BlueWhale News, November 8 (Edited by Li Mengqi and Li Zhuoling) — On November 7, the 2025 CIIE “Future Mobility · Global Development” Forum was successfully held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). The event was guided by Shanghai United Media Group, organized by BlueWhale News, co-organized by Cailian Press, and received special support from Oriental International Commerce (Group) Co., Ltd. and other organizations.
As an important supporting activity for the automotive and intelligent mobility exhibition area of the CIIE, the forum has been deeply linked with the CIIE for two consecutive sessions. Focusing on advanced development directions in future mobility such as automobile manufacturing, low-altitude economy, aerospace, electric vehicles, autonomous driving, and embodied intelligence, it invited representatives from various sectors and investors to discuss new prospects for the future mobility industry chain.
Attendees included Ning Feng, President of National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; Jin Danyan, General Manager of Oriental International Commerce (Group) Co., Ltd. and Deputy Director of the CIIE Office of Oriental International Group; Wang Xiaogang, Co-founder & CTO of SenseTime and Chairman of SenseTime Jueying; Xie Wei, Vice President of Commercial Aircraft Market for Greater China at Embraer; Lu Yi, Co-founder and CMO of Tianlingke Aviation; Sheng Liang, Vice President of Yufeng Future; Chou Mingquan, Partner and Vice President of Huitian; Liu Xingliang, Vice President of Technology at Hellobike; Wang Xiao, Vice President of the LiDAR Division at RoboSense; Yang Jifeng, Technical Partner and Co-CEO of UQI, a subsidiary of Ubtech Robotics specializing in smart logistics; Yuan Tingting, Senior Director of Autonomous Driving Center Products at XPeng Motors; Han Feng, Chief Operating Officer of Ruqi Travel; Zhang Jiaqi, Executive General Manager of Chentao Capital; Zhong Ruihua, Brand Director of Fengfei Aviation; Huang Zhijie, Senior Researcher at GF Securities Industrial Research Institute; Shen Sizhe, Head of the Digital Intelligence Research Institute at Westwell; Wang Daojun, Editor-in-Chief of BlueWhale News; Yang Lianjie, General Manager of BlueWhale News; Chen Ye, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of BlueWhale News; and Guo Nan, Deputy General Manager of BlueWhale News.
Wang Daojun, Editor-in-Chief of BlueWhale News, delivered the opening remarks for this forum. He stated that an integrated transportation vision encompassing air, space, land, and sea is rapidly taking shape. From the deep integration of large models and embodied intelligence, to optimizing logistics scheduling through digital twins, to AI algorithms reducing emergency response times to minutes, innovative sparks are igniting every link in the industrial chain. As a media platform deeply rooted in finance and industry, BlueWhale News will continue to document China’s leading role in global mobility transformation through in-depth reporting, professional analysis, and comprehensive presentation, witnessing every breakthrough 'from 0 to 1' and every popularization 'from 1 to N'.
Ning Feng delivered a special speech for this event. He noted that this year's CIIE has created a hub for low-altitude enterprises, with the Future Mobility Zone consistently striving to become a benchmark for the development of future mobility technologies, leading cutting-edge trends and showcasing advanced practices. According to him, this year’s Future Mobility Zone featured impressive exhibits, including advanced eVTOLs with unique configurations such as full tilt ducted wings, tilt rotors, and hybrid wings, brought by multiple low-altitude companies from the UK, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Hong Kong, China. In concluding his remarks, Ning Feng extended an invitation to all participants, encouraging broad societal engagement and attention toward the 2026 International Low-Altitude Economy Expo to collectively support the growth of the low-altitude economy.
Jin Danyan, General Manager of Oriental International Commerce (Group) Co., Ltd. and Deputy Director of the CIIE Office of Oriental International Group, delivered a special address as a guest speaker. She stated that the CIIE serves as the launchpad for new products, technologies, and services while increasingly focusing on industrial chain aggregation. Leveraging its exhibition platform, the CIIE drives trade matchmaking, facilitates industry exchanges, builds industrial ecosystems, and gradually promotes the formation of a closed loop from standards to scenarios and transactions. According to her, five low-altitude economy enterprises participated in the Future Mobility Zone within the automotive exhibition area this year, fully demonstrating a new landscape for the low-altitude economy under national policy guidance and collaborative efforts from all parties. “We are very fortunate to have been involved in the construction of this exhibition zone three years ago and to participate in the process of nurturing this emerging industry.”
