On May 17th, the General Office of the Tianjin Municipal People's Government issued the "Action Plan for Promoting Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Development in Tianjin (2025-2027)". The clear work objective is to fully leverage the resource endowment advantages of the city's complete information and innovation chain and rich application scenarios, promote research and development, application demonstration, and industrial agglomeration, create new advantages of "artificial intelligence (AI)+information and innovation", and form a development environment of "underlying technology leadership, open application scenarios, and sound industrial ecology". By 2027, we aim to overcome 100 key core technologies and rank among the top in the country in areas such as graphics processing units (GPUs), AI operating systems, AI servers, and embodied intelligence. We aim to cultivate 30 benchmark scenarios for artificial intelligence applications, with core AI enterprises generating revenue exceeding 100 billion yuan and forming 3 to 4 characteristic industry clusters. We aim to build our city into a nationally influential hub for innovation in AI underlying technologies and a leading area for empowering applications.
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Tianjin Action Plan for Promoting Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Development
(2025-2027)
In order to implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on the development of artificial intelligence, promote the innovative development of artificial intelligence in this city, and accelerate the development of new quality productive forces, this plan is formulated.
1、 Work objectives
Give full play to the resource endowment advantages of the city's complete information and innovation chain and rich application scenarios, comprehensively promote research and development, application demonstration, and industrial agglomeration, create new advantages of "artificial intelligence (AI)+information and innovation", and form a development environment led by "underlying technology, open application scenarios, and sound industrial ecology". By 2027, we aim to overcome 100 key core technologies and rank among the top in the country in areas such as graphics processing units (GPUs), AI operating systems, AI servers, and embodied intelligence. We aim to cultivate 30 benchmark scenarios for artificial intelligence applications, with core AI enterprises generating revenue exceeding 100 billion yuan and forming 3 to 4 characteristic industry clusters. We aim to build our city into a nationally influential hub for innovation in AI underlying technologies and a leading area for empowering applications.
2、 Key tasks
（1） Consolidate underlying technology and enhance core capabilities
1. Support the research and development of computing power technology and platform construction. Promote the research and development of secure and reliable underlying technologies. Build a high-performance intelligent chip research and development platform to support the development and iteration of core chips such as central processing units (CPUs) and GPUs. Support the research and development of reconfigurable and memory computing integration, open source instruction set (RISC-V) architecture, edge computing and other chips and high-speed communication network cards. Promote the research and development of AI operating systems, AI databases, industrial software, and other technologies that integrate cloud, edge, and end technologies. Support the research and development of independent flash storage systems, AI servers, on-chip systems, intelligent equipment, and more. Promote the construction of diversified computing power platforms. Support the construction of national supercomputing Internet platform, "supercomputing+intelligent computing+storage" integrated computing platform and intelligent computing platform. Give full play to the efficiency of the city level computing power trading platform in coordinating and scheduling diversified computing power resources, and carry out pilot projects for monitoring and scheduling of the national integrated computing power network. Advanced layout of aerospace computing. (The Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Municipal Data Bureau, and Municipal Development and Reform Commission are responsible for their respective duties.)
2. Strengthen the research and development of core algorithm technologies. Promote cutting-edge basic theoretical research, support basic algorithm research such as natural language processing, machine vision, deep learning, perception algorithms, and large model training architectures, and strengthen the construction of domestic open source communities. Consolidate the advantages of brain computer interaction technology and promote the research and application of brain computer interaction and human-computer integration technology. Promote research on application technology, support the development and application of multimodal models, vertical models, and lightweight models, and encourage the secondary development of open source models. Support the research and development of scenario application technologies such as human-machine collaboration, unmanned driving, vehicle road collaboration, unmanned aerial vehicle swarm intelligence, virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR), blockchain, etc. (The Municipal Science and Technology Bureau and the Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau are responsible for their respective duties.)
3. Build open and shared data resources. Build a batch of high-quality datasets, encourage the development of standards and specifications for data collection, processing, application, quality management, etc., focus on industry applications, launch a batch of high-quality datasets and corpora for open training and standard testing, and promote the construction of AI synthetic datasets. Promote data openness and sharing, upgrade the unified sharing and exchange platform for data resources, provide basic common services such as government data collection, cleaning, storage, and management, and promote the orderly circulation and use of data resources in accordance with the law. Actively developing the data annotation industry, focusing on the demand for data annotation, combining the advantages of the city's manufacturing scene, attracting and nurturing a group of high-quality data annotation enterprises, promoting the research and application of intelligent annotation tools, and building a data annotation gathering area. (The Municipal Data Bureau and the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology are responsible for their respective duties.)
