"2026 Interesting Lifestyle Report" was released in Longgang, Shenzhen: Young people in the AI era know better how to control the rules

China News Service, Shenzhen, September 5 (Reporter Suo Youwei) The "2026 Interesting Lifestyle Report" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") was released on the 4th in Longgang District, Shenzhen, the first interesting urban district in the country. The "Report" was launched by China News Weekly and conducted an in-depth survey of 4,747 young people across the country to summarize the impact of AI on the workplace, health and consumption, and explore the life and consumption landscape in the AI ​​era.

Representatives of the organizers, China News Weekly President Lu Zhenya and China News Weekly Editor-in-Chief Wang Chenbo, attended the event. Wang Chenbo mentioned in his speech as the organizer, “The only thing that cannot be outsourced in the AI era is the initiative to ‘decide what to hand over to AI.’ If we keep it, we will keep human subjectivity.”

The "2026 Interesting Lifestyle Report" was released. Photo provided by the organizer

This year is the sixth consecutive year that the special program of the Interesting Lifestyle Conference has been held, and it is also the first time that it has gone out of Beijing and landed in Longgang District on the occasion of Shenzhen APEC.

Longgang is accelerating the construction of the "Small and Medium-sized Experimental Demonstration Area" and the "Dream Printing City", where countless innovative inspirations are taking root. Job-seeking young people come and are provided with free accommodation for 15 days; entrepreneurs come and go up and downstairs to form the upstream and downstream industrial chain, making "one concept in, one product out" a reality; products need to be exported overseas, and the overseas infrastructure is accessible to the world. One of every four cross-border orders in the country comes from Longgang. Yu Xiquan, Secretary of the Shenzhen Longgang District Party Committee, said that more cutting-edge technologies, creative products, and innovative models should be tried out in Longgang.

In Longgang District, "interesting" has become a daily routine. Eight "dragon partners" have gone deep into schools, hospitals, communities, families and enterprises. AI is no longer an abstract technical term, but a "dragon partner" that can help people get things done. At the show, Zhao Bingbing, Director of the Artificial Intelligence (Robotics) Department of Longgang District, Shenzhen City, shared the daily life of the Longgang AI product matrix "Dragon Partner": children have "Dragon Teachers" to accompany them to school, residents have "Dragon Doctors" to take care of their health, tourists have "Dragon Tour Guides" to play with them, enterprises have "Dragon Love Enterprises" to assist with operations, and industries have "Dragon Masters" to assist innovation; residents have "Dragon Butlers" to guard their daily lives, and cities have "Dragon Xiaoer" and "Long Feishou" to watch and warn of risks. In the future, when evaluating a city, there may be one more criterion: Is there an AI partner here that can really help you live a better life?

Night view of Longgang, Shenzhen. Photo provided by the organizer

The "Report" was released at the special program of the 2026 Interesting Lifestyle Conference. The "Report" shows that AI has almost been popularized by all people, and the focus is no longer on "whether to use it or not", but "how to use it better".

In the workplace, more than 90% of young people regard AI as a standard feature for work or study. People in the workplace are also well aware that the current AI is far from a comprehensive "replacement" and hope that it can evolve to be more professional, reliable and safe enough. In terms of health, more than 60% of young people will seek help from AI when they are slightly unwell. However, when faced with serious junctures of life and death, the decision-making power lies in the hands of themselves and their doctors.

In terms of consumption, 70% of people expect AI to make healthy meals; 80% of people regard AI short plays as "electronic mustard"; more than 70% of people are accustomed to using AI to get travel guides with one click; young people are interested in 3C digital AI functions, but do not make impulsive purchases; the penetration rate of smart devices among pet owners is nearly 60%, but the original intention of ordering is not to be lazy, but to have peace of mind; facing the robot that is about to enter the home, young people expect it to do more work than to accompany it, but the price should not exceed 10,000 yuan.

In short, young people know how to control the rules better than imagined. Mechanical, tedious and energy-consuming tasks are handed over to machines, and the core, warm and humane life is left to their own initiative.

Four special guests shared their stories and opinions on how to use AI to achieve "fun! Shine" in the form of a "talk show".

Many young people are worried about whether AI will replace jobs. Ouyang Liangyi, deputy dean of Peking University HSBC Business School, said that humans are carefully selected creatures after 4 billion years of evolution, and this challenge is nothing to humans. The most important thing is whether you can continue to learn after the world changes. "AI and we are both in an uncertain world, constantly feeding back and making predictions. This is the first principle of AI."

Ma Zhaoyuan, a professor at Southern University of Science and Technology and a fellow of the British Physical Society, said: "Don't always think negatively that AI will replace our jobs. In fact, AI has brought about physical and mental relaxation, allowing us in this era to enjoy the problems that only the era of Socrates and Confucius had time to think about, to consider the meaning of life and to create new things."

It is reported that the special program of the Interesting Lifestyle Conference has been held for six consecutive years and has become the forefront of insight into young people's lifestyles, a communication platform that gathers innovative wisdom, and empowers the influential highland of Interesting brand communication. The communication volume has reached hundreds of millions of young people. (over)