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Meizu 21 series flagship smartphone officially released, priced at 3,399 yuan

　　On November 30, 2023, Xingji Meizu Group successfully held the "2023 Meizu Autumn Unbounded Ecological Conference" in Wuhan, officially releasing the Meizu 21 flagship smartphone. The Meizu 21 flagship phone has three versions, of which the 8GB + 256GB version is priced at 3399 yuan, the 12GB + 256GB version is priced at 3699 yuan, and the 12GB + 512GB is priced at 3999 yuan.

　　The Meizu 21 flagship smartphone has the industry’s first 1.74mm ultra-narrow four-class polar edge, the industry’s only pure white panel, Aicy smart ring and other stunning designs, and is equipped with the latest Flyme 10.5 system. It uses its own halo to cast the "white moonlight" in Meizu’s heart, bringing everyone’s "dream machine" into reality.

　　Yijing presents, narrowing out of the new horizon of aesthetics

　　Meizu 21 adopts a new and upgraded unbounded aesthetic design 2.0, innovatively creating "unbounded balance", just to make the most balanced Meizu mobile phone. Meizu 21 adopts Samsung’s 6.55-inch extremely narrow four-equilateral straight screen, with a 1.74mm extremely narrow border, challenging the world’s narrowest physical four-equilateral Samsung flagship straight screen, creating extraordinary beauty with symmetrical balance, bringing users an unprecedented new visual experience. On this basis, Meizu 21 also has the industry’s only pure white panel design, with a unique ultimate aesthetic, to create "Meizu’s most beautiful straight screen king".

　　Meizu also officially announced that all future white-panel mobile phones will be permanently named "Meizu White".

　　Meizu has never compromised on aesthetics, and the details show exquisite skills. The Meizu 21 antenna belt and the camera are in a symmetrical position in the center, showing the beauty of harmony; the star array rear camera is arranged in gold, and the visual spacing is more comfortable; the extreme 1.69mm convex height design shows the detail quality with the mirror ring process; the 50:50 body balance design, with the excellent feel brought by the 198g/7.9mm light and thin body, realizes the enjoyment of getting started, allowing users to experience freely and play with their fingertips.

　　In the back cover design, Meizu 21 innovatively upgraded the ring flash, creating an Aicy smart ring, turning the intelligent AI assistant into an Aicy smart ring to accompany the user, which is also the origin of the "unique aura" of the press conference Slogan.

　　The Aicy Smart Ring has a multi-scene interactive ring light system. Whether it is notification, incoming call, charging, volume adjustment, game and other scenes, the Aicy Smart Ring can show the meticulous attention of the Aicy Smart Assistant to the user through colorful changes with temperature. At the same time, as a hardware extension of the Aicy Smart Assistant, it is not only a carrier of emotional value, but also an emotional link between the mobile phone and life.

　　In terms of color scheme, Meizu 21 has four color schemes: Dare to be the extraordinary Unbounded Black, the consistent Meizu White, the smart purple that highlights the style and the sharp blue that sweeps the trend. Each color is in tribute to classics and chasing fashion trends, exploring the unique side of Unbounded Aesthetics.

　　The new flagship computing power center creates a new level of performance experience

　　In terms of performance, the Meizu 21 is equipped with the third-generation Snapdragon 8 computing power center. The new generation of Snapdragon flagship processor combines high performance and low power consumption, creating a new height of Meizu flagship performance and experience. With a combination of up to 12GB RAM + 512GB ROM super flash memory, whether it is daily use or heavy gaming, the Meizu 21 can bring users a smoother and more enjoyable playing experience.　

　　In addition, the Meizu 21 is also equipped with a large area of heat dissipation system, with a total heat dissipation area of 37345mm 2 and a 4045mm 2 VC liquid cooling plate, which dissipates heat faster and more efficiently. With the "Ice World" cooling technology, the game can be played more freely.

　　The Meizu 21 is also equipped with an AMOLED color screen that supports a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. It uses Samsung’s flagship luminous material, with a peak brightness of 1800nit. While the brightness is greatly improved, the power consumption is further reduced. At the same time, Samsung diamonds arrange pixels to make the picture clear and sharp, and the colors are delicate and natural.

