It is learned from the Zhijing Finance APP that the World Intelligent Industry Expo opened at the National Convention Center (Tianjin) on June 20. Yang Yuanqing, Chairman and CEO of Lenovo Group (00992), delivered a keynote speech entitled "Empowering New Quality of Production with Artificial Intelligence, Promoting Intelligent and Green Development of China's Manufacturing" at the opening ceremony of the conference.

Yang Yuanqing delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Tianjin World Intelligent Expo.

In his speech, Yang Yuanqing proposed that in order to develop new quality of production, the engine role of artificial intelligence must be fully played. By promoting innovation with the new and improving quality with the intelligence, every enterprise and individual can enjoy the efficiency dividend brought by artificial intelligence and become the subject of innovation and creation, so that thousands of industries can achieve high-quality and efficient development and promote the leap forward of the entire social productive forces.

He also mentioned that the Lenovo Tianjin Industrial Park, which was completed comprehensively last November, is a good example of how to improve the quality with intelligence and enable new quality of production to empower China's manufacturing. The Tianjin Industrial Park is the culmination of Lenovo's more than 30 years of intelligent manufacturing technology and experience, and it is the first "zero-carbon factory" in the ICT field.

In May of this year, the 1 millionth PC - Lenovo Xiaoxin Pro 16 rolled off the production line at the Tianjin Industrial Park, which is also the first batch of AI PC personalized computers for Lenovo in the Chinese market.

Promote new economic growth through innovation.

Yang Yuanqing said in his speech that generative artificial intelligence is speeding up the process of digitalization and intelligence in various industries, and the global industrial and economic landscape is facing a refresh and reshaping. In order to develop new quality of production, the engine role of artificial intelligence must be fully played, with the new promoting innovation, and the intelligence improving quality.

"To let the artificially intelligent cloud really land, we must first strengthen the innovation of the end-side AI and make the entrance of artificial intelligence popular." Yang Yuanqing said.

He pointed out that the currently popular generative artificial intelligence or large language models are mainly public models running on public clouds, which are a kind of public intelligence. Their shortcomings in data security and privacy security are easy to discourage people. Therefore, the" Hybrid Artificial Intelligence"constituted by the coexistence and complementarity of public intelligence and private intelligence (including personal artificial intelligence and corporate artificial intelligence) will become the trend.

To make "hybrid artificial intelligence" universal, the best way is to create artificial intelligence personal terminal equipment. Among them, AI PC is the forefront. Compared with traditional PCs, AI PCs not only have intelligent bodies embedded with large models and capable of natural interaction with people, but also combine powerful local heterogeneous computing power of CPU, GPU and NPU, and can establish personal knowledge bases and connect to open artificial intelligence application ecology. Most importantly, it can protect personal data and privacy security. It is not a simple software and hardware upgrade of personal computers, but a generational upgrade of personal computers after multimedia computers and Internet computers. With the expansion of AI terminal devices from computers to mobile phones, tablets, AR/VR, watches and other rich categories, the innovation of end-side AI will reconstruct the intelligent terminal industry chain, forming a new industrial ecology and bringing new huge growth opportunities.

Improve quality with intelligence, and empower new quality of production to enhance China's manufacturing.

"Improving quality with intelligence" means making full use of artificial intelligence to enhance the quality and efficiency of traditional industries, especially manufacturing. China's manufacturing industry has a thick foundation, a large scale and many advantages. It is an important base for building a strong country and the foundation of the economy. We should actively explore new scenarios and new applications of "artificial intelligence+", promote the intelligent and green transformation of China's manufacturing through "digitalization integration" and "intelligent stacking", and promote China's manufacturing to move towards the middle and high-end of the global industrial chain and value chain.

"To improve quality with intelligence" means making full use of artificial intelligence to enhance the quality and efficiency of traditional industries, especially manufacturing. China's manufacturing industry has a thick foundation, a large scale and many advantages. It is an important base for building a strong country and the foundation of the economy. We should actively explore new scenarios and new applications of "artificial intelligence+", promote the intelligent and green transformation of China's manufacturing through "digitalization integration" and "intelligent stacking", and promote China's manufacturing to move towards the middle and high-end of the global industrial chain and value chain.

He gave an example that the Lenovo Tianjin Industrial Park, which was completed in November last year, is a good example. The Tianjin Industrial Park is the culmination of Lenovo's more than 30 years of smart manufacturing technology and experience. There, we use digital new IT technology to build an industry-leading intelligent and green production and operation system, with a comprehensive production efficiency increase of 200%, a product defect rate reduction of 30%, and a comprehensive energy consumption reduction of nearly 10%. In addition, with the combination of photovoltaics, green electricity and other measures, Lenovo Tianjin Industrial Park has also become the first "Zero Carbon Factory" in the ICT field.

It is understood that in May this year, the 1 millionth computer produced by the Tianjin Industrial Park -- the Lenovo Xiao Xin Pro 16 -- was successfully offline. This is precisely the AI PC artificial intelligence computer that Lenovo launched in April this year and also the first batch of artificial intelligence personalized computers in the Chinese market, representing Lenovo's highest level in the field of intelligent manufacturing.

In recent years, under the guidance of the "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development" strategy, Lenovo Group has not only set up a global headquarters office area outside Beijing in Tianjin, but also built Lenovo Innovation Industrial Park and Innovation and Technology Park. Relying on these two parks, Lenovo is also working to build them into four centers: Advanced Innovation Industry Center, Intelligent Transformation Business Center, Northern Supply Chain Center, and Green Intelligent Manufacturing Exhibition Center.

In his speech, Yang Yuanqing introduced that with the continuously optimized business environment in Tianjin, Lenovo's development in Tianjin has steadily advanced to new heights. In 2023, Lenovo's business in Tianjin achieved revenue of 24.5 billion yuan, an increase of 8% year-on-year; tax revenue increased by 10% year-on-year; and new industrial output value reached 2.3 billion yuan. In the first quarter of 2024, Lenovo achieved a good start with a revenue of 5.05 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25%; tax revenue increased by 40% year-on-year; and new industrial output value reached 1.6 billion yuan. He said that he is confident in achieving Lenovo's "Three Hundred Billion, Three Thousand People" goal to develop in Tianjin this year (revenue of 30 billion yuan, output value of 10 billion yuan, and 3,000 new employees).

It is reported that this year's World Intelligent Industry Expo is jointly hosted by the Tianjin Municipal People's Government and the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, merging the former World Intelligent Conference and the China International Intelligent Industry Expo. It will be held in Tianjin in 2024 and in Chongqing in 2025.