Data shows that by 2025, the scale of Beijing's artificial intelligence core industry is expected to reach 450 billion yuan, with more than 2,500 artificial intelligence enterprises and 209 large models that have completed filing. It is reported that the next step is to achieve a significant increase in the original capabilities of artificial intelligence basic theory and core technology in about two years, to emerge more original achievements, and to lead the world in the development level of scientific intelligence and embodied intelligence; to basically achieve the self-guarantee capability of computing power, and to build a national intelligent computing cluster of ten thousand cards; to add more than 100PB of high-quality data; to implement more than 100 benchmark applications of artificial intelligence; to gather various industry investment funds of more than 200 billion yuan; to add more than 10 listed companies and more than 20 unicorns in the field of artificial intelligence; to break through the trillion-yuan scale of the artificial intelligence core industry, and to initially form a new form of intelligent economy, and become a global artificial intelligence innovation highland with technological source and industrial competitiveness.
Gathering the three advantages of the talent ecology industry
Yang Xiuling, director of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, said that Beijing has formed three most prominent advantages: talent resources, full-stack ecological layout and industrial cluster development, in accelerating the construction of a global artificial intelligence innovation highland.
In terms of human resources, 148 people in Beijing have been included in the AI 2000 Global Most Influential Scholars List, accounting for more than 40% of the country; the total number of AI scholars reached 15,000, accounting for 30% of the country. Beijing ranked second in the world's most innovative cities in artificial intelligence, and has 2 national laboratories, 4 new R&D institutions, 5 industry-education integration platforms, and 1 national artificial intelligence college in the field of artificial intelligence. 14 universities, such as Tsinghua University and Peking University, have established artificial intelligence colleges. "Beijing has a unique advantage in terms of talent density, structure, and completeness, and has become the source of innovation and development of China's artificial intelligence industry," said Yang Xiuling.
In terms of a full-stack ecological layout, there is both a "plateau" and a "peak" with more ecology, the three elements of computing power, data, and algorithms, and the use of chips, models, and clouds is comprehensive, which is a distinct feature of the development of artificial intelligence in Beijing. Yang Xiuling said that in the infrastructure layer of computing power, domestic computing power chips and interconnection chips, storage chips with different architectures such as Cambricon, MooleThread, KunlunXin, and Qingwei Intelligence, and the performance of these chips is constantly rising. The unified guarantee of the domestic computing power software ecology is provided by the FlagOS, and the infra enterprises such as Silicon Flow, QingchengJizhi, and Jilu Technology provide the ultimate solutions for training,推理, and cost reduction and efficiency improvement. In the model layer, the four basic models of Douyin Doudao, Zhipu GLM, Dark Side of the Moon Kimi, and Baidu Wenxin, as well as the vertical model matrix empowering thousands of industries and hundreds of industries, have been formed. There are 209 models on record, and the capabilities of reasoning and code have reached the global open source best. A number of intelligent agent platforms such as Kiki, Fama, and JoyAgent have emerged, and new routes such as World Model and new directions such as scientific intelligence and embodied intelligence have accumulated and become a trend, leading the development.
In terms of the development of industrial clusters, Beijing has thoroughly implemented the "AI+" action plan, widely promoted the application of AI, and the effect of industrial clusters has initially been demonstrated. By 2025, it is expected that the scale of the city's core AI industry will reach 450 billion yuan, with more than 2,500 enterprises聚集, both of which account for about half of the national total. There are nearly 60 listed companies in the AI field, about 40 unicorns, the domestic unicorn with the highest market value in the AI field, the enterprise with the largest single financing amount in embodied intelligence, the scientific intelligent enterprise, the first listed domestic AI chip enterprise and the large model enterprise, all of which were born in Beijing.
In the view of Yang Haibo, co-founder of Guanglun Intelligence, Beijing's advantage in building a global innovation hub for artificial intelligence is all-round, including high-quality talents, a good business environment and rich application scenarios, which are very important to enterprises.