　　In terms of interaction, Meizu 21 adopts a new upgraded interactive experience Iron Triangle, which makes the mobile phone enter a new height of "difficult to return once used". Meizu 21 is equipped with mEngine Ultra flagship horizontal linear motor, with Meizu’s self-developed full-link vibration sensing solution, customized 500 + vibration experiences for the system, so that the touch enjoyment can be taken to the next level. At the same time, based on Qualcomm’s new generation ultrasonic fingerprint solution, the newly upgraded Ultrasonic mTouch 2.0 can achieve 0.075s fast unlocking, surpassing the security guarantee of traditional fingerprints and facial recognition, with more accurate recognition and faster unlocking.

　　In addition to the performance hardware, Meizu 21’s imaging system has also been greatly upgraded. Meizu 21 is equipped with the latest true 200 million instantaneous flagship imaging system, and works with Samsung to jointly optimize the star flow imaging algorithm, support P3 full-link color, adopt the new intelligent ISO Pro technology and multi-focal non-destructive zoom technology, and have a colorful portrait mode to create a wonderful "billion" level image new experience. In addition, 32MP ultra-clear front camera with a new AI portrait rejuvenation algorithm makes the magnificent selfie beautiful.

　　In terms of audio and video, the Meizu 21 uses master-level dual-super-linear speakers, coupled with ultra-dynamic speaker technology, through a new generation of full powder filling process and Meizu acoustic tuning, the Meizu 21 sound quality has been fully upgraded, and it has also become the first mobile phone to pass the QQ Music "Premium Certification" panoramic sound playback. Whether playing games or watching movies, the Meizu 21 can bring users an immersive listening experience.

　　In terms of battery life, the Meizu 21 has a combination of 80W Super mCharge super fast charging and 65W PD fast charging, which is compatible with the industry’s general fast charging protocol, high-speed replenishment, one step faster, and a 4800 mAh large battery, making battery life anxiety disappear. In addition, with the blessing of OneMind smart engine, the Meizu 21 can learn according to user usage habits, and based on dynamic classification memory recovery, MRG multi-track energy efficiency FM function, to ensure smooth use, and intelligently optimize the performance scheduling of the whole machine to achieve optimal performance and power consumption.

　　Connect all things and build a new ecology of "multi-integration"

　　Excellent hardware is for a better experience, Meizu 21 also ushered in a leap-forward upgrade in the system, with Fyme 10.5 as the core, to build a new ecosystem of multi-end point interconnection, through the integration with cars and MYVU, to provide users with a new mobile Internet experience.

　　In addition, on the new AI intelligent track, Meizu Fyme will also support Flyme AI large model intelligence engine, through more intelligent interaction patterns and information communication forms, to bring users a more understanding of Aicy intelligent assistant.　　

　　The new Aicy intelligent assistant has a vast knowledge base, which can be called a question-and-answer encyclopedia. Aicy can reason and summarize corresponding answers to various questions in natural science, life knowledge, health knowledge, emotional Q & A. Not only that, Aicy can also help users write, draw, plan travel schedules, act as an on-call personal assistant, and solve various problems in work/life efficiently.

　　Relying on the capabilities of Flyme AI’s large model, Meizu 21’s gallery has been upgraded with a number of heavy and practical functions such as AI search, picture expansion, magic elimination, and AI photos. For example, AI photos, users only need to upload a selfie, and in seconds, AI can generate a photo collection exclusive to you; while AI search allows users to search no longer limited to some common things classified names, but also add descriptions of colors, actions, scenes, and atmospheres, making search more accurate.

　　In terms of connectivity with smart cars, Meizu 21 has also upgraded the connection stability with the Flyme Auto smart cockpit operating system, providing users with a smoother and more boundless mobile travel experience.

　　When the mobile phone and the vehicle are connected, the mobile phone applications, application notifications and other content seamlessly flow to the large screen in the car, which is automatically erased after leaving the car, and always protects the privacy data. In addition, the applications and plug-ins in the mobile phone seamlessly flow to the large screen in the car, without installation, circulation and no traffic, creating a visible, audible and touchable exclusive experience.