（2） Carry out the "Artificial Intelligence+" action to empower thousands of industries and businesses
1. "Artificial Intelligence+Research" Action. Promote the application of artificial intelligence technology in fields such as new material analysis, synthetic biology, new drug development, knowledge graph construction, and scientific task modeling. Support the development of high-throughput material calculations and material database construction. Support universities, research institutes, and laboratories to develop intelligent research assistance tools and vertical models, and encourage the integration of open source models. Introduce no less than 5 research vertical models to assist research institutions in improving their research and development efficiency. (The Municipal Science and Technology Bureau and the Municipal Education Commission are responsible for their respective roles and responsibilities.)
2. "Artificial Intelligence+Manufacturing" Action. Support the development of industrial vertical models such as simulation, quality analysis, and inspection and testing. Promote the widespread application of artificial intelligence technology in various aspects of the manufacturing industry, such as product research and development, process design, planning and scheduling, production operations, and quality control, and create a number of typical application scenarios of "artificial intelligence+manufacturing". Build a gradient cultivation system for "basic level advanced level excellent level leading level" intelligent factories, cultivate no less than 200 new intelligent factories, and enhance the ability of traditional manufacturing enterprises to apply artificial intelligence technology. (The Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology and the Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology are responsible for their respective duties.)
3. "Artificial Intelligence+Healthcare" Action. Support the development of a cellular intelligence casting underlying technology system driven by artificial intelligence and big data. Support the development of large-scale models in fields such as traditional Chinese medicine and healthcare, and accelerate the deployment and application of large-scale models for auxiliary diagnosis and treatment, infectious disease monitoring and early warning. Support the construction of "artificial intelligence+" application scenarios in fields such as medical services, hospital management, public health services, and the development of traditional Chinese medicine. Strengthen the construction of the National Intelligent Social Governance Experimental Base (Health). (The Municipal Science and Technology Bureau and the Municipal Health Commission are responsible for their respective roles and responsibilities.)
4. "Artificial Intelligence+Health Care" Action. Support the construction of Tianjin's smart elderly care service platform, establish no less than 10 smart elderly care service complexes, and actively carry out pilot work on basic elderly care service comprehensive platforms. Promote the promotion and application of brain computer interaction, embodied intelligence, intelligent wearables and other products in the fields of elderly care and rehabilitation treatment, and enhance the intelligence level and safety of intelligent displacement machines, rehabilitation nursing beds, rehabilitation equipment and other health products. Build intelligent healthcare institutions and communities that integrate medical care and elderly care. (The Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau, Municipal Health Commission, Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, and Municipal Data Bureau are responsible for their respective duties.)
5. "Artificial Intelligence+Education" Action. Promote the integration and development of artificial intelligence technology with education and teaching, build a multimodal teaching resource library, and support the promotion and application of virtual intelligent agent assistants, intelligent training platforms, and digital assistant systems for teachers and students that meet multidisciplinary teaching needs. Accelerate the innovative application of artificial intelligence in the field of vocational education. Encourage the construction of smart campuses and create an ecosystem of artificial intelligence applications on campus. Strengthen general education on artificial intelligence and enhance the artificial intelligence literacy and skills of teachers and students. (The Municipal Education Commission and the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau are responsible for their respective roles and responsibilities.)
6. "Artificial Intelligence+Urban Governance" Action. Explore the establishment of smart platforms in the fields of ecological environment, intelligent planning, urban safety, and rural governance, promote the refinement and intelligence of urban governance, and enhance the level of risk prevention and control. Promote the application of big model technology, digital human technology, and intelligent customer service technology in urban security management, human resources services, home services, and other areas, build a "people-oriented" urban governance system, and enhance the modernization level of urban governance. (The Municipal Public Security Bureau, Municipal Urban Management Commission, Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Commission, Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, and District People's Governments shall be responsible for their respective duties.)
