TIANJIN, China, June 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2024 World
Intelligence Expo (WIE) commenced on June
20th in Tianjin. Themed
"Intelligence: Expansive Development Space, Sustainable Growth
Driver," the expo was co-hosted by the people's governments of
Tianjin and Chongqing municipalities.
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the
expo, pointing out that AI, as an important driving force for a new
round sci-tech revolution and industrial transformation, will have
a far-reaching impact on global economic and social development and
human civilization progress. In his letter, Xi also noted that
China has attached great
importance to the development of AI, actively driven the deep
integration of the Internet, big data and AI with real economy to
cultivate and build the intelligent industry, accelerate the
development of new quality productivity, and provide new momentum
for high-quality development.
Chen Min'er, secretary of the CPC
Tianjin Committee, addressed the opening ceremony of the expo.
Wan Gang, chairman of China
Association for Science and Technology, delivered the keynote
speech. Hu Henghua, mayor of Chongqing; Wu
Zhaohui, vice president of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Liu
Liehong, head of the National Data Administration; Long Teng, vice minister of the Ministry of
Science and Technology; and Shan Zhongde, vice minister of the
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, addressed the
expo, respectively. Tianjin Mayor
Zhang Gong presided over the opening
ceremony.
In his speech, Chen Min'er
pointed out that Tianjin has been
adhering to sci-tech innovation and industrial innovation at the
same time, actively propelling exploration and practical
applications in the realm of AI, and accelerating the development
of new quality productivity to better empower its high-quality
development and living. Chen added, "Leading sci-tech innovation
with intelligence, Tianjin will
rev up the R&D and application of some key core technologies,
vigorously develop the sci-tech service sector, streamline the
supply and demand channels for sci-tech achievements, boost
sci-tech and innovation parks to improve their quality and
efficiency, and accelerate the inter-sector application of AI to
help innovation and breakthroughs in the fields of life science,
low-carbon technology, and future research.
According to Hu Henghua, Chongqing is speeding up in digital
industrialization and industrial digitization to build itself into
a new digital economy highland. The 2025 World Intelligence Expo is
scheduled to be held in Chongqing.
Hu invited everyone to delineate a new AI landscape together, share
golden opportunities during the digitization of Chongqing, and co-build a promising future in
the AI era.
Wu Zhaohui suggested
strengthening the inter-discipline cooperation to consolidate the
AI research foundation, enriching AI scenarios with applets, and
deepening industry-institute interactions to build an AI innovation
ecosystem.
Zeng Yi, chairman of China
Electronics Corporation; Chen Zhongyue, chairman of China Unicom;
Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO of Lenovo; and Zhou Hongyi, founder
of Qihoo 360 delivered speeches.
Contact: Xing Meiqi
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