　　In addition, Meizu 21 can also achieve non-sensory interconnection through Flyme Link and the newly released MYVU AR smart glasses, using mobile phone computing power to empower AR smart glasses, so that the content of the mobile phone expands from the fingertips to the eyes, giving users enjoy the integration experience of multi-end point device unbounded flow.

　　On December 5th, Meizu 21 will be sold online and offline for the first time in all channels. From now on, you can go to Meizu Mall, Meizu offline retail stores, JD.com, Tmall, Douyin, Kuaishou, and Pinduoduo to book. Participate in the reservation and enjoy 12 periods of interest-free and limited mobile power.

　　Along with the Meizu 21 flagship smartphone, many new products of Meizu’s trendy brand PANDAER were also unveiled at the conference, including the new theme of Meizu 21 PANDAER magnetic antibacterial anti-drop shell and Meizu 21 PANDAER dust-free second sticker tempered film to provide anti-bacterial and safe protection for Meizu 21; PANDAER35W has its own line mobile power supply, which adopts the integrated design of wire machine, making travel lighter and longer lasting; PANDAER noise-canceling headphones 1s and PANDAER game headphones were also officially released, with low latency and high value, bringing users a new and upgraded better connection experience; the PANDAER MOD mechanical keyboard with new design and technology and the platinum unicorn super-haptic keycap with a new theme were also unveiled at the conference, and the super-haptic keycap was turned on synchronously on November 30 Limited crowdfunding. Tide cool partner, fashion player, PANDAER is only for high face and good quality.

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　　The ecosystem built by technology and products of technology enterprises is profoundly changing life scenes and industrial patterns. In the current era of accelerating towards intelligence, innovative technology ecology has increasingly become a key element for the transformation of old and new kinetic energy and the high-quality development of industries.

　　Technology ecosystem refreshes smart experience

　　What kind of intelligent experience can a technology ecosystem bring?

　　Driving a smart car, encountering complex traffic scenarios such as road construction obstacles, pedestrians crossing the road, and suddenly appearing electric vehicles, can identify dangers earlier and faster, easily change lanes to avoid obstacles, actively avoid risks, and actively stop.

　　Using a smart PC, you can quickly and accurately extract key information from text, audio, and video content without time and effort;

　　Open the smart screen and point to the remote control to make the control as convenient as playing with a mobile phone;

　　Wearing smart earphones, you can automatically switch the noise reduction mode according to the environment without hands, and smart watches and smart bracelets can detect health indicators and generate micro-physical examination reports;

　　Install the smart door lock, no matter the light is bright or dark, the angle and distance change can be accurately and securely unlocked by facial recognition…

　　The most important thing is that all these products can achieve synergy, such as mobile phones can be remotely parked, watches can be used as car keys, mobile phone applications can be "touched" to the car screen, smart screen, and even smart door locks can be linked with mobile phones, smart screens, and other multi-screens.

　　This is the full scenario of the Internet of Everything showcased at Huawei Hongmeng Ecological Spring Communication Conference on April 11. The underlying distributed capabilities of Hongmeng Ecological can achieve full-scene device collaboration, allowing smart experiences to pervade all aspects of people’s lives.

　　"Since January 18 this year, Huawei announced that the first batch of more than 200 application manufacturers are accelerating the development of Hongmeng native applications. By the end of March, there will be more than 4,000 applications, and the growth rate will be as high as 20 times in just two months, covering more vertical applications." Yu Chengdong, executive director of Huawei, CEO of end point BG, and chairperson of smart car solutions BU, revealed at the communication meeting that Hongmeng ecology has achieved a complete vertical industry coverage, including convenient life, travel and tourism, financial management, social information, productivity tools, corporate office, audio and video entertainment. Applications in various fields are competing to start Hongmeng native application development, constantly injecting new vitality into Hongmeng ecology.

　　Among them, it is particularly worthy of attention that Huawei, which "does not build cars", is helping more car companies to "build good cars": with more than 30 years of technical accumulation in the ICT field, it has shown obvious advantages through Hongmeng Zhixing ecology to help the commercial success of automotive industry partners. Taking the Q Jie jointly built by Huawei and Sailis as an example, the number of phenomenon-level explosive models Q Jie’s new M7 is set to reach 174,000 in 7 months; the full-scene smart flagship SUV Q Jie M9 has been listed in just three months. A total of 70,000 vehicles have been set to break through, breaking the domestic 500,000 yuan level luxury car sales speed record. In the first quarter of this year, the cumulative sales of the new M7 reached 74,400 units, winning the first place in the sales of single models of new forces in China.

