A high-quality development conference for Guangzhou Development District and Huangpu District was held at the Huangpu International Conference Center on February 26th. Huangpu's "First Major Meeting of the New Year," themed "AI Empowerment, Promoting Deep Integration and High-Quality Development of Manufacturing and Service Industries," garnered significant media attention. Particularly notable was the fact that Huangpu District Head Xian Yinsong delivered her entire speech in a paperless format, which sparked considerable online discussion. It is worth mentioning that the key to this smooth presentation was the pair of smart glasses she wore, which appeared lightweight but concealed significant industrial capabilities.
Small Glasses, Big Industry "I specifically wore these smart glasses; they weigh only 35 grams and are the world's first smart glasses designed for all-day wear," stated District Head Xian Yinsong during her speech. She emphasized that behind the small smart glasses lies a major industry, connecting over 50 core components and linking more than 30 manufacturers and service providers. The product is hailed as the "next-generation mobile intelligent terminal."
The smart glasses that gained widespread attention are the EvenG2, a second-generation product from Even Technology produced in Huangpu. They feature two upgraded MicroLED projectors. Beams emitted from these projectors generate high-definition 3D display effects through waveguide lenses, allowing cue text to scroll and display like a movie. Furthermore, this model supports various scenarios and functional applications, including translation, navigation, message notifications, memos, display panels, and EvenAI. The product is primarily targeted at overseas markets with a price point of $599.
Corporate records indicate that Even Technology efficiently completed financing rounds from Angel to Series A within 2024, securing four rounds of funding in a single year. The Angel round in early 2024 was jointly funded by CDH Investments and Greenhill Capital. The pace of financing accelerated in the latter half of the year, with two consecutive Pre-A rounds completed in August and September, attracting investments from Aier Eye Valley, China Growth Capital, and Boyuan Capital. In December, the company successfully closed its Series A round, with existing investor CDH Investments continuing to invest, joined by new shareholders Monolith Management and Jianing Holdings. The full-year financing lineup assembled top-tier venture capital and industrial capital, with core institutions providing multi-round support, demonstrating strong market recognition of its business development.
The district head's endorsement of a local enterprise at the conference highlights Huangpu's established, complete intelligent wearables industry chain. This chain covers core optical components, terminal R&D, production manufacturing, and supporting services. Yang Xiaoguang, President of Carl Zeiss Vision China, stated at the conference that as an optical pioneer in new quality productive forces, Zeiss is accelerating its transformation into a comprehensive solutions provider integrating "hardware + services + platform." Through innovative businesses like AR/VR smart glasses, Zeiss is deeply integrating into Guangzhou's intelligent wearables and artificial intelligence industrial landscape, helping the region pioneer new industrial tracks.
It was reported that Carl Zeiss optical lenses are becoming the preferred partner for many smart glasses brands. Several popular products, including the ideal AI glasses Livis, the RayNeo V3, and the titanium rimless model of the JieHuan AI audio glasses, utilize Zeiss optical solutions. The Zeiss exhibition area at the conference also attracted numerous attendees for hands-on experience.
Li Di, Channel Development Manager at Carl Zeiss Vision, mentioned in an interview that Zeiss has a global production base in the Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City within Huangpu. Products from this base supply not only the domestic market but are also shipped worldwide. This Carl Zeiss optical manufacturing base in the Knowledge City is now a newly designated global "Lighthouse Factory." It currently implements over 100 Industry 4.0 applications across all scenarios, with data-driven processes boosting customization capabilities by 400% and achieving an on-time delivery rate of 98.5%. This strengthens the core supporting capabilities for the regional intelligent wearables industry ecosystem.
Artificial Intelligence Industrial Ecosystem The rise of a single pair of smart glasses is merely a microcosm of Huangpu's comprehensive advancement in the AI industry. If smart glasses represent a "miniaturized" practice of AI empowering the integration of the two industries, then what Huangpu District is building is a complete AI industrial ecosystem. This ecosystem covers underlying computing power, core algorithms, real-world application scenarios, and full-chain collaboration, injecting continuous core momentum into the region's high-quality development.
"All four computing power projects newly approved by the National Development and Reform Commission for Guangzhou are located in Huangpu," stated Xian Yinsong. In the AI era, computing power has become core infrastructure equivalent to water, electricity, and coal. Huangpu District has proactively laid the groundwork, solidifying the foundation for its AI industry. Beyond the four national-level computing power projects, Huangpu has also preemptively deployed the "Huangpu No.1" intelligent computing cluster. The district's future intelligent computing power is expected to exceed 50,000 P, sufficient to meet the computational demands of over 40 million new energy vehicles operating simultaneously nationwide, truly ensuring that "enterprises need not worry about computing power."
Liu Miao, Chairman and CEO of Turing New Intelligence Computing (Guangzhou) Technology Group Co., Ltd., expressed that as a full-stack AI computing power manufacturer, "Our goal is singular—to make Guangzhou Huangpu the main stage and demonstration highland for China's computing power infrastructure. Through vertical integration, we aim to create industrial output value, starting from Huangpu to serve the entire nation."
While the hardware foundation is being solidified, policy support is also being ensured. Huangpu District has explicitly stated it will precisely distribute 300 million yuan worth of "computing power vouchers," "model vouchers," and "data vouchers." It aims to accelerate the cultivation of 100 vertical large models and create 1,000 lightweight AI products and services, effectively lowering the barriers to AI R&D and application for small and medium-sized enterprises and allowing the benefits of computing power to permeate all industries.
Building upon the computing power base is Huangpu's ongoing enhancement of core capabilities in algorithms and large models. Currently, MiniMax, often referred to as China's first large model stock listing, has established its Greater Bay Area headquarters in Huangpu, having cumulatively nurtured 54 vertical industry large models. A batch of industry-specific large models, such as China Southern Power Grid's "Da Watt" and GRG Banking's "Wangdao," are becoming "intelligent hubs" in vertical fields like energy and finance, enabling the precise transition of AI technology from general capability to industry-specific application.
More competitive is Huangpu's advantage in abundant application scenarios. As the nation's sixth-largest industrial district, Huangpu accounts for 40% of Guangzhou's total industrial output value from designated large-scale enterprises. With 33 industrial categories, over 1,300 designated large-scale industrial enterprises, and an annual industrial output value exceeding 800 billion yuan, the massive volume of daily industrial data and genuine application demands naturally create a "super testbed" for the implementation of AI technologies.
Deng Xu, Director of the Huangpu District Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, stated that Huangpu is home to over 420 core AI enterprises, with the sector's scale surpassing 70 billion yuan. Looking ahead to 2026, the district aims for a 5% growth in industrial added value and 53 billion yuan in industrial investment, striving for a strong start in the first quarter and redoubling efforts to achieve annual success.
The deep empowerment of AI is continuously breaking down industrial boundaries and redefining the integration forms of manufacturing and service industries. "Recently, at the country's first XPeng Aeroht flight camp by Jiulong Lake in the Knowledge City, I experienced a low-altitude flight tour—this represents a breakthrough in elevated scenarios. Similarly, the recently popular BOSMA 8K camera, with its robust combination of '8K+5G+AI,' made a flawless debut in international events at the Milan Winter Olympics, showcasing the strength of Huangpu manufacturing to the world," Xian Yinsong remarked candidly in her speech. She pointed out that from wearable smart terminals, to low-altitude mobility, to ultra-high-definition imaging for viewing the world, there is a consistent industrial logic behind them. When manufacturing and service industries encounter the deep empowerment of artificial intelligence, the boundaries of industry are fundamentally reshaped.
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