Xie Wei, Vice President of Commercial Aircraft Market for Greater China at Embraer, shared insights on the theme of 'Green Flight and Smart Skies.' He identified three major transformation directions for the future of civil aviation: greening, vertical expansion, and intelligence. Xie revealed that Embraer had previously established a dedicated eVTOL company, which has since gone public, with eVTOL orders covering nine countries and 28 customers, committed to providing comprehensive solutions for the scaled operation of eVTOLs. He emphasized that the transformation of civil aviation should adhere to the principles of prioritizing safety and proceeding step-by-step, with strict regulation and gradual openness. The intelligent future does not involve leapfrog development but progresses steadily, ensuring safety and regulatory oversight at every stage.
Lu Yi, Co-founder and CMO of Tianlingke Aviation, spoke on the theme 'From Conquering the Skies to Coexisting with Them.' She stated that developing the low-altitude economy is not about creating new scenarios but addressing urgent needs within existing ones. Lu revealed that Tianlingke unveiled the world’s first full-scale tilt ducted-wing eVTOL prototype, the L600, at the CIIE, held multiple on-site signing ceremonies, and secured nearly 400 orders.
Sheng Liang, Vice President of Yufeng Future, shared perspectives on the theme 'A Preliminary Analysis of the Development Path for the Low-Altitude Economy.' He noted that the necessary path for the low-altitude economy involves prioritizing cargo over passengers and suburban areas before urban ones. The application of new technologies and the establishment of new standards require not only breakthroughs in research and policy but also real-world scenario refinement and feedback from clients across various industries to ensure the safe and healthy development of the low-altitude economy.
Chou Mingquan, Partner and Vice President of Huitian, presented on the theme 'The Era of Personal Low-Altitude Flight is Approaching.' He revealed on-site that Huitian’s Land Carrier has officially entered the pre-mass production phase, with an expected official launch and delivery in 2026. To this end, Huitian’s flying car will soon introduce the industry’s first exclusive pilot license for flying cars, featuring one-on-one training by professional instructors to make flying as simple as driving a car. Additionally, its new product, the 'A868' full-tilt hybrid-electric flying car, entered the test flight phase in November this year. Regarding international expansion, starting with the Middle East market, Huitian has officially launched its globalization strategy.
Wang Xiaogang, Co-founder & CTO of SenseTime and Chairman of SenseAuto, delivered a speech titled “World Models: A New Milestone in the Evolution of Intelligent Driving Paradigms.” He stated that the evolution of intelligent driving paradigms has gone through three stages: rule-based, end-to-end, and generative intelligent driving. He pointed out that the end-to-end era faces challenges such as the lack of massive high-value data and how to explore the safety boundaries of performance. To address this, SenseAuto introduced the VLAR technical architecture, achieving core breakthroughs in generative intelligent driving, including significantly lowering data barriers, exploring diverse scenarios and safety boundaries, and achieving driving capabilities far surpassing human performance. In his view, world models drive breakthroughs in three major bottlenecks of intelligent driving: breaking through data bottlenecks to create infinite long-tail scenarios, verifying the safety boundaries of technology, and enabling autonomous evolution. He also noted that world models are not only applicable to the autonomous driving field but also have valuable applications in humanoid robotics. Moreover, in this field, the demand for synthetic data from world models is even higher than in autonomous driving.
Liu Xingliang, CTO of Hellobike Technology, shared on the theme “From Mobility Agent to Future-Oriented Mobility AGI.” He stated at the event that the Internet accelerates the implementation of information intelligence while laying the foundational technological groundwork for physical intelligence. He believes that Robotaxi represents the largest commercial opportunity in physical intelligence and will reshape the entire transportation market. In his opinion, compared to embodied intelligence, the application scenarios for Robotaxi are very clear. Additionally, its business model is more defined compared to L2+ assisted driving. According to him, Hellobike’s Robotaxi is now officially operating in two cities. Meanwhile, Hellobike’s AI platform has established an end-to-end system encompassing infrastructure, solutions, and scenario Agents.
