TIANJIN, Might 31 (Xinhua) — Within the embodied intelligence exhibition corridor, a humanoid robotic waved, interacted easily with guests, drawing crowds of onlookers. A German visitor, Andrea Rösinger, repeatedly raised her telephone to seize the scene.
Rösinger is in China attending the 2026 World Intelligence Expo, held from Might 28 to 31 within the northern municipality of Tianjin.
Having labored within the discipline of digital applied sciences for many years, Rösinger is not solely within the robotic itself, but in addition in how robots and people may match collectively in varied fields sooner or later.
About 20 years in the past, when Rösinger first got here to China, she was concerned in software program improvement and digital options for companies. Again then, digital transformation was a objective many firms had been striving to attain. Immediately, she sees synthetic intelligence driving industrial transformation at an unprecedented tempo.
“At this expo, we are able to see the mixing of AI and robotics throughout many fields, akin to healthcare and manufacturing. My feeling is that China is main the trade in robotics and making speedy progress in AI,” she informed Xinhua.
Overlaying 130,000 sq. meters, the expo options six themed exhibition halls and a complete exhibition space specializing in AI core applied sciences, embodied intelligence, clever linked autos, low-altitude economic system and industrial aerospace, clever manufacturing, and sensible residing. Greater than 700 worldwide firms and organizations from all over the world participated within the occasion.
From massive language fashions and humanoid robots to sensible factories and the low-altitude economic system, the most recent applied sciences, merchandise and software eventualities on show have turned the expo right into a window via which worldwide contributors can see China’s innovation vitality and future industrial improvement.
“China is just not solely an enormous market, but in addition a significant world engine of innovation and manufacturing,” stated Rainer Kern, regional chief monetary officer and vice common supervisor at Karcher China.
Attending the expo, Kern stated he was notably curious about understanding the long run route of AI applied sciences and the way industrial infrastructure could evolve within the years forward.
In his view, the tempo of AI improvement has exceeded many individuals’s expectations. “Prior to now, technological iterations usually took three to 5 years. Immediately, issues that appeared unimaginable simply half a yr in the past have already turn into actuality.”
“AI can considerably shorten R&D cycles. Immediately, you should use AI instruments akin to DeepSeek to conduct market analysis far more effectively, gaining insights into market circumstances, buyer demand, historic buying habits, and sure future market tendencies,” Kern stated.
As a world supplier of resource-conserving cleansing techniques, Karcher values China’s complete industrial provide chains, its potential to quickly deploy new applied sciences, and its huge market potential.
What attracts worldwide firms to China is just not solely the scale of its market, but in addition its dynamic innovation ecosystem and constantly increasing industrial capabilities.
Hendrik Krüger, common supervisor of X Management, a Hamburg-based firm specializing in digital options for the cruise trade, traveled to Tianjin as a part of a German enterprise delegation in the hunt for new partnerships.
“We’re actively in search of cooperation alternatives with Chinese language firms,” Krüger stated, expressing curiosity in working with Chinese language cruise operators to discover broader cooperation alternatives.
For Krüger, synthetic intelligence has already turn into deeply built-in into nearly each side of enterprise operations. From software program improvement, high quality assurance, and cybersecurity administration to buyer providers and operational analytics, AI helps firms enhance effectivity and optimize decision-making.
“I’m notably impressed by the open-source strategy adopted by many Chinese language AI improvements,” he stated, including that Chinese language firms are actively selling open ecosystems, and such openness is creating new potentialities for worldwide cooperation.
A latest survey collectively launched by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and consulting agency Roland Berger exhibits indicators of bettering confidence amongst European companies working in China. China’s vibrant R&D ecosystem, huge expertise pool, and speedy product commercialization capabilities are attracting a rising variety of European firms to ascertain and develop their R&D actions right here.
This pattern can also be evident within the discipline of synthetic intelligence.
As synthetic intelligence quickly strikes from technological breakthroughs to industrial functions, extra European firms are viewing China as an necessary vacation spot for understanding future technological developments and Chinese language firms as innovation companions, in accordance with Jens Eskelund, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. ■