　　"If China wants to build a good car, it cannot do without Huawei. If China wants to go from an automobile power to an automobile power, it needs the empowerment of Huawei Hongmeng System." Yin Tongyue, secretary of the party committee and chairperson of Chery Holding Group Co., Ltd., said at the communication meeting. When talking about the S7 smart car of Hongmeng Zhixing, which Chery has cooperated with Huawei, Yin Tongyue said that the smart world is Chery’s most important project. Chery has become an independent business unit of the Lizhijie brand, led by the R & D leader and the manufacturing leader, and the exclusive manufacturing industrial production line and special project resources are guaranteed.

　　This is Huawei’s booth at the 4th China International Consumer Goods Expo, where Hongmeng ecological products, including Hongmeng Zhixing, are on display. Photo by Yang Guanyu, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency

　　Full scene artificial intelligence deeply empowered

　　From smart travel to smart home, from smart office to smart wear, Hongmeng’s new products are packed with various innovative technologies, among which AI (artificial intelligence) is undoubtedly a high-frequency word.

　　One of the biggest highlights of the new Huawei MateBook X Pro laptop released at the Hongmeng Ecological Spring Communication Conference is its thinness, with a thickness of only 13.5 mm and a weight of only 980 grams. According to Yu Chengdong, the MateBook X Pro is the only notebook equipped with Intel Core Ultra 9 high-performance processor within 1kg, and it is also the world’s first 14.2-inch flexible OLED notebook. More notably, this is the first time that Huawei PC has applied Huawei Pangu model. Its AI summary function can quickly and accurately extract key information from text, audio and video content. In addition, the MateBook X Pro is also equipped with Huawei AI space function for the first time. Through this one-stop AI ability aggregation entrance, it can make code programming, PPT production, paper reading and typesetting, collection of learning materials, video picture creation, travel planning and other scenes more efficient and convenient. On this heavyweight AI PC, Huawei also jointly tuned with Wanxing Meow Shadow to call NPU for AI special effects creation, bringing users a smarter and more efficient experience; in cooperation with WPS, it brings a series of AI functions including text intelligent typesetting, dialogue operation tables, and brain map-to-PPT.

　　It is understood that the AI capabilities of the Pangu model have been mainly used in the industry before. This move on the PC track will be an important step in the exploration of the Pangu model on the consumer side, and the on-board smart assistant Xiaoyi will also be connected to the Huawei Pangu model in May.

　　In fact, not only is there a big model blessing, but the new products of Hongmeng Ecological all scenes are deeply empowered by AI technology. For example, behind the staggering smart driving capabilities of the Smart World S7 is Huawei’s rich scene library built on the AI training cluster, in which more than 12 million kilometers of simulation tests are carried out every day, and the learning and training computing power reaches 3.3E FLOPS (tens of billions of floating-point operations per second). The model update speed is iterated every 5 days, and the intelligent driving ability is continuously iterated and upgraded with massive data; the AI camera equipped with Huawei’s smart screen has powerful intelligent perception capabilities, which can realize 3D bone recognition, sitting posture or distance reminders, portrait tracking, etc.; Huawei Smart Door Lock Plus applies self-developed AI technology to 3D facial recognition, which not only independently learns subtle changes in the face and environment, but also has powerful AI 3D anti-counterfeiting detection, and can resist photos, videos, masks Five attack methods, such as headgear and 3D headmold, ensure that facial recognition is more convenient, safer and smarter from the bottom of the technology.

　　Accumulate new potential energy to open up more space

　　With this year’s "artificial intelligence +" being written into the government work report for the first time, artificial intelligence is expected to deeply empower the development of the real economy and become an important engine for the development of new quality productivity. At the application level, artificial intelligence is deeply integrated with all walks of life, and is expected to build a data-driven, man-machine collaboration, cross-border integration, and co-creation and sharing of intelligent economic forms, giving birth to new economic growth points.

