TIANJIN,
China, June 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On
June 20th, Tianjin hosted the opening of the 2024 World
Intelligence Expo (WIE). Under the theme "Intelligence: Expansive
Development Space, Sustainable Growth Driver," the event was
co-organized by the people's governments of the 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.
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