Guangxi is positioning itself as a regional hub for AI growth to deepen China-ASEAN cooperation, leveraging its strategic location and evolving from a traditional agriculture/manufacturing image toward high-tech leadership.

The Guangxi center is pursuing joint AI talent development with ASEAN universities in Laos and Thailand and aims to promote sound AI governance, focusing on data security, privacy, and ethical use of large models.

Industry leaders note the event signals real-world applicability and a path for regional integration and career opportunities as Guangxi accelerates its AI agenda.

A roadshow featured twenty teams showcasing a broad mix of innovations, underscoring a vibrant, diverse AI startup ecosystem.

Highlights included iFLYTEK’s Spark ASEAN Multilingual Model and multilingual translation technologies that facilitate cross-border交流, enabling smoother cross-border communication.

The competition theme—Innovation Drives the Future: Empowering the New Era of Automotive Development with AI—translated cutting-edge AI into practical automotive applications.

Smart agriculture applications allow farmers to diagnose pests and diseases from photos of mango trees, with AI-generated, tailored guidance and solutions.

A standout smart agriculture mini program provides AI-based pest and disease diagnoses from mango-tree photos, delivering tailored recommendations for farmers.

Industry leaders highlighted the event’s value for real-world applications, regional integration, and career opportunities for students, reinforcing Guangxi’s role as a practical AI hub.

Beyond tech demos, the expo showcased cooperation on multilingual corpora, vocational training platforms, and AR-based science classrooms, with agreements between Chinese and ASEAN institutions.

Exhibitors presented translation platforms, smart classrooms, and healthcare AI assistants in zones, paired with agreements to build multilingual corpora and AR-based science classrooms at the publishing center.

The AI+Automotive Innovation Competition finals in Nanning on a September date drew teams from China and Southeast Asia, with several advancing to a roadshow.