Tianjin, June 27th (Xinhua) – Amid a bustling crowd at the summer Davos Forum in Tianjin, North China, the AI-powered interactive installation attracted the attention of curious participants pausing to observe and interact with technology.
In front of a huge screen, the oil painting style visual experience seamlessly blends people's figures with Tianjin's ecological landscape and cultural heritage.
Interactive installations represent the global surge in AI, empowering a vast number of industries around the world. AI has been a recurring theme in summer Davos for years, but groundbreaking advancements such as the latest ChatGpt Iterations, AIGC Developments, and China's impressive Deepseek models have pushed AI to the central stage.
“AI brings a new industrial revolution. All products and businesses will be rebuilt,” said Gong KE, research leader for Davos' topics in the summer of 2025.
Released at the Davos Forum in the summer, the top 10 emerging technologies of 2025 are expected to achieve real impacts within three to five years. Co-sensing and generative watermarks are one of ten groundbreaking technologies to watch.
“These technologies need to be deployed everywhere, so everyone can benefit from them,” said Javier Garcia Martinez, a professor at the University of Alicante in Spain.
The development of AI in China in recent years has been remarkable. Yang Bin, associate dean of the Faculty of Economics at Nankai University, said in 2024 that China's AI industry exceeded 700 billion yuan (approximately USD 97.7 billion), maintaining annual growth of over 20% per year, maintaining AI spannered manufacturing, healthcare, urban governance and many other regional applications.
“China is driving global transformation with innovation and digital momentum,” Yang said.
Fitow (Tianjin) Detection Technology Co., Ltd. Cao Bin, chairman of the company, said that over 30 types of real-time data can be analyzed using AI and created a digital twin system simulation in less than a minute. This solution has already been adopted by many automakers across the country.
In parallel with improving basic model and product experience, AI is increasingly easier to use and demonstrates its practical value in complex emergency scenarios, Baidu's executive vice president.
An educated Chinese government's work report released earlier this year called for widespread application of large-scale AI models and the intense development of a new generation of intelligent terminals and smart manufacturing equipment, including intelligently connected connected new energy vehicles, AI-enabled mobile phones, computers and intelligent robots.
Today, traditional Chinese industries are also embracing AI.
Unlike traditional dusty and messy factories, the Lanzhou-Hezuo Railway's prefabricated factory was clean and intelligent. At the factory, 5G connected robot arms transported the material and accurately placed the components of the robot stacked.
“The Smart Line, which produces 5,300 prefabricated parts every day, quadrants traditional efficiency,” said Gao Hongyi, project manager for China Railways No. 18 group.
According to Mirek Dusek, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum, there is a lot of curiosity around China's innovation ecosystem, particularly the energy transition, the overall energy ecosystem, and high technology. ■
