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Agenda

OfficialFinal programme subject to change on site · Hosted by：China Media Group (CMG)

Morning · Opening ceremony

  • Opening

    AI performance piece and host’s welcome

  • Addresses

    Officials from MIIT, Shandong Province and the City of Jinan

  • Keynotes

    Top-prize laureates and leading researchers

  • Panel

    Science, industry, governance — the three-part harmony of high-quality AI development (chaired by the President of CAICT)

  • Ministry news

    Launch of the third batch of national AI innovation pilot zones

  • Central & local

    Announcement of flagship joint projects

  • Annual outlook

    CAICT annual AI research release

Afternoon · Homegrown innovation

  • Launches

    Next-generation domestic AI training and inference chips; next-generation flagship foundation models and agent platforms

    Huawei Ascend, MetaX, Alibaba Tongyi, Tencent

  • Launches

    World premieres of next-generation humanoid robots and embodied AI hardware

    Unitree, AgiBot, Galbot, Li Auto

  • Roundtable

    Systemic innovation in Chinese AI: from a technical loop to an industrial one

    Chaired by CCTV

Afternoon · Applications

  • Annual practice

    2026 AIIA AI Pioneer Practice awards

  • Roundtable

    Countdown to AGI: where is the ceiling for Chinese manufacturing?

    Chaired by Dazhong Daily; with Haier, Inspur, SANY and Huawei

  • Roundtable

    Who is actually making money with AI? The business reality of the token economy

    With AI-native companies, an AI drama production team and investors

Afternoon · Ecosystem

  • Annual results

    Key AI standards

  • Annual results

    AI–finance results (state capital fund G50 forum and others)

  • Launch

    Joint signing on AI talent development

  • Roundtable

    AI leadership: chief AI officers on what actually works

    Chaired by China Entrepreneur magazine

The opening ceremony and main forum agenda as printed in the official invitation
Agenda page from the official invitation · Tap to enlarge

Parallel forums · 12 sessions

  • AI Night and the 2026 AI Pioneer Awards
  • Foundation Models and Industrial AI Agents Forum
  • Open Compute and AI Server Industry Forum
  • Industrial Big Data, Data Governance and Privacy Computing Forum
  • Token Service Industry Forum
  • “AI + Manufacturing” closed-door workshop and the AIIA strategy salon
  • AI Equipment and Humanoid Terminals Industry Forum
  • AI for Energy, Mining and Pharmaceuticals — vertical industry sessions
  • AI Standardisation and Safety Governance Forum
  • Industrial Internet Ecosystem Forum and the Jingzhi community partner carnival
  • AI Investment and Financing Summit
  • Global AI International Cooperation Summit