From Dec 10 to 11, the 2024 Global Artificial Intelligence Product Application Expo, also known as Global Smart Expo, was held in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. Under the theme of "Improving Quality with Intelligence and Moving toward the New", the expo focused on hot spots in industries such as large models, AIGC, embodied intelligence and industrial AI, and showcased cutting-edge AI technologies and products through innovation and entrepreneurship competitions, opening ceremonies, theme forums, exhibits and new product launches.

First launched in 2018, the Global Intelligence Expo has become one of the four major exhibitions in China's AI industry. So far, the five sessions of the Global Intelligence Expo have brought together more than 1,200 exhibitors and teams, invited more than 1,000 experts and scholars, organized industry leaders and "national teams" to communicate with nearly 100 local enterprises, attracted more than 200,000 people to attend the event, Microsoft, Nvidia, Huawei and many other well-known international enterprises are present. This year, Hopcroft, academician of the US National Academy of Engineering and the US National Academy of Sciences, winner of the Turing Award and a leading figure in the field of computer science, was specially invited to give a keynote speech on AI for Education.

The exhibition will be held in Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province, China. Suzhou Industrial Park is the first cooperation project between the governments of China and Singapore. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park. To this end, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Hua Chunying posted a series of photos on the X platform to introduce to the world the great changes that Suzhou Industrial Park has undergone in the past 30 years from a "pond depression" to a "city of innovation". Today, the industrial Park is synonymous with China's high-tech enterprises. It is home to numerous national and provincial scientific research institutions, as well as a number of internationally competitive innovative enterprises and science and technology business incubators. It has become China's leader in cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and cloud computing.

At the expo, the product display area and the new product launch area exploded in popularity. More than 50 enterprises brought more than 100 representative products to the exhibition, and popular products such as robots, robot dogs and unmanned systems showed the powerful functions and wide application scenarios of artificial intelligence technology. The new product release area focused on the "debut, first trial and first use" of artificial intelligence application products, and nearly 20 cutting-edge application new products were launched, allowing people to see the innovative practice and unlimited potential of artificial intelligence in medical, transportation, government and other fields.

As the own brand competition of the global Intelligent Expo, "Global Artificial Intelligence Product Application Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition" has become one of the events with the most participation and the highest investment amount by investment institutions. The competition focused on artificial intelligence technology, recruited nearly 200 participating teams around the world, and held three roadshow auditions in Seoul, South Korea, Beijing and Xi 'an, China. After fierce competition, the final place was born in Suzhou, China.

Since the beginning of this year, China has witnessed steady development of new quality productivity and continuous optimization of industrial structure. In the first three quarters of this year, the added value of high-tech manufacturing industries above designated size in the country increased by 9.1% year-on-year, investment in high-tech industries increased by 10% year-on-year, and the output of optoelectronic devices, virtual reality equipment and other products maintained double-digit growth. New breakthroughs have been made in artificial intelligence, big data, biomedicine and other fields, and new technologies and products have been iterated at an accelerated pace, which has not only promoted the development and growth of related industrial chains, but also played a significant role in improving production efficiency and optimizing industrial structure.

The successful holding of the Global Artificial Intelligence Product Application Expo not only showcases the latest achievements and innovative applications of China's advanced artificial intelligence field to the world, but also promotes the exchange and cooperation of the world's top technologies, helps the strong cooperation of leading enterprises, and makes contributions to promoting the integrated development and application of global intelligent science and technology.