Nine actions, including the formulation of technological innovation policies, are announced.
The next step will be to implement the "nine major actions" in depth, Yang Xiuling said. The "nine major actions" include the action of source of technological innovation, the action of strengthening the foundation of the intelligent computing autonomous ecology, the action of gathering energy from high-quality data, the action of empowering application in all fields, the action of innovating the paradigm of scientific intelligence, the action of crossing the whole chain of embodied intelligence, the action of leading the innovation ecology, the action of gathering strength from open source and open ecology, and the action of escorting the security governance.
Lin Jianhua, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, further supplemented that "the 'Nine Major Actions' include both foundational work, such as the action to gather high-quality data, the action to gather open-source data, the action to ensure data security and governance, and the action to护sail the development of the data industry, as well as aspects that need to be conquered, including the source of cutting-edge technology, the construction of a self-reliant ecosystem, the development of scientific intelligence, the development of embodied intelligence, and the development of the intelligent economy".
Specifically, in terms of the action of the source of technological innovation, Beijing will solidify the basic theories such as mathematical mechanisms, algorithm principles, and cognitive mechanisms, carry out core technology research such as new model architectures, group intelligence, and world models, and achieve new breakthroughs in the basic theory and original technology of artificial intelligence; increase the layout of new tracks, actively promote new tracks such as brain-like intelligence, value learning, and causal models, and continuously produce original results with international influence.
At the Strong Foundation Action of the Smart Computing Autonomous Ecosystem, Beijing will promote the key devices of the smart computing cluster to supplement and strengthen the chain, develop super nodes, optical interconnection, etc., and master the core technology of the large-scale single smart computing cluster; implement the "Collective Intelligence Action", comprehensively improve the performance of the collective intelligence FlagOS, form a highly active open source alliance and open source community, accelerate the entry into schools and industries, and form a strong ecosystem.
In the action of high-quality data convergence, Beijing will accelerate the key technologies research and development of data processing, synthesis, simulation, security and so on.
At the All-round Application Empowerment Action, Beijing will further promote the "AI+" action, build a "领域+场景" "Traffic+Product" promotion matrix, promote the coordinated development of "one committee, one industry, one district, one product", and build a number of national AI application mid-term bases in the fields of medical, manufacturing, education, etc.
In the action of scientific intelligent paradigm innovation, Beijing will build a system of general-purpose and specialized scientific intelligent models; accelerate the construction of new scientific intelligent infrastructure such as intelligent instruments, intelligent laboratories, and simulation software.
In the full-link cross-over action of embodied intelligence, Beijing will focus on the three ends of technology, industry, and application.
In the action of leading the innovation ecology, Beijing will innovate the mode of training innovative talents, strengthen the long-term training of young talents; strongly support high-quality enterprises to go public; build a number of artificial intelligence innovation blocks; carry out the innovation of intellectual property system.
In the Open Source Open Innovation Action, Beijing will build the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization National Artificial Intelligence Application Cooperation Center with a high level; and set up the "Belt and Road" Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance.
In the AI Security Infrastructure Construction and Testing Range Creation Action of the Security Governance护航 Action, Beijing will build an AI security infrastructure and create an AI security testing range.
The first batch of support for the construction of four innovative blocks
To do a good job and make solid the "first city of artificial intelligence", Beijing has been introducing a batch of practical measures. The meeting revealed that in several regions with good basic conditions, the density of innovative resources, the vitality of entrepreneurship and the level of industrial development should be further improved to form a driving and leading effect.
According to the plan, the first batch of innovative blocks in Beijing are expected to support the "Original Point Community" in Haidian District, the "Modular World" in the Economic and Technological Development Zone, the "Light Intelligence Space" in Chaoyang District, and the "Cultural Intelligence Realm" in Shijingshan District, etc., to create a "one core and multiple points" layout with Haidian as the core. It is expected that within the next two years, each innovative block will become the core engine of artificial intelligence in Beijing and the innovation landmark of artificial intelligence in China.
