"Zhongguancun AI Space Station" debuts at CIFTS
On May 28th, the 2019 China (Beijing) International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTS) hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and the Beijing Municipal People's Government was opened at the China National Convention Center, during which, the "Future has come· Zhongguancun AI Space Station" themed display event undertaken by the Administrative Committee of Zhongguancun Science Park was launched to display new technologies, new achievements, new models and new business forms of the Zhongguancun Demonstration Zone.
In recent years, with the integrated development of artificial intelligence and service industry, a group of enterprises in artificial intelligence + service which have been updating the products, technologies and models emerged in Zhongguancun. The Zhongguancun Administrative Committee set up an exhibition on the theme of "Future has come· Zhongguancun AI Space Station" in the main exhibition hall where people can experience the application of artificial intelligence in production and life. The exhibition stand, with novel form and rich content, has attracted a large number of visitors. After the preliminary selection, nearly 100 exhibits from 73 companies were selected for the display.
At present, artificial intelligence has become the new focus of international science and technology competition and a new driving force of economic development. Zhongguancun, as one of the AI industry clusters, has over 400 AI enterprises, accounting for 25 percent of that in the whole country. Among all the AI enterprises, there are 11 unicorn enterprises, accounting for 2/3 of that in the whole country. The number of talents is about 30,000, accounting for 28 percent of that in the whole country. The number of related patent applications has exceeded 40,000, and the scale of related industries has reached 150 billion. Zhongguancun has formed a relatively complete industrial chain covering high-end chip, general AI technology and platform, and industry solutions, and leads the world in the fields of computer vision, semantic understanding algorithms, and AI chip computing power.
At the exhibition, a "future living space station" formed by the products from artificial intelligence enterprises allows people to understand "Future has come", i.e. a future where artificial intelligence prevails has come. The exhibition area is divided into three parts: Transfer Cabin, Intelligent Sharing Space Station and Intelligent Innovation Space Station. At the same time, the exhibition has three highlights: First, the exhibition area has special design and clear theme. Being different from traditional formatted stands, the Zhongguancun exhibition area has distinctive external image-space station and.embodies the direction of the times led by artificial intelligence technology with the theme of "Future has come". Second, the scenes are well arranged, resulting in good experience and good artificial intelligence interaction. Third, many famous enterprises which launched novel and rich exhibits have participated in the exhibition. The exhibitors include 73 high-tech companies such as Jingdong, Didi, Sogou, CETC, Megvii, Unisound, Yitu, Canbot, etc., which have exhibited AI synthetic anchor, multi-face recognition screen, smart painted screen, smart classroom, companionship and guiding robot, intelligent control mechanical arm, driverless car, virtual reality and more projects.
The Blockchain Innovation Forum becomes a new highlight of the China (Beijing) International Fair for Trade in Services: Syswin launches innovative blockchain solution
On the opening day of the 6th China (Beijing) International Fair for Trade in Services (May 28th), as one of the main technology service activities, the "Blockchain Innovation Technology Summit Forum and Syswin Blockchain Strategy Launch Conference" organized by CCID Block Chain Research Institute, China Software Industry Association Blockchain Branch, and Trusted Blockchain Initiatives Organization, sponsored by Syswin Group, and supported by CCID and CCF TCCS, was held at the China National Convention Center. Nearly 500 people, including government leaders, well-known experts, investment institutions and media representatives from the information technology field, attended the event.
At the event, Syswin, which has successfully built a series of "Digital City" models such as "Beijing Tong" and "e Fuzhou", officially released innovative blockchain solutions and series of solutions in business, government affairs and education, and unveiled the blockchain client - "Msgseal". In addition, dozens of well-known academic institutions and enterprises in the blockchain field, including the CCID Block Chain Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Syswin Group, have initiated the CEAIA Special Blockchain Committee.
Liu Quan, dean of the CCID Block Chain Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, pointed out that the blockchain technology, with huge potential, has not yet been widely used in social governance and the real economy. The concepts of decentralization, distribution, autonomy, security, and credibility advocated by the blockchain technology can be applied in the society. Technology companies and academic institutions. shall simplify blockchain technology, make blockchain technology easy to use and accelerate the implementation of blockchain projects. Cui Zhiru, secretary general of the China Software Industry Association Blockchain Branch, said that the technical characteristic of blockchain technology to solve problems related to trust in life depends on whether blockchain technology can be combined with specific industry application scenarios and actual business, and whether enterprises and government departments can provide a carrier that can be widely used and operated by everyone. Wang Hong, deputy director of China Blockchain Ecology Alliance, pointed out that as the research on blockchain technology deepens, more and more application scenarios suitable for blockchain will be tapped.
The event was hosted by Liu Quan, Dean of the CCID Block Chain Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Lai Ming, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Jiu San Society, Yan Ming, Director of CCF TCCS, and Cui Zhiru, Secretary General of the China Software Industry Association Blockchain Branch, attended the event and delivered speeches. Wei Kai, deputy director of CAICT Cloud Computing & Big Data Research Institute, Zhao Xiaofang, director of the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Zhu Youping, deputy director of the SIC China Economic Information Network Management Center, attended the event and delivered speeches on the development trend of blockchain technology, application scenarios, etc.