Wang Xiao, Vice President of RoboSense's LiDAR Division, shared on the theme “Accelerating the Popularization of L2-L4 Intelligent Driving: LiDAR Enters the Digital ‘Core’ Era.” He stated that with the acceleration of automotive intelligence, the penetration rate of LiDAR is increasing annually. Moreover, with the implementation of intelligent driving regulations, the importance of LiDAR is becoming increasingly prominent. In his view, the requirements for LiDAR from L2 assisted driving to L4 autonomous driving will become increasingly demanding, including higher performance, smaller size, lower cost, and greater reliability. Currently, RoboSense’s digital LiDAR has fully initiated mass production for automotive compliance. Among these, EMX has secured exclusive supply agreements for 32 models with a leading new energy vehicle manufacturer in the L2 assisted driving segment; the 520-line digital LiDAR has become a standard feature in flagship intelligent vehicles, with models such as IM LS9 and Zeekr 9X equipped with EM4 already launched, empowering L2 intelligent assisted driving with L3-level perception capabilities. In the L4 segment, the combination of EM4 and the blind-spot LiDAR E1 has become the preferred choice for global leading Robotaxi customers. Wang Xiao stated that as of August, the EM platform had secured agreements for 45 models across eight leading automakers, marking the arrival of the ‘core’ era for LiDAR.
Yang Jifeng, Technical Partner and Co-CEO of UQI Logistics, a subsidiary of Ubtech Robotics, shared on the theme “End-to-End Unmanned Logistics Solutions Accelerating Logistics Automation.” He revealed at the event that UQI Logistics’ all-scenario unmanned logistics solutions provide customized unmanned logistics solutions for industries such as automobiles, tires, batteries, photovoltaics, 3C electronics, and third-party logistics (3PL), improving the quality and efficiency of logistics operations. According to the introduction, UQI Logistics’ business integrates products, systems, and services, leveraging “AI + robotics” technology to accelerate the transformation toward unmanned logistics, aiming to build an end-to-end unmanned logistics system based on unmanned vehicles and humanoid robots.
Yuan Tingting, Senior Director of XPeng Motors' Autonomous Driving Center, shared on the theme “Large Models Empowering the Next Generation of Autonomous Driving Systems.” She stated that XPeng’s second-generation VLA will enter mass production in the first quarter of 2026. Current generalization tests have shown many surprises, revealing superior decision-making not seen in the previous generation, with improved performance in urban areas, campuses, and narrow roads. Yuan Tingting explained that XPeng’s second-generation VLA is both a VLA and a world model, removing the crutch of language translation and transitioning from translation-driven to direct-driven operation, representing a more evolved and comprehensive solution and the fundamental path to achieving general physical intelligence. “It is essentially an extreme end-to-end system. We have always believed that the best solutions are the simplest because they do not require data labeling or information loss. Of course, it has also brought us significant surprises by demonstrating strong emergent capabilities.”
The roundtable session of this forum focused on in-depth discussions about future mobility topics, moderated by Chen Ye, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Blue Whale News. Participants included Han Feng, Chief Operating Officer of Ruqi Travel; Zhang Jiaqi, Executive General Manager of Chentao Capital; Shen Size, Head of the Digital Intelligence Research Institute at Westwell Technology; Huang Zhijie, Senior Researcher at GF Securities Industrial Research Institute; and Zhong Ruihua, Brand Director of Fengfei Aviation.
Han Feng stated that as a platform geared toward future smart mobility, Ruqi Travel has provided three years of commercial operational services in the autonomous driving industry. In his view, regardless of the company or vehicle model, Ruqi Travel can leverage its operational advantages and deep consumer insights to make autonomous driving—an originally high-tech technology—accessible and understandable as a service for the public. Regarding the commercial implementation of autonomous driving, Han Feng believes that next year will be a critical year for large-scale commercial deployment of Robotaxis. “The core turning point lies in how the development of large models has significantly improved relevant technologies and reduced the overall vehicle costs.” In July this year, Ruqi Travel launched the “Robotaxi+ Strategy,” planning to increase investments in fleet construction and offline operations.
