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World Artificial Intelligence Conference Closes — French Media: The Event Reflects China’s Ambition in AI

On July 28, the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) concluded in Shanghai. This year’s event featured four major themed exhibition halls spanning over 70,000 square meters for the first time, attracting over 800 enterprises and showcasing more than 3,000 cutting-edge technologies and over 100 global debuts and China premieres.

300 Projects, 16.2 Billion RMB

“Dozens of humanoid robots that can pour beer, play mahjong, or box were unveiled at the Shanghai World Artificial Intelligence Conference,” reported Agence France-Presse on July 27, noting that this reflects China’s ambitions in the AI field.

 

According to the event organizers, the conference released 300 AI-related procurement demands, with an expected intentional purchase value of about 16.2 billion yuan (~$2.2 billion). Wen Wei Po of Hong Kong reported that, from integrating large models into robots and virtual humans to the rapid deployment of service and industrial robots and the wide application of AI in daily life, all trends point to one fact: AI is rapidly transitioning from cloud-based algorithmic layers to real-world operational terminals. Foreign media observed that “in China, the speed of AI integration into daily life is accelerating.”

 

During the event, China proposed establishing a World AI Cooperation Organization, which drew widespread international attention. Business Insider commented that “China is calling for a global organization to coordinate AI safety, while the U.S. appears less enthusiastic.” CNBC even questioned: “Where is NVIDIA at a time like this?”

From Gradual Innovation to Exponential Leap

At the opening of WAIC on July 26, major internet companies unveiled new large model products.

  • JD.com announced a complete upgrade of its Yanxi large model brand to JoyAI, with model sizes ranging from 3B to 750B parameters. According to He Xiaodong, Senior Vice President of JD.com and Vice Dean of JD Exploration Research Institute, “Our internal tests show that the 750B model has entered the world’s top tier.”

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  • On July 27, Alibaba showcased three newly open-sourced large models in Shanghai, part of a rapid-fire release nicknamed the “Triple AI Launch.” Alibaba Cloud stated these models are comparable in performance to top proprietary models such as Claude 4, GPT-4.1, and Gemini 2.5 Pro.

  • Tencent also released the Hunyuan 3D World Model 1.0, announcing it as fully open-sourced.

Ye Jieping, Vice President of Alibaba Cloud and head of its Big Data and Intelligent Lab, said the industry is witnessing a historic shift from “gradual innovation” to exponential breakthroughs:

“Back in 2019, we were still discussing single-point breakthroughs in language models. By 2025, large models are evolving with weekly iterations.”

Bi Qi, Chief Scientist of China Telecom and a Fellow of Bell Labs, noted that while most U.S. AI companies adopt closed-source models, China’s open-source strategy gives it a potential competitive edge. Despite U.S. firms holding the lead in technology, China has significant advantages in engineering execution and market scale.

Computing Power Blockade Can’t Stop China’s Innovation

Chinese AI startups like Moonshot AI and Zhipu AI kept a low profile, despite making impressive strides. Although their booths were tucked away in corners of the vast exhibition hall, their influence was unmistakable.

On July 11, Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2 model officially launched and was open-sourced. Shortly after, Nature described its release as marking “another DeepSeek moment” for the world.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang specifically highlighted DeepSeek R1, Alibaba Tongyi Qianwen, and Kimi during his remarks at the Chain Expo this month, praising them as “true innovations often born under constraints,” and adding, “Great ideas emerge under pressure.”

Du Yulun, a researcher on Kimi, gave three reasons why Kimi K2 leads in performance:

  1. It’s the first open-source model to match (and in some cases surpass) top closed-source models in both code and intelligent task performance.

  2. It achieved this without access to top-tier GPUs, relying solely on algorithmic innovation — proving that computing power blockades cannot stop Chinese innovation.

  3. By fully open-sourcing model weights, training details, and commercial licenses, it achieved over 200,000 downloads in just two weeks, significantly surpassing all other open-source models launched around the same time. Popular dev tools like Cursor have also integrated it.

Du concluded:

“Model performance, technological innovation, and open-source openness are what make China’s innovation truly unstoppable.”

Bi Qi noted that the interval between “DeepSeek moments” is shrinking, highlighting China’s ability to follow closely on the heels of U.S. innovations, while excelling in engineering and cost optimization to quickly commercialize and move upmarket.

“We may not be number one in tech, but being number two doesn’t stop us from profiting,” he added.

He also pointed out that while large AI models excel in natural language processing, their image and video capabilities still need to reach commercially acceptable levels. Moreover, how AI can be extended to other business areas and achieve closed-loop commercialization remains a topic of exploration.

Young Generation Embracing AI

At the event, young attendees showed strong interest in AI technologies. According to Bilibili’s Q1 2025 earnings, over 140 million users watch AI-related content monthly.

The platform's AI content lead Rendong described the audience as:

  • High-tier cities

  • Well-educated

  • Young

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Bilibili's internal stats reveal that nearly half of these users are from first- and second-tier cities, mostly university students or young professionals.

Bi Qi remarked:

“Walking through the WAIC venue, seeing the enthusiastic participation and the array of AI products on display, you can feel that China is embracing AI development with vigor. If AI can generate revenue, China has the potential to be a global leader.”