On January 29, the winter sun cast its warm glow upon the shimmering blue waters of the Qinglinjing Reservoir in Longgang, Shenzhen. This primary water source protection area, with a total storage capacity of 186 million cubic meters and serving as a crucial "ballast stone" for the city's water supply security, once again became the focal point of the national smart water industry—the 2026 Shenzhen Second Smart Water Application Scenario Innovation Conference concluded successfully here. Compared to the inaugural conference, this year's event was not only larger in scale, broader in participation, and more substantial in outcomes, but it also took a critical step forward in technological integration and mechanism innovation. Over 500 enterprises, research institutions, and industry associations from across the nation gathered; more than 120 cooperation intentions were reached on-site, with intended contract values exceeding 200 million yuan; the HarmonyOS system was deeply embedded into water scenarios through a dedicated exhibition zone... A smart water feast centered on "Scenario Empowerment, Innovation, and Win-Win" is propelling Shenzhen to the forefront of national smart water governance.

If the 2025 inaugural Smart Water Scenario Innovation Conference was an exploratory trial, then the 2026 second conference was a comprehensively upgraded industry gala. The first conference successfully facilitated over 80 cooperation intentions, with contract amounts surpassing 80 million yuan. This year, the conference achieved a leap in resource integration, platform building, and result transformation. The event attracted over 500 representatives from enterprises, universities, research institutes, and industry associations across the entire national water industry chain, with nearly a hundred rigorously selected representative enterprises showcasing their latest achievements in the smart water sector. Particularly noteworthy was the conference's creation of an immersive, experiential exhibition space based on the real-world application scenario of Qinglinjing Reservoir, allowing technologies to be tested directly against complex, real-world water operation environments rather than remaining on blueprints or slides.

The conference meticulously set up five featured exhibition zones: Unmanned Equipment, IoT Devices, HarmonyOS Special Topic, AI Digital Intelligence Technology, and Advanced Engineering Technology, covering the entire chain of needs from water sources to end-users. Exhibiting enterprises brought their core products and technologies to the stage, including 31 local Longgang enterprises and over 70 enterprises from outside the district, such as Shandong, Beijing, and Zhejiang, fully demonstrating the conference's national influence. Participants showcased innovative products on-site, including unmanned vessel water quality monitoring systems, pipeline inspection capsule robots, and HarmonyOS-enabled water terminals; the "Water Steward for Every Household" intelligent agent uses AI algorithms to predict water usage behavior and optimize scheduling strategies; furthermore, an integrated platform based on "Matrix Management + AI + Digital Twin" provides panoramic decision-making support for urban water services. Among these, the HarmonyOS Special Topic exhibition zone became the main attraction. Seventeen core enterprises deeply involved in the HarmonyOS ecosystem for water services gathered, exhibiting products spanning intelligent pump station control terminals, water terminal equipment, and data management platforms. Experts from ChinaSoft International also provided specialized interpretations on-site, offering in-depth analysis of technical pathways, application scenarios, and development trends for government departments and enterprise representatives, providing professional guidance for industry players to enter the HarmonyOS water track and helping to build an innovative "HarmonyOS + Water" ecosystem.

If technology is the engine, then the market is the fuel. The key to this conference facilitating over 120 cooperation intentions and intended contract values breaking the 200 million yuan mark lay in its precise and efficient matching mechanism. The event attracted over 30 representatives from water system units in provinces and cities like Heilongjiang, Jiangxi, and Chongqing, who came to Shenzhen specifically with clear procurement lists and renovation needs. Simultaneously, more than 100 enterprises from outside Shenzhen proactively registered to attend, hoping to find landing opportunities through this platform. This scenario of "mutual pursuit between supply and demand" highlighted the powerful magnetic effect of Longgang as a source of smart water innovation. To enhance matching efficiency, the conference innovatively adopted a dual model of "exhibition zone tours +座谈撮合": in the morning, representatives visited the five exhibition zones for hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies; in the afternoon, a dedicated matching forum was held between the Shenzhen water system and exhibiting enterprises, building an efficient bridge for government-enterprise and enterprise-enterprise connections. This closed-loop mechanism of "seeing, touching, and negotiating" significantly shortened the cycle from technology demonstration to commercial implementation.

