At this critical juncture marked by the accelerating convergence of a new wave of technological revolution and industrial transformation, generative artificial intelligence is evolving from cognitive intelligence toward autonomous intelligence, while AI as a whole is transitioning from a tool-based technology to a foundational productivity infrastructure. As generative AI achieves large-scale deployment across industries, its impact is no longer confined to localized efficiency gains, but is extending to the systematic reshaping of organizational structures, business processes, and value-creation models. Within this transformation, AI Agents are rapidly emerging as a pivotal technological paradigm—serving as the core nexus that connects model capabilities, data assets, and business systems. By enabling enterprises to move beyond digital optimization toward intelligent reconstruction, AI Agents are turning the vision of “AI empowerment across industries” into reality and ushering in a new phase of industry-wide intelligent transformation.
Against this backdrop, Frost & Sullivan, in collaboration with LeadLeo Research Institute, officially releases the 2026 AI Empowerment Across Industries Annual Ranking Report, which focuses on leading enterprises and representative products in China’s AI Agent landscape. The report covers key verticals including enterprise services, financial services, the broader internet sector, e-commerce and retail, industrial manufacturing, healthcare, innovation-driven industries, and social-impact sectors. In addition, the report features the “AI Heroes List,” designed to identify benchmark enterprises, products, and individuals through a rigorous, objective, and multi-dimensional evaluation framework. By recognizing outstanding contributions in technological innovation, industrial application, business-model exploration, and ecosystem development, the initiative highlights the critical role of individual leadership in the industrialization of AI, while inspiring practitioners across the ecosystem to continue innovating and co-creating a more vibrant AI future.
