Over the past five years, Tianjin has seen the benefits of its policies and measures to support the municipality's intelligent manufacturers and promote industrial transformation and upgrading.
As for the development of the artificial intelligence industry in Tianjin, the World Intelligence Congress (WIC) has become an impressive event held in the city. It has greatly benefited Tianjin's industrial development by giving the municipality an edge in mobilizing global resources.
Over the course of its four sessions, it has attracted 60,000 participants from 56 countries and regions. A total of 134 experts and scholars from home and abroad, including winners of the Nobel and Turing prizes, academicians and scholars, have shared their unique insight on the future of the smart technology industry and its potential to change lives and empower economic progress.
Up to 1,000 Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs came to Tianjin to participate in the past conferences. Big names from the top 500 lists for domestic and foreign companies participated in the events, including Intel, Microsoft, Siemens, IBM, SAP, Huawei, Tencent and Baidu, among others.
Held from June 23 to 24 last year, the fourth conference's broadcast live attracted a total of 705 million views.
The 5th World Intelligence Conference will be held in Tianjin from May 20 to 23.