AI empowers audiovisual innovation to build a new bridge for China-ASEAN cultural exchanges

China News Service, Nanning, November 12 (Chen Qiuxia, Zhou Limei) The results conference of the 2026 AI Empowering Thousands of Industries Super League Artificial Intelligence + Radio and Television Audio-visual Innovation Application Competition was held in Nanning, Guangxi on the 12th to showcase innovation results, promote the docking of technologies and projects in the ASEAN market, and deepen audio-visual cooperation and people-to-people exchanges between China and ASEAN.

The competition was launched in June this year and attracted a total of 203 projects from China and ASEAN countries to participate. After expert review, 25 projects won first, second and third place, and 3 benchmark projects were selected.

The Chinese film and television ASEAN international communication service platform created by Guangxi Hualibo Culture Media Co., Ltd. and Vietnamese enterprises was awarded the ASEAN integrated communication benchmark project.

Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga, a Vietnamese employee of Guangxi Hualibo Culture Media Co., Ltd., said in an interview that the platform has opened 15 overseas Chinese film and television areas, covering Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and other languages. It has more than 2.4 million overseas fans and a total of more than 1.2 billion views. The AIGC (Artificial Intelligence Generated Content) creation platform has been launched in Vietnam to help local teams produce AI audiovisual content faster and better. The company will expand into more languages, build more content areas, rely on artificial intelligence (AI) technology to optimize translation and release, and continue to push high-quality Chinese film and television works to the ASEAN people.

Wang Jie, chairman and general manager of Guangxi Yaoxiang Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., said in an interview that the ASEAN micro-short drama market is developing rapidly, and the local area is shifting from content consumption to content production. The Hi View DramaStudio integrated production platform created by its company is committed to using China's AIGC technology and computing power to collaborate with ASEAN creative institutions for joint creation and bilateral distribution. The company plans to complete 100 ASEAN-themed scripts by 2027, create high-quality micro-short dramas with ASEAN themes, and promote cultural exchanges with ASEAN countries.

At the meeting, 8 outstanding project representatives presented on-site, and the project team had in-depth exchanges and docking with participating radio and television institutions, enterprises, and investment and financing institutions. The results of the competition will continue to be transformed with the help of China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Audiovisual Week. The organizer will link up with the China-ASEAN National Artificial Intelligence Application Cooperation Center to provide incubation support.