digital Economy (Artificial Intelligence) Engineering Title Review Base were unveiled, and the projects on the list of the 4th Artificial Intelligence Product Application Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition were awarded.
After the opening ceremony, the guests visited the exhibition area together. This Smart Expo will last until August 1, with eight major themes including computing power and intelligence, industrial software and industrial Internet, industrial embodied intelligence, intelligent consumer terminals, OPC and university innovation achievements. It will bring together nearly 400 industry companies such as Huawei, Baidu Cloud, Zero-One Wanxing, Mega Technology, and Denlin Technology, as well as universities, institutions, industry associations, and OPC entrepreneurs to participate in the exhibition, focusing on displaying cutting-edge AI technologies, innovative products, and industry solutions.
Responsible comrades from relevant provincial departments; Han Wei, member of the Standing Committee of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor, main responsible comrades of Suzhou Industrial Park; representatives of well-known domestic and foreign enterprises in the field of artificial intelligence, universities and colleges, industry associations, investment and financing institutions, etc. participated.
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