China News Service, Hangzhou, November 8 (Wang Xiaojing) Artificial intelligence is deeply reshaping industrial logic and business ecology. How can Zhejiang businessmen embrace technological changes and break new ground while staying true to their roots? As a special event of the 8th World Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Conference, Zhejiang Entrepreneurs’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship AI Evolution Theory - Enterprise Digital Intelligence Transformation Practice and Breakthrough into Innovation was recently held in Hangzhou. More than a hundred academicians and experts, well-known entrepreneurs and young entrepreneurs gathered together to explore the underlying logic of private enterprise development and industrial innovation paths in the AI era.
Wu Jing, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress, said that Zhejiang businessmen are Zhejiang's most precious resource wealth. From exchanging chicken feathers for sugar to grabbing the market to seizing new opportunities in the digital wave, generations of Zhejiang businessmen have always been at the forefront and dared to be the first, injecting strong momentum into the continued improvement of Zhejiang's economy. Faced with the new opportunities arising from the booming artificial intelligence, the vast number of private enterprises in Zhejiang have taken the initiative to recognize, respond to, and seek changes, and explore artificial intelligence technology innovation and scenario applications. A large number of digital transformation practices with global and national importance have emerged in the fields of R&D, manufacturing, operations, and services.
Wu Jianhua, President of Transfar Group, shared the enterprise's global AI transformation experience on the spot: the self-developed industry-level large-scale model "Transfar Xiaozhi" has implemented more than 500 industrial intelligence agents, opened more than 300 physical industry scenarios, cultivated technology with scenes, and tested innovation with actual combat, and explored the original AI transformation path of traditional entity enterprises. In his view, if we do not advance in the era of artificial intelligence, we will retreat. The industrial side and the technological side must move forward in both directions and be deeply integrated. Only by actively embracing change can we seize development opportunities.
The scientific research strength of universities continues to empower Zhejiang merchants with digital intelligence and gather momentum for industrial innovation. Wang Lizhong, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Executive Vice President of Zhejiang University, said that the school has been deeply engaged in artificial intelligence research for decades and has built an integrated talent training and scientific research and innovation system for undergraduates, masters and doctoral students. The school continues to give full play to its advantages of interdisciplinary and talent gathering, deepens the integration and innovation of "business + engineering + technology", promotes the in-depth connection of university scientific research resources, think tank wisdom and Zhejiang's industrial practices, promotes "people who can read" to become "people who can create", and provides talent support for cultivating new-quality productivity.
A number of results were released on the same day, systematically sorting out the theory and practical experience of Zhejiang's digital intelligence innovation, including the "Zhejiang Entrepreneurs' New Journey Series", "Zhejiang Digital Economy 100 Experts' Opinion Collection (2026)" and 19 "2026 Zhejiang Digital Economy Outstanding Research Results", covering the four major directions of digital industrialization, digital-real integration, market-oriented allocation of data elements, and digital governance, demonstrating the innovative results of Zhejiang's digital-real integration, industrial upgrading, and digital governance.
Li Erping, a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Qiushi Chair Professor of Zhejiang University, analyzed the trend of industrial change from the perspective of cutting-edge science and technology. He believes that in the post-Moore era, artificial intelligence and chip technology are bidirectionally empowering and supporting each other. AI is reconstructing the entire process of integrated circuit design, R&D, and manufacturing. The continuous breakthroughs in cutting-edge basic theories will bring new opportunities for China's science and technology innovation industry to seize the global track and Zhejiang businessmen to deeply explore the hard-core technology field.
In response to the current craze for enterprise digital intelligence transformation, Wei Jiang, director of the Global Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Research Institute at Zhejiang University, proposed rational transformation ideas. "Data is an embedded element. Only when it is deeply embedded in products, businesses, and scenarios can it be transformed into real productivity." He called on Zhejiang businessmen to view technological hot spots rationally, adhere to industry standards and business ethics, and based on corporate proprietary data and real business scenarios, promote data productization and service scenarios to achieve high-quality value leaps.
It is reported that this special event is hosted by Zhejiang University and Zhejiang Digital Economy Committee of 100.
