On January 5, 2026, Beijing played host to the '2026 Beijing AI Innovation Hub Construction Promotion Conference.' During this significant event, the 'Beijing AI Innovation Hub Construction Action Plan' was officially unveiled. Yang Xiuling, the Director of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, articulated that Beijing is poised to roll out the 'Nine Major Initiatives.' These initiatives encompass the cultivation of technological innovation sources and the reinforcement of an independent ecosystem for intelligent computing. Their collective aim is to expedite the development of Beijing into a global AI innovation hub, with the ambitious goal of propelling the scale of its core AI industry beyond RMB 1 trillion within a mere two-year timeframe.
