On Thursday, April 10, 2025, the first plenary meeting of the Intelligent Computing Industry Development Group (ICI-DG) of the Global Computing Consortium (GCC) was successfully held in Beijing, marking the official establishment of the ICI-DG. Th meeting represented not only an in-depth discussion  on future development of the intelligent computing industry but also an important step towards promoting the globalization of the intelligent computing industry ecosystem. Representatives from leading units such as China Telecom Corp. Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and the China Electronics Standardization Institute, as well as 31 units including the Beijing National Financial Technology Certification Center, iFLYTEK Co., Ltd., and Sichuan Huakun Zhenyu Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., jointly witnessed this important moment.

Industry Expectations: Pooling Industrial Forces to Seek High-quality Development

Academician Gao Wen of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chairman of the GCC Strategic Advisory Committee, delivered an opening speech, setting the tone and direction for the meeting with the three strategic directions of "technical standard coordination, co-building an open-source and open ecosystem, and promoting the computing power network plan".

Mr. Shao Guanglu, Director of the Science and Technology Committee of China Telecom, also delivered a passionate speech, stating that "artificial intelligence is not only the engine and multiplier of social and economic development but also the differentiator of social and economic development", emphasizing that the intelligent computing industry "needs to strengthen cooperation to achieve high-quality development", which resonated strongly with all the participants.

Mr. Chi Xuebin, Vice Chairman of the Global Computing Consortium and a researcher at the Computer Network Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered a speech and read out the relevant resolutions on the establishment of the Intelligent Computing Industry Development Group at the fourth meeting of the first council of the Global Computing Consortium on the spot.

Voting and Election: Establishing a Management Team and Clarifying the Development Direction

The conference reviewed and approved the "Plan for the First Plenary Meeting of Members of the GCC Intelligent Computing Industry Development Group" and the "Working Regulations of the GCC Intelligent Computing Industry Development Group", laying a solid foundation for the standardized operation of the ICI-DG. Subsequently, the conference elected the first management committee and voted to elect the first secretary-general:

· Chairman: Dong Tao, General Manager of the Cloudand Network Development Department (InternationalDivision ) of China Telecom Corp., Ltd.;

· Vice Chairmen: Wei Kai, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Research Instituteat theChina Academy of Information and Communications Technology； Yang Lei, Deputy Director of the Information Technology Center at theChina Electronics Standardization Institute of Technology； and Zhang Huahua, Vice President of theComputing Product Line at Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.;

· Committee Members: Li Bowen, Head of the Testing Department at Beijing National Financial Technology Certification Center; Liu Xiao, General Manager of the Intelligent Computing Business Department at iFLYTEK Co., Ltd.; and Zhao Yanjun, General Manager of the R&D Center at Sichuan Huakun Zhenyu Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.;

· Secretary-General: Li Peiyuan, General Manager of the Ecological Development Department at Tianyi Cloud Technology Co., Ltd.

After the voting and election were successfully completed, Mr. Chi Xuebin, Vice Chairman of the Global Computing Consortium, awarded the plaque to the ICI-DG. The ICI-DG officially sets sail and will be committed to pooling industrial resources from industry, academia, research, and application in the future, leading the development direction of the intelligent computing industry, prospering the intelligent computing industry ecosystem, and promoting the implementation of intelligent computing.

"The ICI-DG will adhere to the GCC's concept of 'openness, innovation, collaboration, and win-win results', increase investment in top-level design, strengthen the guidance of technological innovation, prosper the ecological development, and promote the exploration and practice of innovative application scenarios, and jointly write a new chapter in the intelligent computing industry with colleagues in the industry," said Mr. Dong Tao, the newly elected Chairman of the ICI-DG, systematically expounding the subsequent work ideas of the committee and demonstrating a firm commitment and clear vision for future work.

Mr. Zhang Huahua, Vice Chairman of the ICI-DG, proposed that the ICI-DG is a platform for building technical and engineering standards for the intelligent computing industry and will subsequently promote the "construction of data engineering standards and the entry of AI large models into industries".

Mr. Yang Lei, Vice Chairman of the ICI-DG, suggested combining the new business needs of member units, adding new working groups or fully integrating with existing working groups to enhance the influence of the ICI-DG.