　　Take the PC industry as an example. The industry generally believes that AI PCs will reshape users’ PC experience, profoundly change people’s work patterns and lifestyles, improve the efficiency of the whole scene, and set off a new round of PC replacement.

　　IDC, a market research firm, reports that the proportion of AI PCs installed in China’s PC market will only be 8.1% in 2023, and the proportion will increase significantly to 54.7% in 2024. It is expected to rise rapidly in the next few years, reaching 85% in 2027 and becoming the mainstream of the PC market.

　　Huaxin Securities Research Report said that the AI PC usage scenarios are highly overlapping with the application scenarios currently covered by the AI big model, and are called "the best carrier of the big model." Chip processor manufacturers such as Qualcomm, AMD, and Intel have launched processors for AI PCs.

　　Industry insiders believe that the launch of AI PC products by the top end point brand marks the arrival of the AI PC era. At present, Apple, Microsoft and other tech giants have released AI PCs. As the top three manufacturers in the domestic PC market and the only one growing against the trend, Huawei’s entry into the new AI PC track will help the recovery of the PC industry chain and is expected to add new vitality to the PC industry.

Horizon perception algorithm – a more open visual perception solution than Mobileye

　　As a leading enterprise in the ADAS industry, Mobileye currently holds more than 60% of the global market share of visual perception chips. At the same time, the closed visual perception ecosystem established by Mobileye has also become the mainstream form of the industry. Conditional open and relatively convergent perception API requirements have helped Mobileye establish standardized perception interface solutions and quickly promote products to the world, attacking cities and territories.

　　However, time has changed. As current visual ADAS capabilities continue to be upgraded and iterated, the industry expects more open solutions to help OEMs and Tier1 create differentiated and more adaptable ADAS capabilities.

　　The complexity and locality of driving scenarios call for open solutions

　　Once upon a time, a domestic OEM tried to develop an autonomous parking solution based on Mobileye’s visual perception solution. During the implementation of the project, it was necessary to identify the railing at the entrance of the parking lot. However, Mobileye’s closed solution did not support customers to update the perception algorithm independently, resulting in development difficulties.

　　This reflects the dilemma faced by OEMs. On the one hand, Mobileye’s visual perception solution is still the most mature solution at present, with many advantages in terms of product maturity, project risk control and quality management, which OEMs cannot refuse. On the whole, it is a situation of more than conservative and less aggressive. But on the other hand, this closed solution is like a black box. Because of the inability to differentiate and customize development, the performance is homogenized; moreover, in localized driving scenarios, it cannot fully meet the requirements. This limits OEMs to make more aggressive product solutions, which will reduce product competitiveness in the long run.

　　The particularity of China’s driving scene requires a localized sensing solution to meet the functional requirements of ADAS/autonomous driving.

　　At the same time, in order to meet the high reliability requirements of ADAS/autonomous driving for perception, more open perception solutions are also required. For example, if we can identify richer targets and more types of semantic segmentation, then we can obtain richer semantic information, so that different categories can be cross-validated. For example, road shoulders and sidewalks have a clear auxiliary verification function for the judgment of the drivable area. Fixed targets on the roadside, such as traffic signs and street lamps, are of great help in positioning.

　　If the road is covered with snow on a snowy day, how can you tell where the shoulder is? The movie "If You Are the One" describes a dialogue plot:

　　"Hey, you’ve been to [Hokkaido], you must know what the arrows on both sides of the road are for?" Answer: "Oh, in winter, the snow in Hokkaido is very thick, and the arrows instruct people not to drive out of the shoulder of the road."

　　If we can recognize the arrows on either side of the highway, we can reason about the boundaries of the drivable area. The development trend of perception technology requires more open solutions

　　The development of perception technology can be summarized as follows:

　　From simple scenes to complex scenes

　　From high-frequency targets to general targets

　　From 2D perception to 3D perception

　　From reality-oriented perception to prediction-oriented perception

　　All of these trends have further increased the richness and complexity of perception, making it impossible for vendors to use a standard perception solution to meet their needs.

