The Shenzhen Leading Edge Intelligence Open Research Institute was recently inaugurated. The institute will serve as a core hub for advancing edge intelligence technology, facilitating industrial upgrades, and building a robust ecosystem in Shenzhen. It aims to establish a shared knowledge base for the city's edge intelligence industry cluster, providing a continuous supply of foundational technologies to enterprises.
Edge intelligence involves relocating certain computational tasks, particularly model inference, from cloud data centers to the network's edge. This approach allows devices to process some tasks locally rather than relying entirely on remote data centers, enabling faster decision-making, reducing latency, enhancing security, and lowering costs.
The establishment of the institute is a key measure to seize opportunities in the development of the intelligent agent industry and to promote the high-quality growth of the edge intelligence sector. Edge intelligence effectively addresses pain points associated with traditional cloud AI, such as real-time performance, data privacy, and bandwidth costs. It provides a physical carrier and technical foundation for intelligent agents in areas including smart terminals, smart homes, wearable devices, and intelligent robotics, playing a significant role in building a self-reliant, secure, and efficient new intelligent ecosystem.
Shenzhen is accelerating its development as a globally influential hub for industrial technology innovation and a leading center for advanced manufacturing. The city maintains unique advantages in the edge intelligence industry. In manufacturing, Shenzhen has led all Chinese cities in both total industrial output value and industrial added value for three consecutive years, offering a wealth of industrial application scenarios that provide vast opportunities for the implementation of edge intelligence.
In terms of the industrial chain, Shenzhen has formed a comprehensive ecosystem covering the entire edge intelligence value chain, including AI chips, models and algorithms, terminal products, wireless communication, and industrial control. This ecosystem is home to a number of leading companies and high-growth innovative enterprises.
Furthermore, Shenzhen is rapidly building a self-reliant AI software and hardware ecosystem, promoting the large-scale application of "OpenHarmony/RISC-V" to provide computational power, data, and infrastructure support for the development of edge intelligence.
It is projected that 2026 will mark the beginning of the "era of intelligent agents." As a global leader in smart terminals, Shenzhen has integrated "edge intelligence agents" into its urban development strategy. The city aims to create new economic growth points during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period and take a leading role in the development of the intelligent agent industry.
By 2030, leveraging the institute and a comprehensive edge intelligence industrial ecosystem, Shenzhen plans to establish a cross-domain technology sharing system, develop self-controlled core technological capabilities in the field of intelligent agents, and launch a series of landmark intelligent agent projects. These efforts will pioneer a new model for the deep integration of technological and industrial innovation, create a globally influential edge intelligence industry cluster, and continuously enhance Shenzhen's core competitiveness in the global industrial chain.