Mr. Liu Xiao, a committee member of the ICI-DG, proposed that the ICI-DG is a platform for the coordinated development of the intelligent computing industry ecosystem and will "build model coordination standards based on the committee and promote the coordination between closed-source models".

Mr. Li Peiyuan, Secretary-General of the ICI-DG, introduced in detail the preliminary thoughts of the preparatory group on the establishment background, development goals, and work directions of the ICI-DG.

Project Approval and Decision-making: Focusing on Key Projects to Promote Industrial Practice and Implementation

The management committee also reviewed and approved the project approval reports of 5 working groups.

"Jointly promoting the development of the AI open-source ecosystem and building the most influential open-source community platform", Mr. Li Baolong from Tianyi Cloud Molo Community's report on the "Project Approval of Open-Source Collaboration Work" at the meeting attracted widespread attention from the participants, and the new cooperation and development ideas also attracted the enthusiastic participation of member units. The management committee unanimously approved the establishment of the Open-Source Collaboration Working Group, key work plans, and related personnel appointments.

At the meeting, Mr. Li Shouping, Vice President of Huawei Ascend Business, emphasized the importance of the evolution of data formats in improving the training and inference efficiency of large models and accelerating the implementation of AI applications in his report on the "Project Approval of Computing Data Format Work". The management committee unanimously approved the establishment of the Computing Data Format Working Group, key work plans, related personnel appointments, and the project approval of the HiF8 floating-point data format standard.

"Breaking the ecological silos of heterogeneous computing power vendors, creating the 'joint force' of heterogeneous chips, achieving interconnection and efficient collaboration between heterogeneous computing powers, and continuously driving the coordinated development of the intelligent computing industry." Mr. Lu Gang from China Telecom Research Institute's report on the "Project Approval of Heterogeneous Computing Power Collaboration Work" pointed out the diversity and complexity of current computing power demands and proposed corresponding solutions. The management committee unanimously approved the establishment of the Heterogeneous Computing Power Collaboration Working Group, key work plans, and related personnel appointments.

Ms. Wang Yue from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology's report on the "Project Approval of Intelligent Computing Service Work" pointed out that there is a huge gap between the construction, good operation, and good utilization of intelligent computing centers. The Intelligent Computing Service Working Group is committed to "creating intelligent computing services with faster deployment, more stable operation, better performance, faster development, and faster migration". The management committee unanimously approved the establishment of the Intelligent Computing Service Working Group, key work plans, related personnel appointments, and the project approval of the maturity assessment of intelligent computing centers.

Ms. Tian Jiameng from Vastdata 's report on the "Project Approval of Vector Database Work" further revealed the future direction of data processing and technical challenges. "In the era of information explosion, whoever can find the required information faster will gain the upper hand." The management committee unanimously approved the establishment of the Vector Database Working Group, key work plans, related personnel appointments, and the project approval of the vector database research report.

Discussion and Prospect: Solving Industrial Pain Points, Creating Industrial Value, and Promoting Industrial Prosperity and Development

At the beginning of the discussion, Mr. Yao Wentao from the Beijing FinTech Industry Alliance was invited to bring the sharing of "The Impact and Opportunities of Deepseek in the Financial Industry", which not only demonstrated the transformative impact brought by AI technology but also provided valuable experience and inspiration for other industries to explore AI applications.

Focusing on the key work directions of the ICI-DG, representatives of each member actively spoke and jointly offered suggestions for the development of the ICI-DG.

In the final summary session, Mr. Peng Peng, Secretary-General of the Global Computing Consortium, also expressed his expectations for the work of the ICI-DG, suggesting that benchmarking against world-class industrial organizations, the ICI-DG should not only focus on technology and standards but also strive to achieve the implementation of technology and standards and the improvement of the ecosystem, and the corresponding market share is one of the important measurement indicators.

The successful holding of this conference will undoubtedly have a profound impact on accelerating the research and development and application of intelligent computing technology and promoting industrial upgrading. In the future, the GCC Intelligent Computing Industry Development Group will focus on promoting industrial consensus, building standards and certifications, creating an ecological system, and promoting industrial promotion in four major directions, leading the development direction of the intelligent computing industry, prospering the intelligent computing industry ecosystem, promoting the implementation of intelligent computing, and building a more intelligent digital world!

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