World's Largest AI Industrial Research Institute Launches in Nansha, Guangzhou with $15B Fund and 3,000-Mu Campus
“Establish an International Artificial Intelligence Industry Research Institute in Nansha, join forces with domestic AI enterprises to set up a public R&D service platform, launch a Guangzhou AI Industry Fund worth RMB 10 billion to leverage RMB 40 billion in social capital, and invest an estimated RMB 3 billion over five to ten years to build a 3,000-mu Nansha AI Industrial Park.” At present, Guangzhou is taking a critical step toward implementing its strategy of creating the world’s largest artificial intelligence industry cluster.
On December 9, Guangzhou will establish the “Guangzhou International Artificial Intelligence Industry Research Institute” in Nansha District and hold its unveiling ceremony. LinkDoc Technology, as a leading enterprise in China’s medical AI sector, will be among the first batch of organizations to settle in the institute.
In recent years, with the increasing maturity of applications such as big data, artificial intelligence (AI) technology has reached a turning point in its development. Whether it is AlphaGo’s ultimate showdown against human players or AI’s continued “push” in cancer diagnosis, these examples demonstrate the incredible potential of artificial intelligence. If there is one technology likely to disrupt human society in the next decade, it is undoubtedly artificial intelligence.
Currently, developed countries in Europe and the United States have increased their investment in artificial intelligence at the national level, while foreign tech giants are also accelerating acquisitions and R&D deployments. China is “not willing to fall behind” either. Following the State Council’s release of the 13th Five-Year Plan for National Science and Technology Innovation in 2016, which highlighted artificial intelligence as a core focus, AI was included in the Government Work Report for the first time this year. Both domestically and internationally, artificial intelligence is extremely hot!
Artificial intelligence represents a strategic layout and investment at the national level, while for cities, it presents new opportunities and challenges for development. Across China, this wave of intelligent manufacturing is unfolding primarily in first-tier cities. According to relevant statistics, 42.9% of AI startups are located in Beijing, Shanghai accounts for 16.7%, and Shenzhen holds 15.5%. In Guangzhou, the share of AI startups stands at 7.7%.
To seize more opportunities in this breakthrough campaign, the Guangzhou Municipal Government has announced that it will be the first in China to open up urban application markets and data to the industry’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies. By promoting iterative application development, this initiative aims to advance AI adoption in sectors such as education, healthcare, public security, and big data, foster the integration of innovation chains with industrial chains, accelerate the creation of an AI-centric ecological industry cluster, and lead the development of the AI industry in Guangdong Province and across China.
In May this year, global AI luminaries gathered in Nansha, Guangzhou, to attend the 2017 Guangzhou-Nansha AI Roundtable. Twenty-eight experts and leading figures from academia, the AI industry, the business sector, and the investment community—including Tian Suning, Chairman of AsiaInfo Holdings; Jerry Yang, Founder of Yahoo; Deng Zhonghan, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Zhang Yaqin, President of Baidu; and Liu Qingfeng, Chairman of iFLYTEK—were in attendance. This event marked the highest-profile AI-themed conference held in Guangzhou over the past two years.
Nansha has presented an “action plan” for artificial intelligence to industry leaders: To provide comprehensive support to the AI industry, Nansha will establish the Guangzhou Nansha International Advanced Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence at the Qingsheng Hub. AI companies will jointly set up a public R&D service platform and form an operations team to attract high-caliber AI talent and conduct industrial research. A Guangzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Fund with an initial capital of RMB 10 billion will be launched to leverage RMB 40 billion in social capital. Over the next five to ten years, a 3,000-mu Nansha AI Industrial Park will be developed at the Qingsheng Hub. During this process, direct government support is expected to reach nearly RMB 3 billion.
This “action plan” demonstrates the Guangzhou government’s “sincere commitment,” while also conveying its strategic resolve to build the world’s largest artificial intelligence industry cluster.
LinkDoc Technology Establishes Guangzhou AI Research Institute to Deeply Integrate Artificial Intelligence with Medicine, Healthcare, and Pharmaceuticals
LinkDoc Technology, a leading enterprise in China’s medical artificial intelligence sector, was also invited to participate in the establishment of the Guangzhou International Artificial Intelligence Industry Research Institute. Six months later, following negotiations with the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government, and the Nansha District People’s Government, LinkDoc Technology secured multiple policy supports and financial subsidies from the government and established the LinkDoc·Guangzhou AI Research Institute, settling in Nansha.
Currently, healthcare is one of the fastest-growing sectors for AI application. Artificial intelligence has gradually permeated the medical field, accelerating its implementation in medical imaging, drug discovery, assisted treatment, and health management. With its rapid development, the integration of AI with medicine, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals holds immense promise, paving the way for limitless possibilities in the future.
As a technology company dedicated to intelligent medical data research, LinkDoc Technology has been consistently exploring and attempting to tackle the challenges of cancer through data and artificial intelligence. In recent years, LinkDoc has collaborated with over 500 comprehensive and specialized Grade III Class A hospitals, deeply processing nearly 2 million oncology research-grade medical records and helping integrate and clean more than 10 million regional medical data entries. By intelligently structuring clinical data, LinkDoc has aggregated real-world case data from millions of Chinese cancer patients, establishing China’s largest and most extensive internet healthcare and data platform for oncology. Leveraging breakthroughs in core artificial intelligence technologies, the company has innovatively developed the Hubble AI-assisted decision support system.
Lingke Technology aims to drive improvements in China’s clinical oncology diagnosis and treatment through breakthroughs and innovations in cutting-edge technologies such as IT, the internet, big data, and artificial intelligence. By promoting the development of “Internet + Healthcare,” the company strives to ensure that every cancer patient in China has access to inclusive and precise medical resources.