Special topic: "Saluting China's Economy — Entrepreneurs' Night 2026." The "Saluting China's Economy — Entrepreneurs' Night" voting platform has now launched. This event, introduced in 2015 by Sina Finance and other institutions, pays tribute to the entrepreneurial community. Centered on the theme "Saluting the Driving Force of a New Era," it examines the year's economic and industrial development across five dimensions — innovativeness, disruptiveness, foresight, growth, and sustainability — to uncover exemplary entrepreneurs and champion a new-era entrepreneurial spirit defined by commitment to industry, bold innovation, and a willingness to take responsibility and push forward. At each year's gala, the organizing committee combines online votes and expert recommendations to ultimately invite ten entrepreneurs who excelled that year to share their startup journeys and exchange innovative ideas. [Click to enter the voting platform and show support for the outstanding entrepreneurs you admire.]

NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO) founder, chairman, and CEO Li Bin is a "born entrepreneur" who has taken companies public four times over 26 years. He is a leading figure among independent new-energy vehicle makers. In 2026, he drove the company to achieve adjusted profitability for three consecutive quarters, with deliveries from January to August rising 57.9% year-on-year, and all three brands hitting record-high sales. He pushed the battery-swap network past 4,100 stations, formed strategic partnerships with seven automakers including Geely, and saw NIO Power reach a valuation of 16 billion yuan. Self-developed Shenji chips and the SkyOS full-domain operating system were fully deployed across its vehicles, with cumulative R&D investment exceeding 67 billion yuan. Through a long-term philosophy of "seeking inward," he embodies the resilience and sense of responsibility of Chinese carmakers.

Speaking at the Internet Entrepreneurs Forum during the 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, Li Bin said that the value of AI is to make people's work easier and safer, not to strip away the meaning of human existence. The greatest significance of intelligent driving is not to leave taxi and ride-hailing drivers jobless, but to save drivers' energy and reduce traffic accidents through technological progress. In Li Bin's view, as artificial intelligence accelerates from the digital world into the physical world, smart electric vehicles have become the largest AI application industry by scale. He predicted that the application of AI in the automotive industry will create more than $1.2 trillion in commercial value.

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