Intelligence Converges, Wisdom Shapes the Future: Agenda and Highlights of the Digital-Intelligent Healthcare Industrial 'Liyuan Manyuan' Ecosystem Salon and Innovation Consortium Launch Ceremony

With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, fields represented by digital-intelligent healthcare are leading a new round of industrial revolution and have become a key engine driving the development of new quality productive forces. Leveraging its strong momentum, China is emerging as one of the global leaders at the technological frontier. Against this backdrop, Chengdu, with its significant advantages in industrial scale, computing power infrastructure, and upstream and downstream segments of the industrial chain, not only provides a solid foundation for the cross-sector integration of AI and the pharmaceutical and health industries but also possesses the capacity to radiate influence and drive the integrated development of AI across central and western China. As a National Pilot Zone for Innovative Development of Next-Generation AI and a National Leading Zone for Innovative Application of AI, Chengdu High-Tech Industrial Development Zone will further promote the deep integration of these two fields, fostering high-quality regional economic growth.

On January 20, 2025, at the Boston Lecture Hall of the Frontier Medical Center in Chengdu, China, under the guidance of the Sichuan Provincial Health Commission and the Chengdu Municipal Health Commission, hosted by the Bio-industry Bureau of Chengdu High-tech Zone, organized by Chongqing Dongmaicheng Technology Co., Ltd. (VCBeat), and co-organized by the Health Bureau of Chengdu High-tech Zone,"Digital Intelligence Healthcare Industry 'Park Establishment and Full Park' Ecosystem Salon & Inaugural Conference of the Digital Intelligence Healthcare Innovation Consortium", bringing together clinical experts, entrepreneurs, industry specialists, investment professionals, and industrial service organizations in the field of digital-intelligent health to Chengdu, to jointly witness the establishment of the Digital-Intelligent Medical Innovation Consortium and the launch of the Chengdu High-Tech Zone Digital-Intelligent Medical Innovation Alliance, and to work hand in hand to promote the development of the digital economy and the health industry in Chengdu and western China.

This salon will invite over 30 distinguished guests, including government officials, hospital and research institute experts, representatives from Fortune Global 500 companies, innovative enterprises, and leading financial investment institutions, along with more than 100 industry elites, to jointly explore and share insights on cutting-edge technologies, innovative applications, economic trends, and policy directions in key areas of the digital-intelligent pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.

With"Digital Intelligence Healthcare Innovation Consortium"with"Chengdu High-Tech Zone Digital Intelligence Healthcare Innovation Alliance"Dual-platform strategy, leveraging the Chengdu High-Tech Zone as the alliance’s hub to connect tertiary hospitals, Fortune 500 companies, benchmark digital health enterprises, industry associations, and research institutions. This initiative aims to build an ecosystem resource network and industrial alliance for digital medical innovation, accumulating strength and nurturing ecological seeds for the Chengdu High-Tech Zone’s future development of the “National New Generation Artificial Intelligence Innovation Development Pilot Zone” and the “National Artificial Intelligence Innovation Application Leading Zone.”

From the regional ecosystem of the digital intelligence industry, collaborative innovation between research and industry, and digital transformation at leading companies, to the interpretation of digital healthcare innovations in 2024, and further to two major roundtable forums on “Clinical Translation, Application, and Cooperation Models of Digital Intelligence Healthcare in Global Clinical Trials” and “Digital Intelligence-Driven Innovation in Medical Devices: From R&D and Product Development to Commercialization,” every segment closely aligned with industry hotspots and cutting-edge trends. The event aimed to spark innovative thinking and foster dynamic interactions among academia, research, and industry, guiding digital intelligence healthcare toward a new stage of high-quality development. Below are the key topics discussed at this salon:

l How can Chengdu High-Tech Zone build a digital-intelligence industrial ecosystem through policy innovation and resource integration? In promoting the construction of this ecosystem, how can it achieve the transformation and upgrading of the regional economy?

l How to build a bridge between research institutions and the digital intelligence industry to accelerate the commercialization of scientific achievements? What are the main challenges and solutions for collaborative innovation between research and industry in the digital intelligence sector?

l How does West China Hospital leverage digital and intelligent technologies to enhance the efficiency and quality of clinical diagnosis and treatment? What innovative practices and successful case studies has West China Hospital implemented in the field of digital and intelligent healthcare?

l How can the synergy among industry, academia, research, and clinical application maximize value in the digital-intelligent healthcare sector? What are the importance and impact of this collaborative model in driving medical innovation?

l What roles do listed companies play in the digital health industry ecosystem, and what are their digital transformation strategies? How does digital transformation help listed companies maintain competitiveness in the digital health industry?

- What are the current applications and challenges of digital intelligence healthcare technologies in global clinical trials? How can effective global collaboration models be established to facilitate the clinical translation of these technologies?

How Do Digital Intelligence Technologies Drive Innovation and R&D in the Medical Device Sector? What Are the Commercialization Pathways and Strategies for Digital Intelligence Technologies in the Medical Device Industry?