7. "Artificial Intelligence+Transportation" Action. Further open up real environment road testing and promote the construction of intelligent roadside facilities and testing fields. Support the experimental application of intelligent connected vehicles in scenarios such as taxis, unmanned delivery vehicles, and logistics trucks. Promote the integration of cloud and intelligence in urban rail transit. Support the construction of a "smart brain" for ports and the development of smart logistics in ports. Support the construction of a digital intelligent control platform for green ports, and carry out intelligent monitoring and precise pollution control of port atmospheric environment. (The Municipal Transportation Commission, Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, and Tianjin Port Group are responsible for their respective roles and responsibilities.)
8. "Artificial Intelligence+Cultural Tourism" Action. Encourage the development of tourism promotion systems based on large-scale models and expand marketing channels for tourism products. Build smart scenic spots, smart museums, and develop application scenarios such as smart guides, VR/AR immersive guides, and cloud exhibitions. Support the digital protection of cultural relics. Support the development of large-scale model products such as cultural videos and digital humans, promote the modernization of content production and dissemination methods, and advance the intelligent development of online media. (The Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, the Cyberspace Administration of the Municipal Party Committee, and the people's governments of each district are responsible for their respective duties.)
（3） Cultivate high-quality enterprises and platform carriers to promote the development of industrial agglomeration
1. Gradient cultivation of high-quality enterprises. Accelerate the incubation of a group of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises with strong technological attributes and great development potential in the field of artificial intelligence, serve and recognize a group of high-tech enterprises with strong innovation and achievement transformation capabilities and good growth potential, attract and cultivate a group of technology leading enterprises with active innovation, strong competitiveness, and high brand awareness, and recommend a group of enterprises with strong scientific research capabilities and good growth potential to be selected for the "national team". Attract regional headquarters, research and development centers, and innovation centers of well-known domestic and foreign artificial intelligence enterprises to develop in Tianjin. Attract and nurture 3 enterprises with a revenue of over 5 billion yuan and 25 enterprises with a revenue of over 1 billion yuan. (The Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, and Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau are responsible for their respective duties.)
2. Strengthen the construction of platform carriers. Promote the construction of a number of municipal key laboratories and technology innovation centers in the field of artificial intelligence, and strive to establish a national brain computer interface technology innovation center. Plan to lay out public development platforms such as artificial intelligence pilot bases, artificial intelligence training grounds, and software open source communities, and explore the construction of a developer ecosystem. Accelerate the construction of national level application demonstration platforms such as the National New Generation Artificial Intelligence Innovation Development Pilot Zone, National Artificial Intelligence Innovation Application Pilot Zone, and National Level Connected Vehicle Pilot Zone, forming a number of benchmark scenarios for artificial intelligence application demonstration. (The Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Municipal Data Bureau, and Municipal Development and Reform Commission are responsible for their respective duties.)
3. Cultivate new industrial tracks. Focusing on the field of "AI+innovation", we will create a full chain "AI+innovation" product system including chips, operating systems, databases, intelligent terminals, servers, and information security. We will establish standards and specifications for software and hardware collaboration, heterogeneous integration, and cultivate a new ecosystem of applications. Focusing on the field of embodied intelligence, promoting research in key areas such as the brain, cerebellum, ontology, sensors, and dexterous hands of humanoid robots, supporting the integrated development of "robot+big model", and promoting the research and application of underwater robots, industrial robots, and special robots. Focusing on the field of low altitude economy, supporting the research and application of related supporting technologies and products such as helicopters, drones, and electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOL), empowering the development of industries such as smart agriculture, transportation, and cultural tourism. (The Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, and the Municipal Development and Reform Commission are responsible for their respective duties.)
4. Support regional characteristic development. Support the creation of vertical model gathering areas in the core area of Tiankai Higher Education Science and Technology Innovation Park and Heping Park; Support the construction of artificial intelligence technology supply zones in Hexi District, Nankai District, Jinnan District, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone, and Tianjin Binhai High tech Industrial Development Zone; Support the development of computing industry clusters in Binhai New Area, Wuqing District, and Hebei District; Support the construction of intelligent manufacturing industry clusters in Binhai New Area, Xiqing District, and Beichen District; Support the construction of intelligent networked industrial clusters in Dongli District, Xiqing District, Jinnan District, Wuqing District, and Baodi District; Support the demonstration of "smart health and wellness" applications in Hedong District, Hexi District, and Jinghai District; Support the demonstration of "smart city" applications in the China Singapore Tianjin Eco City. (The Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, and relevant district governments shall be responsible for their respective roles and responsibilities.)
