China News Service, Jinan, October 15 (Reporter Sun Tingting) — The 2026 Artificial Intelligence Industry Conference opened in Jinan on October 15. Centered on the theme "Accelerating Artificial Intelligence to Empower New Industrialization," the conference released a series of research reports, technical specifications, and other achievements in areas such as intelligent agents, embodied AI, and edge AI. It has built a high-end cooperation platform for supply-demand matching, industrial interoperability, and innovative symbiosis in the AI field, accelerating the deep integration of cutting-edge technologies with the real economy.
Yu Xiaohui, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology, stated in his speech that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) adheres to the manufacturing sector as the main battlefield and application-driven development as the main line, promoting the quality upgrading and high-level empowerment of the AI industry for new industrialization. Going forward, the MIIT will coordinate development and security, accelerate the high-quality development of the AI industry, strengthen the supply to expand the intelligent industry, and broaden applications by deeply cultivating "AI + Manufacturing."
Zhou Naixiang, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee and Governor of Shandong Province, noted in his speech that Shandong will more actively embrace AI, promote AI technological innovation, industrial development, and scenario applications with greater efforts, and better contribute to greater achievements in building a strong province in advanced manufacturing. "We look forward to everyone making good use of the conference platform, deepening exchanges and matching, strengthening pragmatic cooperation, and contributing wisdom and strength to empowering new industrialization with AI."
Yu Haitian, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Jinan Municipal Committee and Mayor of Jinan, mentioned in his speech that Jinan will deeply implement the "AI+" action, optimize the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, cultivate and expand leading enterprises, strengthen key core technology breakthroughs, and promote the mutual traction and coordinated efforts of AI industrialization and industrial intelligence.
During the keynote speech session, Zheng Zhiming, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered a speech on the theme of "Modern Technological Scientific Paradigm Oriented toward New Industrialization." In his speech, Zheng analyzed the current development trends of the AI industry, dissected core technological bottlenecks in the construction of new industrialization, and clarified the key directions for the implementation and application of industrial intelligence, providing theoretical guidance and practical ideas for AI to empower the real economy and assist industrial upgrading.
Giorgio Parisi, Nobel Laureate in Physics and Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered a keynote speech titled "From Complex Systems to AI: Exploring Order in Disorder." Speaking on the transition from complex system research to AI exploration, he stated that the true bottleneck of current AI is not model generation capability, but the lack of an underlying understanding of the essence of the world. He also emphasized the importance of basic research to AI, noting that the industrial development process must also place high importance on AI reliability, accountability, and innovation, while maintaining the diversity of the technological ecosystem.
The conference held in-depth discussions on industrial practices and cutting-edge trends in the AI industry, and released multiple landmark achievements.
During the release session, coordinated by the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) and fellow supporting units jointly released high-value scenarios for artificial intelligence empowering new industrialization. The high-value scenario map covers 20 sub-sectors and over 1,000 high-value scenarios, comprehensively covering core manufacturing fields. Adopting the format of "one map per industry, one profile per scenario," the map establishes a three-tier system of "breakthrough-level, validation-level, and promotion-level," forming a "live map" of industrial AI practices and providing path support for new industrialization.
Under the guidance and support of the Cyber Security Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the China Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance and relevant supporting units jointly released the "Artificial Intelligence Security Evaluation Framework in the Fields of Industry and Information Technology (2026 Edition)." Focusing on general security, application security, and business security, the framework clarifies evaluation contents, methods, and implementation requirements, providing guidance for carrying out AI security evaluations in a scientific and standardized manner.
Five units—Inspur Cloud-Edge Industry Internet Co., Ltd., Shanxi Jinyun Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Suzhou Data Intelligence Technology Group Co., Ltd., Shandong Port Qingdao Port Group Co., Ltd., and Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.—jointly launched the co-construction of the National Artificial Intelligence Application Pilot Base, carrying out cooperation in aspects such as shared AI support capabilities, co-construction of high-quality datasets, and the opening and sharing of industrial application scenarios.
At the conference, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Shandong Province, the Shandong Communications Administration, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the Jinan Municipal People's Government, and other units jointly released the China Computing Valley Artificial Intelligence Public Service Platform. As an important part of China's computing power platform system, the platform aggregates core resources such as computing power, models, data, and applications, achieving precise matching of regional computing power resources and precise empowerment of vertical scenarios, and striving to build a key eastern hub of China's integrated computing power network.
Wei Liang, Vice President of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, released the "Top Ten Keywords for the 2026 Artificial Intelligence Industry." Expanding from the three dimensions of technology, application, and ecosystem, from the inside out, the ten keywords jointly outline the complete picture of the accelerated diffusion of artificial intelligence in 2026: model self-evolution, agent engineering, agent terminals, embodied AI physical training, chip-model synergy, AI high-value application scenarios, AI-driven automated laboratories, high-quality token services, cutting-edge model security risks, and open inclusivity.
The conference was hosted by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Shandong Province, and the Jinan Municipal People's Government.
