Politics · China · 13 hrs ago
Guangdong steps up AI push, with Tencent expected to help
Guangdong, China’s largest provincial economy, is making artificial intelligence a priority for the coming years.
On October 8, provincial Communist Party secretary Huang Kunming visited Tencent’s headquarters in Shenzhen, where company chief Ma Huateng and AI scientist Yao Shunyu took part in a meeting.
The province says its AI industry was worth more than 300 billion yuan in 2025, about a quarter of China’s total.
Guangdong wants AI to be used across industries, especially in manufacturing, where it hopes the technology can help solve real production problems.
It expects Tencent to contribute to AI infrastructure, computing capacity, models and practical applications.
Tencent has increased spending on AI infrastructure, including computing and data centres, and its Hunyuan model and AI work and coding tools have gained users.
The next challenge is to put AI into settings such as factories, shops and hospitals and turn that use into lasting revenue.
Guangdong is accelerating its push to develop artificial intelligence and has identified AI as a priority for the next five-year plan and beyond.
On Oct. 8, provincial Communist Party chief Huang Kunming visited Tencent’s headquarters in Shenzhen and met with company leaders.
Guangdong wants Tencent to help build AI infrastructure, expand computing capacity in the province and develop and apply AI models.
The province’s AI core industry exceeded 300 billion yuan in 2025, about a quarter of China’s total, according to the article.
Guangdong aims to use its manufacturing base and other industries as real-world settings for AI applications.
- Who
- Guangdong and Tencent, including provincial Party chief Huang Kunming and Tencent chairman and CEO Ma Huateng.
- What
- Guangdong is stepping up AI development and expects Tencent to contribute to infrastructure, models and practical applications.
- When
- Huang visited Tencent on Oct. 8, 2026; Guangdong’s AI push has been set out in plans and initiatives since 2025.
- Where
- Guangdong, including Tencent’s headquarters in Shenzhen.
- Why
- Guangdong wants to strengthen AI development and use the technology to upgrade manufacturing and other industries.
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Guangdong called for a major push in artificial intelligence and robotics at its first meeting of the new year.
Guangdong issued an action plan to promote high-level AI applications across industries.
Ma Huateng spoke at Tencent’s shareholders’ meeting about the company’s progress in AI.
Huang Kunming visited Tencent’s headquarters in Shenzhen.
Guangdong held a provincial advanced manufacturing industry conference that called for AI to support manufacturing.
- AI core industry scale
- More than 300 billion yuan in Guangdong in 2025
- Share of national AI core industry
- About one quarter
- Tencent capital expenditure
- 52.8 billion yuan in the second quarter of 2026
- Capital expenditure change
- Up 65% from the previous quarter and 176% year on year
- Tencent AI scientist
- Yao Shunyu
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