The first batch of AI innovation districts adhere to the differentiated development of "one district, one product".
Haidian District is building the "Origin Community". The distinctive positioning is "Innovation Source, Entrepreneurship First Choice", creating the "First Station for Global AI Talent Innovation and Entrepreneurship", highlighting the source of technology, talent agglomeration, and ecological empowerment, and building it into the global release site of AI original source technology, a habitat for AI young talents to co-create and ignite, and an ecological service station for precise docking of all AI elements. The area is centered around Wudaojie, leveraging the dense advantages of universities, research institutes, and innovative entities, highlighting the unique ecological aggregation effect of Tsinghua + Peking + Academy of Sciences + Zhiyuan + Qimir + N innovative enterprises, integrating carriers such as Dongsheng Building, Tsinghua Science and Technology Park, Zhiyuan Building, etc., in an area of about 3 square kilometers, forming a "two-core explosive point + two support poles" layout, while radiating and driving the regional coverage of the Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Belt including Xuebei Park, Dongsheng Phase III, and the Jingzhang Ruins Park.
Changyang District is building a "Light Smart Space". The distinctive positioning is "Light Computing Integration, Smart Initiating New Realm", facing the next generation of computing forms such as quantum computing and photon computing, breaking through the bottlenecks of traditional computing, and accelerating the transition of innovative achievements from laboratory research to engineering applications. Driven by technological innovation and application scenarios, it builds a sound AI science and technology innovation service system, promotes the deep empowerment of artificial intelligence scenarios, and cultivates new formats and new models. The innovation park is located in Zhongguancun Changyang Park, covering an area of about 2.67 square kilometers.
Shijingshan District is building a "Cultural Smart Realm". The distinctive positioning is "Coexistence of Culture and Intelligence, Butterfly Transformation", focusing on eight major directions of cultural integration and innovation, constructing a "Super Scene" pilot site, cultivating an "AI+Culture" characteristic innovation cluster, and building an artificial intelligence + culture integration innovation accelerator, an artificial intelligence + culture panoramic pilot site, and a core node of the artificial intelligence industry agglomeration network. A model demonstration area for the smart life of the future city. This innovative block is carried by the Shijingshan large model agglomeration area and the north area of the Shougang Park, covering an area of 0.4 square kilometers, and will be further expanded to the Beijing Bank Insurance Industry Park, Model Kou, and the "Two Parks and One River" Shougang Park area and other related areas after the conditions are ripe. The system promotes the deep integration of artificial intelligence and cultural industry, constructs a new paradigm of AI and cultural integration, and creates a "4+N+8" intelligent cultural industry engine.
The Economic and Technological Development Zone is building a "Model-Driven World". The special positioning is "Model-Driven Innovation, End-Driven New Trends", focusing on key directions such as cutting-edge algorithms, embodied intelligence, and intelligent hardware. It is necessary to improve the full-cycle innovation and cultivation chain, build industrial agglomeration acceleration plate, pilot factory carrying plate, and product application experience plate. The three functional plates are coordinated to arrange computing power, data, models and other elements, and build a new pattern of intelligent manufacturing that is self-controlled, open and coordinated, and full of vitality. The block is located in the Tongming Lake Ring Lake Science and Technology Belt, covering an area of about 2 square kilometers. It is linked with the Robot Industrial Park and the Robot Data Collection Center, forming an integrated space closed loop of research and development, testing, manufacturing, display and service.
Lin Yonghua, vice president and chief engineer of the Academy, believes that the "high" in the innovation high ground represents high level and high quality, while the "ground" means taking root and flourishing. "From the series of action plans released today, we see many solid measures, including encouragement and support in terms of space, talent, and funding, which are very much in line with the needs of the innovation high ground we want to create," he said.
