HangzhouMay 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As high-level interactions between China and the United States intensify, the technological cooperation and competition between the two nations have entered an extremely delicate and critical observation period. Against this backdrop, the “First High-Quality Development Conference on Artificial Intelligence,” a high-end strategic platform designed to quantify the resilience of China’s new economy and explore the dividends of “AI+” implementation, has officially entered its countdown phase.
Recently, the conference organizing committee announced that the event will be held on June 6, 2026, in Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The conference is hosted by the Artificial Intelligence Professional Committee of the China Electronic Chamber of Commerce, co-organized by Caixin Data Technology Co., Ltd., supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Rural Development Foundation, and jointly undertaken by the Zhejiang Provincial New Era Industry-Finance Collaborative Innovation Research Institute and Beijing iYiou Network Technology Co., Ltd. These entities will collectively participate in this conference, which holds a “bellwether” significance for China’s artificial intelligence industry.
Macro Stability: Analyzing the “15th Five-Year Plan” Layout and Its Geopolitical Variables
During President Trump’s visit to China, the resilience of supply chains and rule consensus in the field of artificial intelligence became a focal point of bilateral negotiations. The organizing committee disclosed that more than four senior government officials and several renowned political and economic think tanks have confirmed their attendance.
In response to the structural disparity in AI investment scale between China and foreign countries (approximately $200 billion in U.S. venture capital annually compared to China’s approximately 200 billion yuan), experts will draw on the “15th Five-Year Plan” proposals to deeply analyze how China, under the dual pressures of “core technology bottlenecks” and “obstructed capital outflows,” can shift from a “computing power race” to “high-quality scenario penetration” through a “technology + governance” dual-drive approach, achieving endogenous growth in new productive forces.
Quantitative Benchmark: Caixin Robotics Industry Index (RII) to Be Released
How can we separate truth from falsehood and quantify China’s most promising embodied intelligence landscape? As a core outcome of the conference, the “Caixin China Robotics Industry Index (RII)” will be released on June 6.
Developed by Wang Zhe, Senior Economist at Caixin Think Tank, the RII index differs from traditional lagging output statistics. It strictly adheres to the mature methodology of the “China New Economy Index,” leveraging high-frequency micro-factors such as internet big data, mobile signaling data, and venture capital flows to create monthly profiles of the three major sectors: “robotics hardware, algorithm platforms, and specific applications.” Wang Zhe stated that this index will, for the first time, reveal the true rankings of China’s core cities in robotics industry investment, providing a decision-level data compass for government investment attraction and cross-border corporate collaboration.
Cross-Border Collaboration: Qualcomm and Other Giants Deepen Smart Manufacturing Blueprint
Amid the fog of geopolitical tensions, the “centrifugal” and “centripetal” forces of global supply chains are being reshaped. This conference demonstrates a strong open stance, with key players in the global industrial chain, such as Qualcomm and ABB Group, invited to participate.
This marks the first collective statement by Chinese and foreign tech giants on AI underlying standards and smart manufacturing ecosystem co-building following the wave of President Trump’s visit to China. Under the overarching theme of “Building a Safe, Inclusive, Trustworthy, and Accessible New Ecosystem,” this cross-border collaboration is seen as a significant attempt to seek deterministic growth and compliance risk mitigation amid the cracks in global technological friction.
Social Impact: Confronting “Job Displacement” and “Digital-Smart Rural Areas”
The conference not only focuses on “algorithmic heights” but also, through the lens of Caixin Think Tank, concerns itself with “civilizational breadth.” Human Capital Reshaping: In response to structural anxiety over “mid-skill job displacement,” multiple experts will prescribe solutions for “diversified AI talent cultivation,” exploring how to transform technological shocks into dividends from new productive forces.
Digital-Smart Downward Implementation: Relevant leaders from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will also attend the “AI Empowering Rural Revitalization” seminar, analyzing how AI can reshape the entire agricultural industry chain and showcasing China’s ESG exploration in promoting inclusive and accessible technology applications.
Yuhang Highland: Creating a Model for “China’s AI First City”
The choice of Yuhang, Hangzhou, is not only due to its deep digital economy foundation but also its scenario advantages in connecting the entire chain of computing power, data, and algorithms. As the countdown begins, Yuhang is not merely preparing for a conference but is also crafting a “Chinese solution” with global reference value for the upcoming intelligent new era.
On June 6, the discourse in Yuhang will unfold. Who can precisely position themselves in this “high-quality test” will directly determine the discourse power of China’s AI in the global commercial landscape over the next decade.
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