（4） Strengthening the supply of factors and optimizing the development environment
1. Strengthen financial security. Actively seek national policy support in the field of artificial intelligence, encourage enterprises to apply for national science and technology major projects and "dual" and "two new" projects, and recognize "first set", "first batch", and "first edition" products. Comprehensively utilize municipal financial policies to support major technological research and development projects, as well as intelligent computing and supercomputing application projects at the municipal level. Encourage districts with conditions to increase their support for artificial intelligence projects. Guide social capital to establish a number of angel investment funds, venture capital funds, and industry investment funds targeting the field of artificial intelligence, and strengthen financial capital support for artificial intelligence enterprises and industries. Encourage financial institutions such as banks and insurance to develop innovative financial products for small and medium-sized enterprises on the basis of legal compliance and controllable risks, and provide financing support for enterprises to promote scene construction. (The Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Data Bureau, the Municipal Finance Bureau, the Municipal Local Finance Administration, the Tianjin Securities Regulatory Bureau, the Tianjin Financial Regulatory Bureau, the Tianjin Branch of the People's Bank of China, and the people's governments of each district shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
2. Strengthen talent attraction and education. Accelerate the construction of artificial intelligence disciplines, support universities to establish artificial intelligence related disciplines and colleges, and promote interdisciplinary talent cultivation. Encourage universities to cooperate with large model enterprises to build a large model industry education integration innovation platform. Support vocational colleges and artificial intelligence enterprises to jointly build training bases and widely carry out training on artificial intelligence application skills. Vigorously introduce high-end talents in the field of artificial intelligence, and support the newly introduced overseas returnees to Tianjin to apply for relevant talent projects. (The Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Municipal Education Commission, Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, and Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau are responsible for their respective duties.)
3. Promote communication and cooperation. Guide enterprises to "go global" and strengthen cooperation with top international artificial intelligence companies and institutions. Strengthen the collaboration between Beijing and Tianjin, and attract technological achievements in the field of artificial intelligence from Beijing to be transformed and applied in Tianjin. Strengthen collaborative innovation with universities, research institutes, and leading enterprises in the field of artificial intelligence, and utilize platforms such as the World Intelligent Industry Expo to attract leading enterprises and innovation and entrepreneurship teams. Plan to establish an artificial intelligence innovation ecosystem alliance to promote the integration of industry, academia, research, and application. Encourage enterprises, industry organizations, etc. to hold events such as "conferences, exhibitions, and competitions" in the field of artificial intelligence. (The Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau, the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, and the Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau are responsible for their respective duties.)
4. Prevent security risks. Support the development and iteration of security technologies such as attack detection, code security, data security, and privacy protection, and encourage the implementation and application of large-scale models in the field of AI security. Promote academic research on artificial intelligence safety ethics standards and strengthen the assessment of safety ethics risks. Supervise and guide large model enterprises to implement relevant national requirements on generative artificial intelligence services, guide all parties to use generative artificial intelligence technology in accordance with laws and regulations, and promote the healthy and safe development of artificial intelligence. (The Municipal Party Committee Cyberspace Administration, Municipal Data Bureau, Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, and Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau are responsible for their respective duties.)
3、 Organize and implement
Establish a coordination mechanism for the innovation and development of artificial intelligence led by the leaders in charge of the municipal government, with the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Education Commission, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, and relevant district people's governments as member units. The Municipal Science and Technology Bureau is responsible for promoting the implementation of specific work, regularly carrying out coordination and scheduling, strengthening the statistical monitoring of core enterprises and key projects, enhancing the monitoring of the development trend of artificial intelligence, and timely adjusting relevant task measures with the concept of "iterative optimization". Encourage industry sectors and enterprises to open up application scenarios. Strengthen the popularization of artificial intelligence, carry out various forms of publicity and training around big models, embodied intelligence, etc., and enhance the overall understanding of artificial intelligence in society. Strengthen integrated media promotion, advocate the development concept of "people-oriented, intelligent for good" in artificial intelligence, and create an atmosphere for innovative development of artificial intelligence.
