Henan: Put more emphasis on the development of artificial intelligence and concentrate on breakthroughs in technological innovation.

On the morning of July 9th, 2026, the Henan Province Artificial Intelligence Conference was held in Zhengzhou. Provincial Party Secretary Liu Ning delivered a speech, and Governor Wang Kai attended. Liu Ning stated that they will prioritize the development of artificial intelligence, focus on technological innovation breakthroughs, industrial chain clustering, and deep empowerment of scenarios. They will take the construction of the Zhengzhou National New Generation Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Development Experimental Zone as the driving force, comprehensively promote the "AI+" action, and vigorously build an industrial development pattern of "innovation-driven, scenario-led, computing power-supported, data-empowered, and ecological cluster aggregation," accelerate the construction of a province strong in data intelligence, and add "data intelligence wings" to the advancement of a new chapter of modernization with Chinese characteristics on the Central Plains. At the conference, foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Zhang Jianwei, Chairman of Sugon Information Industry Co., Ltd., Li Jun, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence, Du Junping, delivered speeches. Li Dewen, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the China Institute of Information and Communications, presented a research report on the development frontier and trend of artificial intelligence. Sugon released the results of the construction of the national supercomputing Internet core node, Superfusion announced a new generation of computing power infrastructure, Yuxin Dianke and the National Biotechnology Industry Innovation Center respectively released the results of the construction of national artificial intelligence application pilot bases in medical and agricultural fields. The Provincial Development and Reform Commission released a list of artificial intelligence application scenarios and a report on artificial intelligence development in Henan, the Provincial Propaganda Department released the Henan culture large model, and Zhengzhou City and the Aviation Port District respectively introduced artificial intelligence innovation ecological communities, the city of artificial intelligence, and other projects.