Zhang Jiaqi stated that Chentao Capital has invested in many autonomous driving companies within closed scenarios. Discussions about the autonomous driving sector today inevitably involve considerations of commercial closed loops. “Who can achieve a commercial closed loop the fastest, implement it earliest, and validate their business model?” is the core logic behind Chentao Capital’s investment strategy in autonomous driving application scenarios. Regarding the current industry landscape in the autonomous driving field, Zhang Jiaqi believes that good tracks emerge from competition among multiple players. The scale of various autonomous driving tracks is vast, making it impossible for one or two companies to dominate entirely. Taking Robotaxis as an example, China currently has around four to five million “taxis + ride-hailing vehicles,” but Robotaxi penetration is less than one-tenth of a percent. “In our view, when an industry attracts leading players, it serves as a dual certification for the industry, indicating that the sector has reached a turning point in technological convergence and commercial closed loops, entering a phase where it can generate real value for society.”
Shen Size introduced that Westwell Technology was founded in 2015, before the widespread adoption of autonomous driving and future mobility. Currently, the company mainly uses AI and autonomous driving to empower multi-scenario logistics and cargo transportation. They have served over 200 clients across 28 countries and regions worldwide. He similarly emphasized that beyond vehicles, the most important aspect of autonomous driving is how to complete the commercial closed loop and deliver value to customers. Shen Size further explained that in exploring the commercial closed loop, the value of a vehicle extends beyond just performing well. They are gradually transitioning from single-vehicle intelligence to multi-vehicle collaborative hybrid operations and even higher-level station coordination and full-factor collaboration, building comprehensive logistics solutions. “In this process, we focus on two aspects: first, how to seamlessly integrate into existing production and logistics operational systems in relevant scenarios; second, actively embracing new technologies by leveraging our self-developed spatiotemporal prediction intelligent scheduling large model to help customers solve efficiency issues beyond basic transportation and logistics.”
In Huang Zhijie’s view, since 2025, three major shifts have occurred in low-altitude investment logic: First, there has been a shift in scenarios, with more attention given to safe applications like cargo transport and public services; second, valuation increases for leading enterprises have shifted from evaluating teams to assessing order fulfillment capabilities; third, the focus has gradually moved upstream from downstream, identifying components with core barriers or universality. Regarding the commercialization pathway for low-altitude economies, in passenger mobility, it is first necessary to successfully establish at least one excellent commercial scenario. Subsequently, large-scale initiation of hard and soft infrastructure is required, accompanied by policy support and increased public awareness, which will enable rapid development of low-altitude mobility. In cargo transport and public services, the unmanned logistics market is expected to grow the fastest.
Ruihua Zhong introduced to the audience that Fengfei Aviation is one of the earliest companies in China to invest in eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft, with a clear product roadmap from the outset, progressing from small to large and from cargo to passenger applications. According to her, Fengfei Aviation's freighter model is the world’s first and currently the only ton-level eVTOL aircraft to have obtained the three airworthiness certificates issued by the Civil Aviation Administration (TC Type Certificate, PC Production Certificate, and AC Individual Aircraft Airworthiness Certificate). It has already been deployed in various scenarios such as offshore oil platform and wind turbine maintenance operations, inter-city logistics, and aerial emergency firefighting. In terms of commercialization, Fengfei Aviation has advanced its products to be first applied in public service and logistics transportation sectors. "Currently, mainstream large-scale manned eVTOLs still have some way to go before achieving consistently safe, reliable, and scalable flight operations. We believe that transitioning from cargo to passenger applications is the most viable path for commercializing practical use cases."
Emerging strategic industries such as low-altitude economy, autonomous driving, new energy vehicles, intelligent driving, and aerospace are thriving, jointly shaping a promising blueprint for future mobility. The 2025 CIIE 'Future Mobility · Global Development' Forum concluded amid discussions among participating guests. This year’s forum marks the second 'Future Mobility · Global Development' themed event hosted by Lanjing News at the CIIE, drawing significant attention from the industry.