　　In the era of software-defined cars, automakers need a more open approach

　　Intelligence is the core element of brand differentiation in the future, mainly through the addition of software functions. The post-deployment of software will be the general trend, which means that most software functions will be delivered after the car leaves the factory, and software iteration OTA will be the new normal. This trend is particularly important for mobility service operators. Service requirements in various scenarios need to be based on the functions of existing fleets and met by continuous upgrades and iterations.

　　In the future, the car delivered by OEMs will not be a product with solidified functions, but a robot that continues to evolve. Throughout the life cycle of the car, the hardware platform can continue to support software iterative upgrades. The efficiency of software development and differentiated functions will determine the success or failure of this intelligent competition.

　　In order to improve the efficiency of software development, from the perspective of system architecture, service-oriented system architecture (SOA) will become the mainstream, which requires the creation of a new perception solution that meets the requirements of four aspects: a highly open, consistent and complete tool chain, a strong computing power reserve, and strong scalability to meet the requirements of different levels of vehicle platforms.

　　Open perception intermediate results help domestic ADAS functions continue to evolve

　　At present, the perception algorithm API is still relatively closed in the industry. Many features are difficult to implement (such as the augmented reality display function of ADAS function in the infotainment domain), in part because the perception algorithm is only provided for internal use of the intelligent forward-looking camera module and is unwilling to be provided to other subsystems. And the Horizon perception intermediate result can be fully open. And because the low-level semantics of the Horizon algorithm are very rich, the fully open perception intermediate result can support customers to develop more complex functions at the application layer.

　　So far, the Horizon algorithm can support 10 types of dynamic targets and 53 types of static targets. Among them, dynamic targets include: adults, children, cyclists and other pedestrians, as well as cars, SUVs, vans, trucks, passenger cars, motorcycles and elderly scooters 7 categories; while static targets include 8 categories of lane lines, 2 types of traffic lights and 43 types of traffic signs. The richer perception information than Mobileye provides a solid perception foundation for customers to realize differentiated functions.

Rich Perceptual Information Provided by Horizon Algorithm

　　Open and comprehensive toolchain, practicing the concept of "deeply empowering"

　　In order to increase the agility of visual algorithm iteration and better support various extreme perceptual scenarios in China, Horizon has launched the AI chip tool chain Horizon OpenExplorer (Horizon "Tiangong Kaiwu"), including data, training and device deployment tools, such as model training tools, inspection and verification tools, compilers, emulators, embedded development kits, etc. (Figure 9), forming a closed loop. Data generates models, which can be deployed to devices for operation, and can guide the tuning of models during operation, and even collect new data. Such a self-evolving development model can improve development speed, lower development thresholds, and ensure development quality. Based on this model, development manpower can be reduced by about 30%, development time can be saved by 50%, and more importantly, because the development threshold is lowered, the scale of developers can even be expanded by an order of magnitude.

　　Horizon will continue to upgrade the power builder to provide customers with a semi-automated processing flow. Mainly include: closed-loop iteration between data tools and models, models and on-end devices; rich model/system reference prototypes, simple and easy to use intuitive and convenient interaction means; standardized development process, plus continuous testing, integration, and deployment mechanisms.

Horizon "Tiangong Kaiwu" chip tool chain

　　More specifically, Horizon’s model training tool can support mainstream deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow to help users train their own models; the compiler supports converting the open-source training framework model format to the binary format on the chip; and the embedded development kit can support customers to call the algorithm library to develop their own applications, allowing customers to quickly deploy applications in chip manufacturers. The entire toolchain package can cover the complete development link (Figure 10). After optimization by the Horizon compiler, the memory access bottleneck of the algorithm can be greatly alleviated and the computing efficiency of the chip can be improved (Figure 11).

　　Development Process Based on "Tiangong Kaiwu" Tool Chain

Algorithms automatically optimized by the Horizon compiler provide significant performance improvements

　　Recently, Horizon partnered with South Korea’s SK Telecom to develop a dynamic crowdsourced high-definition mapping solution. SK used Horizon’s toolchain to develop a visual perception algorithm for Korean roads, demonstrating the ease of use and reliability of the toolchain.

