Against the backdrop of the ongoing 2026 National People's Congress sessions, key topics such as new quality productive forces, the private economy, and artificial intelligence governance are gaining significant attention. Jiang Haoran, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of Cashway Fintech Co.,Ltd., has submitted four major proposals this year, focusing on critical issues related to economic development and technological innovation.
As both an entrepreneur and a national committee member, Jiang Haoran maintains a consistent focus on pivotal areas including economic growth, technological advancement, and social welfare. Under his leadership, Cashway Fintech Co.,Ltd. has deepened its specialization in "AI + finance," leveraging technological innovation to cultivate new quality productive forces. This year, his proposals include utilizing a "local conditions" methodology to empower the development of new quality productive forces, promoting high-quality integration and development of private enterprises, fostering the healthy and sustainable growth of the AI phone industry, and accelerating the large-scale application of high-level autonomous driving scenarios.
Within the framework of building new quality productive forces, the AI phone industry represents a key area of focus for Jiang Haoran during this year's sessions.
The year 2026 is widely regarded by the industry as the point where AI phones may transition from concept to mainstream. According to predictions from International Data Corporation, AI phone shipments in China are expected to reach 147 million units in 2026, a year-on-year increase of 31.6%, potentially capturing 53% of the overall market.
Prior to the Spring Festival, the launch of the "Doubao Phone," a collaboration between ByteDance and ZTE, attracted widespread attention. Following the holiday, Samsung released new products, indicating that AI agents are becoming a common evolutionary direction for the global smartphone industry. At the recently opened 2026 Mobile World Congress, innovative products such as Honor's "Robot Phone" and ZTE's showcased Doubao AI phone drew global interest, with over 350 Chinese companies exhibiting to demonstrate China's innovation capabilities in AI hardware.
However, behind this thriving industry, underlying concerns are gradually emerging.
Jiang Haoran pointed out that the current AI phone industry faces challenges including data security risks and the need for standardized technical pathways. These issues may potentially infringe upon user privacy and disrupt existing business models such as advertising and subscription services. This harms the data rights and operational interests of app service providers, impacts the existing ecosystem, and to some extent constrains the industry's healthy and sustainable development.
In response to these problems, Jiang Haoran has put forward recommendations across four key areas during the 2026 National People's Congress sessions.
First, at the architectural level, he recommends improving the technical framework and industry standards. "It is advised to strictly implement the dual-authorization principle of 'no access without authorization' for AI phones, meaning authorization must first be obtained from third-party apps and then from users before execution. Efforts should continue to promote the construction of a robust technical architecture and establish industry standards. Clear requirements should mandate that AI phones' data acquisition and function calls strictly adhere to this technical architecture and industry standards to ensure stability and scalability," he emphasized.
Second, regarding permissions, he suggests preventing AI phones from abusing system-level privileges. Jiang Haoran recommends strengthening pre-market reviews, with a particular focus during the network access approval phase for AI phones on the usage of system-level permissions such as screen capturing and simulated clicks. A filing management system for intelligent agent services on mobile terminals should be established, defining compliance standards for invoking various operating system permissions, accompanied by ongoing dynamic audits.
Third, concerning data, he advocates for standardizing the boundaries of data collection and usage. In Jiang Haoran's view, establishing a list of AI phone functions and corresponding information collection requirements, encouraging companies to prioritize reliable technical pathways like interfaces and protocols to ensure specific functions only collect specific data, can prevent excessive data harvesting. Clarifying the scope of data processed on the device, the conditions for cloud data uploads, and related safeguards is essential. Furthermore, establishing and improving independent third-party audit and verification mechanisms to conduct periodic security assessments of manufacturers' device-cloud collaboration architectures is crucial.
Fourth, at the ecosystem level, he proposes building an international AI phone industry ecosystem. "Encourage and guide domestic AI phone manufacturers, large model companies, app developers, and other industry players to vigorously expand into overseas markets, exporting advanced technologies, products, and services. Simultaneously, encourage and guide them to actively participate in the construction of the international AI phone industry ecosystem, seize the high ground in industrial technology, and contribute China's strength to the development of the global communications and consumer electronics industries," Jiang Haoran stated.