"Huadu sincerely welcomes all entrepreneurs and friends to choose and invest in Huadu. We will offer best resources and the best services with the greatest sincerity to enterprises, institutions and talents who come to invest, share with them the results of digital transformation and walk together to a win-win future of new industrialization!" On November 21, the "Intelligent Connected Huadu for the Future" press conference on the Huadu District new type industrialization digital service platform witnessed the signing of strategic cooperation agreement between Huadu and Huawei, the launch of the new type industrialization digital service platform of Huadu District, and the plaque unveiling of China's first city-level industrial artificial intelligence center. Huadu District extended warm invitation to all sectors of society to join hands with the District to seize the opportunity of industrial digital development!

Academician Chai Tianyou spoke highly of the platform, "The platform is the first of its kind in China in which the government takes the dominant role and engages the Huawei and other excellent high-tech enterprises, as well as China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the top research institute in the field of industrial digitalization. Aiming to build an industrial artificial intelligence center, and serve small and medium-sized enterprises, the platform will set an exemplary model for China's progress down the new road to industrialization. This is a challenging task, and needs continuous construction, research, improvement, and application; and at the core is the belief to bring value to the enterprises.”

The event was jointly organized by the Huadu District Bureau of Science, Industry and Information Technology, and Zhiyun Technology, a state-owned enterprise of Huadu District, Huawei, Jiadu, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and China Telecom Guangzhou Branch under the guidance of Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology and the People's Government of Huadu District. It aimed to reach transformation consensus of government, industry, academia, research and application sectors, help the rapid application of industrial Internet and artificial intelligence technology in the digital transformation and upgrading of enterprises, and explore innovative paths of digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises.

More than 200 people attended the event, including Chai Tianyou, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, leaders of the Guangdong Department of Industry and Information Technology, Guangzhou Municipal Government, Guangzhou Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Huadu District, heads of relevant departments of Huadu District, experts in industrial digitalization industry, representatives of universities, investment institutions and scientific research institutions, and guests from key enterprises inside and outside the District.

First city-level industrial artificial intelligence center of the country

Empower new industrialization with artificial intelligence

To accelerate the digital transformation of industries is an active choice to promote high-quality development and create new advantages of digital economy in the digital era. As a main position of Guangzhou's real economy and an important advanced manufacturing industry base in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Huadu has always "based the District on intelligent manufacturing" and tried to seize the opportunity of the provincial pilot program that test digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises in cities. In view of the situation commonly encountered in the digital transformation where enterprises "do not want to", "do not dare to" and "do not know how to” make such transformation, Huadu District resorted to local government special bonds to build the new type industrialization digital service platform of Huadu District, going all out to create the country's first city-level industrial artificial intelligence center, and demonstration how artificial intelligence can empower new industrialization.

 Information shows that that the new type industrialization digital service platform of Huadu District is an important achievement of the multi-party government-enterprise joint effort and industry-research cooperation of Huawei District, Huawei, Jiadu Technology, Zhiyun Technology, and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. As the first city-level industrial artificial intelligence center of the country, it has been endowed with strong support in terms of policy and technology. This comprehensive service-oriented platform with perfect functions and complete processes will be open to all small and medium-sized enterprises in the district. Centering around industrial Internet and industrial AI applications at the core, and relying on unified data bus system and unified account system, among others, an enterprise-oriented portal and system cloud workbench have been created to provide enterprises with full-chain and one-stop digital services, such as planning consulting, digital diagnosis, application of industrial Internet, and AI application, etc., enabling systematic collaboration of design, R&D, manufacturing, supply chain management, user service, and marketing operation, so as to help small and medium-sized enterprises accelerate digital transformation, improve production efficiency and management efficiency. It will also employs an efficient supply and demand docking mechanism to accurately match the needs of enterprises with the solutions of service providers, optimize the business environment, and create a good growth environment for small and medium-sized enterprises.

In order to allow enterprises to taste, quickly and at low cost, the "sweetness" of digitalization in improving quality and efficiency, the platform adopts a new model in which "the government takes the lead to build, and the enterprise rent to promote transformation", which truly lowers the "threshold" of digitalization for SMEs and raise their confidence in promoting the transformation. The launch of this platform is an important experiment of using artificial intelligence to empower new industrialization, and it will be an important driver to promote the development of new industrialization and industrial digitalization in Huadu District.

Hand in hand with Huawei

Create the "acceleration" of new quality productive forces

At the event, the Huadu District Government signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Huawei. Huawei (Huadu) Industrial Internet Empowerment Center and Huawei (Huadu) Large Model Innovation Center were officially unveiled. In the future, Huawei will help Huadu achieve new development speed of new quality productive forces, create a new benchmark for high-quality urban development, accelerate the digital transformation and industrial upgrading of enterprises, and stimulate the innovative achievements of Huadu in the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry.

At the same time, Huadu District Government, Huawei, Jiadu Technology, Zhiyun Technology, and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology will launched the five-party effort in building the platform, carrying out multi-party in-depth integration and collaboration in various aspects from platform construction, system improvement, and operation and maintenance. The last on the list was the official unveiling of Huadu District New Industrialization Digital Service Center, designed to draw a new blueprint for the new industrialization of the Huadu Economic and Technological Development Zone with the pen of new quality productive forces.