　　In short, the opening of Horizon is a deep and multi-dimensional comprehensive opening from providing system reference solutions, to fully open sensing results, and then to full-stack solutions of toolchains, fully empowering the intelligent development of the automotive industry. If customers advocate the concept of division of labor and cooperation to maximize efficiency, Horizon provides software and hardware integrated chip solutions; if customers prefer to maximize capabilities and want to use their own algorithms, Horizon provides customers with pure chips and a complete toolchain to help customers achieve deep enough development freedom and practice the long-term commitment of "deep empowerment".

Development Status of Artificial Intelligence AI Industry in China

　 　 　1. Development status of AI

　 　 With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, artificial intelligence has gradually entered reality from science fiction. Since the concept of artificial intelligence was first put forward in 1956, the development of artificial intelligence has experienced ups and downs. With the breakthrough of core algorithms, the rapid improvement of computing power, and the support of massive Internet data, artificial intelligence finally ushered in a qualitative leap in the second decade of the 21st century, and became the focus of science and technology attracting worldwide attention.
　
　 　 For China, the development of artificial intelligence is a historic strategic opportunity, which is crucial to alleviate the pressure of population aging in the future, meet the challenges of sustainable development and promote the transformation and upgrading of economic structure. As the core driving force of the new round of industrial transformation and the strategic technology leading the future development, the state attaches great importance to the development of artificial intelligence industry. In 2017, the State Council released the "New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan" to strategically deploy the artificial intelligence industry; In the government work reports in March 2018 and March 2019, it was emphasized that it is necessary to accelerate the development of emerging industries and promote research and development of artificial intelligence.app; applicationCultivate a new generation of information technology and other emerging industrial clusters to expand the digital economy.
　
　 　 Since the deep learning algorithm was put forward in 2006, the application of artificial intelligence technology has made a breakthrough. Since 2012, the explosive growth of data has provided sufficient "nourishment" for artificial intelligence, and deep learning algorithms have achieved breakthroughs in speech and visual recognition, making it possible for the artificial intelligence industry to land and commercialize.
　
　 　 2. Development layout of AI


