the information office of shanghai municipal government held a press conference today to introduce the latest situation of the cloud summit of the world artificial intelligence conference 2020. during the question-and-answer session, zhang ying, deputy director of the municipal commission of economy and information technology, introduced in detail the progress of a batch of industrial contract signing projects and application scenarios released during the world artificial intelligence conference last year.
during the closing ceremony of the conference last year, 33 key projects were signed and the shanghai artificial intelligence industry investment fund was set up.
among the 33 projects, the company has successfully settled down its china headquarters and is accelerating the construction of a new generation of ai computing and power platform, with an investment of 6 billion yuan, zhang said. the project of dachau intelligent robot industry base is highly efficient and has been officially started on march 31 this year. the main structure of gigafactory will be completed within this year. the ibm artificial intelligence innovation center is expected to open in july and has two start-up teams. cloud technology settled in zhangjiang artificial intelligence island, with nearly 500 employees and a substantial increase in revenue. millward brown group promotes the main body of its enterprises to gather in xuhui ai tower, and will officially hold the opening ceremony at the end of june to merge into the resident office. tucson is promoting the lingang large-scale commercial demonstration project for driverless trucks, and has built a driverless test and research center. the total mileage of driverless trucks tested has exceeded 50,000 kilometers.
fund, shanghai artificial intelligence industry investment fund in accordance with the "overall design, phased implementation" plan, has completed the first 10 billion yuan fund-raising target, the first closed. more than 30 major industrial projects will be signed at this year's conference to gather new momentum for the development of shanghai's artificial intelligence industry.
on the other hand, the construction of application scene has achieved remarkable results. by the end of 2018, shanghai took the lead in launching the ai application scene construction plan in china, adopting the mechanism of "ranking the top" and dynamic release to guide all sectors of society to open the scene and solicit solutions from all over the world.
according to zhang ying, two batches of scenes have been opened in shanghai so far. a total of 30 opening scenes covering 10 fields including medical treatment, education, cultural tourism, urban management, justice and finance have attracted more than 150 overseas enterprises and 240 solutions. the cultivation has formed influential scenes including zhangjiang artificial intelligence island, yangshan port intelligent heavy truck, intelligent inspection of state grid power of expo, "ai industrial internet" tumor hospital of shanghai electric, intelligent judicial trial of municipal high school, and intelligent education of municipal west middle school.
among them, zhangjiang ai island not only gathers ai leading enterprises, but also builds security patrol inspection, garbage classification, intelligent fire protection and other application scenes in the park, and creates an ai experience center integrating more than 30 application scenes. it has become a benchmark "test ground" for innovative application of ai. the demonstration operation of yangshan port smart heavy truck has been launched, and intelligent container transfer has been realized in yangshan port logistics park, donghai bridge and yangshan phase i wharf. this is the first commercial landing of 5g autonomous heavy truck in the world. shanghai "artificial intelligence application scene construction" brand initially started, many provinces and cities across the country to learn from the experience of shanghai. zhang ying said that the next step will focus on creating a batch of influential comprehensive application scenarios, organizing the construction of the third batch of application scenarios in shanghai, and released during this year's world artificial intelligence conference.
source: bbc news