ZTE President Xu Ziyang: Strong Foundation and Wisdom, Jointly Building Digital Intelligence Tropical Rainforest

Promoting reality through numbers, and symbiosis between numbers and reality. Following the successful hosting of the 10th Global Partner Conference by China Mobile, the 2023 China Mobile Global Partner Conference with the theme of "Starting a New Journey, Wisely Enjoying the Future" was held from October 11th to 13th at the Poly World Trade Expo in Guangzhou

Promoting reality through numbers, and symbiosis between numbers and reality. Following the successful hosting of the 10th Global Partner Conference by China Mobile, the 2023 China Mobile Global Partner Conference with the theme of "Starting a New Journey, Wisely Enjoying the Future" was held from October 11th to 13th at the Poly World Trade Expo in Guangzhou. In the current era of comprehensive and in-depth integration of the digital economy into people's production and life, the China Mobile Global Partner Conference has built an exchange platform for domestic and foreign partners for 11 consecutive years, witnessing the vigorous development of China's information and communication industry and continuously helping to accelerate the pace of digital China's construction. On October 12th, ZTE President Xu Ziyang was invited to attend the main forum and deliver a keynote speech on "Building a Strong Foundation and Wisdom, Jointly Building a Digital Intelligent Tropical Rainforest".

At present, new infrastructure with digital intelligence technology as the core has become a key driving force for promoting social development, and through continuous innovation breakthroughs and application expansion, it drives the improvement of industrial efficiency and boundary expansion quality, injecting strong vitality into high-quality economic development. Xu Ziyang said that since the commercial landing of 5G for more than four years, the transformation of digital intelligence has also entered a stage of connecting the past and the future. ZTE advocates sticking to three key factors: continuously strengthening the digital base, and forming a virtuous cycle of supply and demand sides with "technological breakthroughs and application traction"; Faced with the surging wave of big models and generative AI, combined with our own resource endowment and industry complementarity, we are pragmatic and precise in increasing efficiency; The consistent proposition of ZTE is to jointly build a digital tropical rainforest ecosystem.

Strong foundation: Innovation drives application traction, forming a virtuous cycle between supply and demand sides

Looking back on the past year, ZTE and China Mobile have continued to deepen their efforts in the three major areas of "connectivity+computing power+capabilities", achieving remarkable results in innovative key technology breakthroughs, product development, and commercial practices. And these three core areas, especially connectivity and computing power, can see a series of innovations from general scenarios to specialized scenarios.

Introduction by Xu Ziyang,In the field of connectivity,Ningbo Guiyang PM-QPSK400G ultra long distance verification is promoting high-speed interconnection between East Digital and West Computing; The application verification of intelligent metasurface RIS in the cycling venues of the Asian Games has become a major highlight of Hangzhou's communication network guarantee; FTTR provides more options for gigabit deep coverage in ToH and ToB scenarios; In Ningbo, the sub band full duplex technology has been verified for the first time in the production workshop of Yitanuo Pneumatic Industry Co., Ltd. The single user uplink throughput can be increased to 672Mbps, while the end-to-end delay of the air port can be reduced to 5.3ms, meeting the application requirements of large bandwidth and low latency; In Shenzhen, actively carry out 5G communication, calculation and control integrated field experiments to enable low altitude economy; In addition, RedCap lightweight 5G IoT terminal field enhancement function testing and 5GNR-NTN low orbit satellite laboratory verification have also been launched.

In the field of computing power,Join hands to promote efficient computing power and computing power networks. On the basis of general computing, we will launch end-to-end intelligent computing solutions and jointly practice the "Smart Yu" anti fraud big model application in Shanghai; Exploring cross base station computing power sharing and cross domain orchestration at Zhejiang Mobile and Hebei Mobile, constructing distributed base station computing power pools in Zhejiang, and implementing RAN+CN cross domain joint orchestration in Hebei, opening up a new path for computing power network simplification and low latency; Taking the lead in using self-developed hardware acceleration functions in the network cloud of China Mobile in Hebei and Zhejiang, piloting NEO cloud cards to enable bare metal to have cloud like characteristics such as migration and regeneration, making the cloud more efficient, secure, and real-time; In Guangdong, in collaboration with GAC Group and ZTE Intelligent Automobile, we have completed the industry's first phased field technology verification of 5G communication, sensing, and computing integrated vehicle networking architecture. We have successfully achieved full Uu port vehicle road collaboration, with an end-to-end delay of less than 70ms, providing a new path for low-cost and efficient solutions to traffic safety pain points; In Mingluo, Guangzhou, the industrial on-site computer network integrated machine is deeply integrated with the production line. In addition to providing deterministic communication such as low latency and high reliability, it also deploys environments and computing power for industrial IoT intelligent manufacturing service platforms (MISP) and virtual debugging (VC), reducing industrial control computers by 60% and costs by 50%.

In terms of ability,Zizhi Network, in collaboration with China Mobile, has completed 6 standards including intelligent level grading technical requirements, 324 L3 capability releases, achieved OpenAPI openness, 30+OMC pioneering capabilities, and fully opened to the north; Collaborate with Hebei, Jiangsu, and Guangdong Mobile to verify the commercial trial capability of 5G new calls, laying a solid foundation for large-scale commercial use; In Guangdong, the one-stop cloud service of "network+cloud computer+cloud application" drives the comprehensive implementation of existing cloud resources, enterprise dedicated lines, cloud SaaS applications, etc; In Shandong, we aim to create a video computing network "one network" that comprehensively serves the development of the CHBN market; United Mobile has conducted research and development in multiple key technology fields such as digital twin and metaverse, jointly completing the research and laboratory verification of AI capabilities for multi-service twin, wireless channel twin, and intelligent optimization decision-making. This has laid the technical foundation for the joint construction and deployment of China Mobile's "Smart Network National New Generation Artificial Intelligence Open Innovation Platform" and ZTE's "Digital Twin Platform", leading the development of network intelligence.