　 　 On the whole, China’s artificial intelligence industry has formed a pattern of coordinated development in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Yangtze River Delta region and Pearl River Delta region, especially in the eastern coastal areas. According to IDC’s Evaluation Report on the Development of Artificial Intelligence Computing Power in China in 2019-2020, the TOP5 cities in China’s list of artificial intelligence cities in 2019 are Beijing, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Guangzhou in turn.
　
　 　 Among them, Beijing has a relatively mature layout and a relatively complete industrial chain. In particular, Zhongguancun Science City and other institutions provide favorable policies, technologies and talents for the development of Beijing’s artificial intelligence industry. At present, the number of enterprises with artificial intelligence in Beijing ranks in the forefront of the country, about 300.
　
　 　 The number of artificial intelligence enterprises in Shanghai is less than that in Beijing, but it is also ahead of other provinces and cities. Shanghai plans to build an artificial intelligence highland and create a first-class artificial intelligence innovation ecology. At present, it has laid out a "human-shaped" spatial structure, which is distributed in 8 regions and 11 industries. In addition to Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places are also actively deployed, and artificial intelligence enterprises are more concentrated.
　
　 　 Guangdong’s scientific and technological innovation ability is also in a leading position, especially the planning and development of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area attaches importance to the layout of artificial intelligence. Up to now, Guangdong Province has successfully identified two batches of 8 parks as "Guangdong Artificial Intelligence Industrial Park". In addition, relying on the important opportunities of national characteristic towns, thousands of enterprises and thousands of towns projects, the Pearl River Delta National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, Guangdong encourages local cities to speed up the application layout of artificial intelligence industry and build a number of artificial intelligence towns.
　
　 　 Hangzhou attaches great importance to the basic research of artificial intelligence. The "Xiangyun" DRMS system is the first data resource platform based on artificial intelligence in China. It is a full-volume, real-time "data warehouse" of Hangzhou’s urban data brain, which can provide functions such as real-time data collection, data Rubik’s cube and data governance, and creatively apply artificial intelligence to data exchange, sharing and opening. Driven by leading enterprises such as Alibaba, Netease, zhejiang dahua, Hikvision and Straight Flush, Hangzhou has formed a number of distinctive applications in smart cities, finance and other fields. In addition, Hangzhou actively builds an artificial intelligence industrial cluster, taking Hangzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone and Hangzhou Chengxi Science and Technology Innovation Corridor as the core, optimizing the layout of the city’s artificial intelligence industrial structure and realizing orderly competition and dislocation development.
　
　 　 3. Market demand and scale of AI
　
　 　 China’s artificial intelligence industry focuses on diversified application scenarios. Under the guidance of China’s national conditions and market demand, it aims at the practical needs of intelligent transformation and upgrading in transportation, medical care, finance, security and other fields, and focuses on selecting one or several key areas for key layout, focusing on the whole life cycle of big data in the industry, and taking the lead in promoting commercialization by optimizing scene design. In recent years, the competitive situation of differentiation and regionalization has attracted a large number of emerging artificial intelligence enterprises in China, which has promoted the continuous outbreak of China’s industrial scale.
　
　 　 According to the statistics of Gaozhan think tank, the scale of China’s artificial intelligence industry reached 8.31 billion US dollars in 2018, and by 2019, the industrial scale exceeded 10 billion US dollars, reaching 10.55 billion US dollars. Among them, the industrial scale of AI basic layer, technology layer and application layer reached 1.99 billion US dollars, 3.06 billion US dollars and 5.5 billion US dollars respectively. Driven by policies and markets to accelerate the implementation of a new generation of artificial intelligence application scenarios, it is estimated that the industrial scale will approach 30 billion US dollars in 2022.
　
　 　 Chart: The scale of artificial intelligence industry in China from 2015 to 2019 (USD 100 million)
　 　 Source: Gaozhan think tank
　
　 　 4. Number of AI enterprises
　
　 　 According to the statistics of Gaozhan think tank, by the end of 2019, there were 779 artificial intelligence enterprises in China, accounting for 21.9% of the total number of artificial intelligence enterprises in the world, second only to the United States. In terms of the distribution of start-up time, the establishment time of artificial intelligence enterprises in China concentrated in 2010-2016, accounting for 67.3%, and reached its peak in 2015, and the number of enterprises established in 2016-2019 gradually declined.
　
　 　 Chart: Time distribution of artificial intelligence enterprises in China as of 2019.
　 　 Source: Gaozhan think tank
　
　 　 In terms of geographical distribution of enterprises, artificial intelligence enterprises in China are mainly concentrated in the three metropolitan areas of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta, accounting for 44.8%, 28.7% and 16.9% respectively. Among the provinces and cities, artificial intelligence enterprises are mainly distributed in Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places, accounting for 88.4% of the total.
　
　 　 Chart: Regional distribution of artificial intelligence enterprises in China in 2019
　 　 Source: Gaozhan think tank
　
　 　 5. Market structure and market share of AI enterprises
　
　 　 The artificial intelligence application market mainly includes three aspects: computer vision application, speech semantic application and machine learning algorithm platform. Among them, computer vision application scenarios are rich and have great commercial value, and about 40% of artificial intelligence enterprises are concentrated in the field of visual artificial intelligence. According to the statistics of Gaozhan think tank, in 2019, the largest manufacturers in China’s artificial intelligence computer vision application field included Shangtang Technology, Defiance Technology, Yuncong Technology, Yitu Technology, Hikvision, Innovative Qizhi, Smart Eye Technology and Dahua Co., Ltd., accounting for 79.5% in total; The manufacturers occupying the largest market in the field of artificial intelligence speech semantic application include Iflytek, Tulsi and Xiao I.robot, Baidu Net News, Jietong Huasheng, Yunzhisheng, Shenzhou Taiyue, Alibaba Cloud and Spirits, accounting for 39.2% in total; The leaders of artificial intelligence algorithm learning platform include Fourth Paradigm, Alibaba Cloud, Baidu, Tencent Cloud, AWS and Microsoft. The main participants include Merrill Lynch Data, Jinshan Cloud, Jiuzhang Yunji, Intelligence Explorer, Xinghuan Technology, Xinhua III and Neusoft.
　
　 　 Chart: China artificial intelligence market pattern in 2019