To strengthen demonstration and guidance, the Shenzhen Water Authority also collected and selected 21 "Typical Smart Water Scenario Cases in Shenzhen" citywide. These cases cover various scenarios including water source management, pipeline network operation and maintenance, water quality monitoring, and smart water plants, showcasing the practical effectiveness of smart technologies across all aspects of water governance. The conference not only centrally displayed these benchmark projects but also invited representatives from three outstanding enterprises to share their practical experiences on stage. These quantifiable, replicable results provide a valuable "Shenzhen Model" for peers nationwide. The long-term layout of the smart water ecosystem Qinglinjing Reservoir, this large (Type 2) reservoir with a total capacity of 186 million cubic meters, is not only a crucial water supply and regulation hub for Shenzhen but also a "testing ground" for smart water innovation. As a primary water source protection zone, any technological application within its 27.1 square kilometer protected area must balance safety, reliability, and eco-friendliness. In recent years, Qinglinjing Reservoir has actively integrated into the smart water development wave, incorporating advanced technologies like intelligent monitoring systems, automated control systems, data analysis platforms, emergency response systems, and intelligent maintenance robots, achieving comprehensive improvements in reservoir management efficiency and safety protection levels, fully unleashing the "water economy" effect, and building a solid barrier for the city's water supply security.

Today, it has transformed into the nation's first "Benchmark Demonstration Scenario for Smart Water." The official accreditation during this conference affirms its practical achievements and places even higher expectations upon it. In the future, the Qinglinjing experience will be refined into standard modules for nationwide promotion. As the host location, Longgang District is fully committed to championing smart water innovation. A principal responsible comrade from the district committee introduced that Longgang has established a complete ecological闭环 comprising "technology supply + computing power保障 + scenario openness + industry agglomeration." As a major industrial and water district in Shenzhen, Longgang possesses 12 water treatment plants, 14 sewage treatment plants, 42 reservoirs, over 190 kilometers of rivers, and 9,500 kilometers of water supply and drainage pipelines, endowing it with inherent advantages in scenario concentration. More notably, Longgang is implementing a dual-drive strategy of "All in AI" and "HarmonyOS District," and will co-build a smart water industrial park. The nation's first secondary water supply pump station based on the OpenHarmony system has been built in Longgang and promoted citywide; the government has also launched a "3+5" industrial service system and, through a combination of "talent + technology + scenarios + orders + capital," provides saturated要素 supply via innovative mechanisms to助力enterprise agglomeration and development, contributing the "Longgang strength."

At the conclusion of the conference, the Shenzhen Water Authority, jointly with 14 other units, officially released the first batch of scenario demand lists for 2026. This list covers multiple areas including water security, water engineering construction, water environment governance, and efficient water resource utilization, totaling 22 specific demands. The release of this list provides clear guidance for enterprises to precisely对接market needs and also offers a validation platform for "Three Newes and Three Firsts" products. It is foreseeable that as these demands gradually transform into project orders, Shenzhen's smart water sector will enter a virtuous cycle of "demand牵引—technology iteration—industry agglomeration—standard output." The 200 million yuan in intended signings is merely a starting point, and the deep integration of the HarmonyOS ecosystem is just a prologue. In the opening year of the "16th Five-Year Plan," Shenzhen will use this conference as an important opportunity to continuously deepen the integrated development mechanism of government-enterprise coordination and industry-academia-research-application, accelerate the implementation and effectiveness of signed projects, continuously expand the breadth and depth of smart water application scenarios, activate new momentum for industrial upgrading through scenario empowerment, enhance the new efficiency of water governance through technological innovation, inject strong momentum into the high-quality development of Shenzhen's water sector during the "16th Five-Year Plan," and contribute more Shenzhen experience and wisdom to the high-quality development of the national smart water industry.