Xu Ziyang believes that technological innovation and breakthroughs will drive application upgrading, and the implementation and development of applications will also drive and feed back technological iteration, and build a virtuous commercial loop. In his speech, he introduced ZTE's latest application practices in the challenging industrial field and emphasized that industrial digitization is further moving from "cost reduction and efficiency improvement" to "safety", "quality improvement" and "agile innovation", and the new industrialization is deepening towards reality.

In terms of safety production,In Luxi Chemical, ZTE builds a 5G dual domain dual network based on computing power base stations, with core data not present. Through applications such as unmanned forklifts, machine vision, and personnel positioning, the company's losses are reduced by 4.5 million yuan per year; In the Haize Coal Mine of middling coal Group, the world's first coal 700M+2.6G 5G integrated private network was launched, and the intrinsically safe base station was zero spark, reducing the construction cost by 40%; Based on the 5G+TSN Promisable Deterministic Network, the first cloud based PLC is implemented in Ansteel, achieving 24-hour unmanned operation of molten iron transportation.

In terms of improving quality and efficiency,ZTE's intelligent warehousing logistics based on AGV has helped improve the turnover efficiency of Lingke Automobile by 100% and reduce labor costs by 66%; In Yunnan Shenhuo Aluminum Industry, the digital nebula solution helps with intelligent upgrades and is expected to save 90 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually; By providing machine vision capabilities through AI algorithms, the product defect rate of Benxi Tools Smart Factory has been reduced by more than 10%.

In terms of agile innovation,At the peak of popularity, ZTE has introduced 5G, cloud VR, and high-density computing engines to create a metaverse park, with an expected investment return rate of 50% higher than traditional methods; At Shandong Mobile, digital nebula is used to assist in the expansion of projects in the Shandong Mobile industry, completing over 100 algorithm deployments, creating 15 standard products, and supporting over 100 projects.

Wisdom: Pragmatic approach, precise efficiency enhancement, promoting the transformation from "digital twins" to "digital intelligence twins"

The rapid development of artificial intelligence, especially large models and generative AI, is driving the reshaping of overall social productivity and the transformation of efficiency. It also puts forward more efficient and engineering optimization requirements for the entire stack (including intelligent computing infrastructure, enabling engines, models, and application innovation). Faced with the current surging technological wave and complex and ever-changing external environment, ZTE advocates "pragmatic approach, precise efficiency enhancement", focusing on core demands such as "efficient and low-carbon computing power or services", "reusable algorithms or models", "convenient economic construction and deployment of domain models", and "assetization and trading of data", promoting the transformation of "digital twins" to "digital intelligence twins".

In terms of intelligent computing infrastructure, ZTE focuses on high computing efficiency, high energy efficiency, high timeliness, and high security, and can provide end-to-end and diversified intelligent computing solutions, including large-scale clusters of Wanka and integrated training and promotion machinesTo meet the needs of different scenarios, ZTE adheres to an open mindset and is committed to combining the underlying optimization of software and hardware with open AI frameworks and technology stacks, working together with customers to create a cost-effective, diversified, and hardware decoupled ecosystem, promoting the development and prosperity of the industry.

For large models and applications, ZTE adheres to the unity of knowledge and action, rapid iteration, and adopts a "1+N+X" strategy, from "universal" to "specialized",We independently develop the '1' series of universal large models, and on this basis, pre train 'N' domain models through domain knowledge increment, including the R&D code model, communication model, government model, park model, etc., and then derive 'X' applications, "said Xu Ziyang,Develop large models,Assist company developers in improving coding efficiency by 30%;In the field of communication,The heavy insurance assistant can generate a guarantee plan for key events with one click, and the expected manpower will be reduced by 30%; We are carrying out joint innovation with Shanghai Mobile to build a "Smart Yu" SMS anti fraud governance system, improving the accuracy of fraudulent SMS prediction to 99%; base onGovernment Affairs Big ModelReduce municipal investment by 15% through the application of urban lifelines; Combining water conservancy big data and expert knowledge base, the water conservancy big model is applied to safety monitoring and plan generation in extreme weather flood control and disaster reduction scenarios, improving command and decision-making efficiency by 60%;A large model of the park,By making intelligent decisions on energy consumption, transportation, and safety in the park, the overall operational efficiency of the park has been improved by 35%.

Ecology: Complementary, Altruistic, Open Cooperation, and Co construction of Digital Intelligence Tropical Rainforest

When it comes to jointly building an industrial ecosystem, Xu Ziyang emphasized that ZTE always adheres to the concept of "building a digital economy, doing the most difficult things the best, and jointly building a rainforest ecosystem", which coincides with the development concept of "a source of technological innovation, a leading place for industrial maturity, and a new highland for ecological prosperity" advocated by China Mobile. In the future, ZTE will always strictly adhere to its boundaries, fully support the mission and responsibility of the chain leader of China Mobile's industrial chain, actively assist the chain leader in strengthening the national team, improve the independent innovation puzzle of the industrial chain, and strengthen the internal and external dual circulation to continuously lead innovative development.

Each generation has its own mission, "Xu Ziyang said. ZTE will adhere to diversity and complementarity, openness and altruism, and firmly believes that the digital world will eventually grow into a thriving tropical rainforest, and will also become the core of building strong resilience and sustainable development in industries and even society.

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