The leader of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology pointed out: "The construction of the digital service platform may overcome the challenges faced by enterprises, such as insufficient resources and lack of professional capabilities, to effectively help enterprises to become digital and intelligent; it is also an important exploration of Huadu District to empower new industrialization with artificial intelligence, and to accumulates valuable experience for our province to secure solid progress in the digital transformation and development of the manufacturing industry. ”

"The municipal government will continue to strengthen policy support, and optimize resource allocation, to provide more powerful support for the development of Huadu and other Districts, and to create the greatest synergy for the digital and intelligent development of the city's industries," said the leader of the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology.

"We will take advantage of the launch of the new industrialization digital service platform, study and formulate the implementation rules for the digital development of the manufacturing industry in the District, give policy support and rewards for the construction of digital transformation platforms, independent research and development, and transformation investment, so as to accelerate the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises in the District, striving to create a 'Huadu model' of new industrialization practices," the leader of Huadu District said.

Support and praise of industry's big names

Rave reviews from the first "users"

At the event, Chai Tianyou, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, shared his insights in a theme report of "Collaboration of Industrial Internet and Industrial Artificial Intelligence for Industrial Intelligence"; Wu Minghao, member of the Leading Party Members Group of Huadu Bureau of Science, Industry and Information Technology and director of the District Productivity Promotion Center, announced the launch of the platform and explained the innovation advantages of the platform in an all-round way.

Tian Hongchuan, deputy director of the Informatization and Industrialization Integration Research Institute at the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Wang Kai, chief AI scientist of Jiadu Technology, Shi Yang, chief expert of Huawei Cloud Industrial Intelligence, Ying Xiaohong, general manager of the System Certification Division of CCIC Guangdong, Zhang Dong, chief expert of industrial informatization of China Telecom Group, and Lin Yili, general manager of Guangdong Kingforyou Cable Co., Ltd., were invited by the event to share their forward-looking views on how to strengthen, in the context of high-quality promotion of new industrialization, the leading role of pacesetting enterprises in the industry to promote application of industrialized digital service platform in the upstream and downstream of the industry and other topics.

According to Wang Kai, chief AI scientist of Jiadu Group, the new type industrialization digital service platform of Huadu District would not only promote the innovation and development of enterprises in Huadu District, but also contribute to Guangzhou's efforts in building a modern industrial system and enhancing the city's competitiveness. "In the future, more innovative technologies will be introduced, such as 5G and industrial Internet, to promote the platform to become more intelligent and accurate. In addition, the platform will strengthen the interaction with other regions and industries to form a general industrial ecosystem,” said Wang Kai.

Lin Yili, general manager of Guangdong Kingforyou Cable Co., Ltd. concluded, after comparing the platform with others available on the market, that the new type industrialization digital service platform of Huadu District had prominent advantages. "Firstly, the dominance role of the government is reassuring to us; secondly, public welfare services are very friendly to small and medium-sized enterprises, which reduce the cost of transformation and relieve our burden; and thirdly, the on-demand rental model, being very flexible, allows us to rent different service modules according to our own needs, which reduces the risk of transformation. And finally, the platform is very powerful. It is capable of solving the many problems faced by small and medium-sized enterprises in the process of digital transformation, such as insufficient funds, talent shortages, and backward technology. ”

“The new type industrialization digital service platform of Huadu District is complete in functions, which cover the main aspects involved in the digital transformation of enterprises, including manufacturing, operation and management, data application, talent training, etc. It can effectuate practical and beneficial effects, helping us reduce costs and increase efficiency to improve market competitiveness,” said Huang Riguang, legal representative of Guangzhou Hongchen Leather Co., Ltd.

The roundtable forum of the press conference invited experts and industry leaders with rich experience and insights in the field of industrial digitalization to have in-depth discussions on such topics as difficulties of digital transformation of the manufacturing industry and their countermeasures, the future development direction of artificial intelligence, and the application of industrial artificial intelligence, in order to provide new thinking and enlightenment for the future of industrial digitalization.

Digitally driven multi- race track layout

Formation of a high-quality development pattern of "one core, one belt and one District".

Since the beginning of this year, Huadu District has taken measures to promote the construction of a growth pole in the north of Guangzhou, following the main line of scientific and technological innovation and industrial transformation. The District is building "three 100-billion yuan industries" of automobile, new energy and airport-based economy: support pacesetting enterprise Dongfeng Nissan in accelerating its transformation and upgrading, and promote the development of vehicle exports, with the aim to achieve positive growth in the output value of the automobile industry; urge the construction of the "Green Energy Valley" in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, promote the operation of projects of Gokin and Seraphim, and try to attract investments of more pacesetting enterprise; and vigorously develop the airport-based industry and low-altitude economy. It is committed to "N 10-billion yuan industries" of luggage and leather goods, cosmetics, and optoelectronics, in which it promotes technological transformation and equipment renewal in more than 100 industrial enterprises, and vigorously introduces 2-3 powerful industrial Internet platform enterprises, and sees the traditional industries exceed 50 billion yuan in scale. It is vigorously investing in future industries such as artificial intelligence and photonic chips. With the official upgrade of Guangzhou Huadu Economic Development Zone to a national economic and technological development zone, the time has come for Huadu's high-quality development, the conditions are ripe and its prosperity is just around the corner.