Global Release | 'White Paper on the Global Brain-Computer Interface Industry Development (2026)' (Chinese and English Version) - Access Method Included

Brain-computer interfaces are becoming an important direction of global technological competition and future industry layout. From neural signal acquisition, encoding and decoding, neural regulation to brain-controlled devices, from clinical treatment and functional reconstruction to daily life and industrial applications, brain-computer interfaces are accelerating the breakthrough of technical, application, and industrial boundaries. Artificial intelligence, neuroscience, chips, electrodes, advanced materials, precision manufacturing, and clinical medicine are constantly intersecting, promoting brain-computer interfaces from the laboratory to the real world, from frontier exploration to productization, and from single-point innovation to full-industry-chain collaboration.

While the industry is developing rapidly, more authoritative industry research, clearer industry judgments, and more efficient resource connections are needed. How do technology routes evolve? How is clinical value verified? How is the industrial chain built? How does capital identify long-term value? How can Chinese enterprises establish global competitiveness?

On August 5, 2026, during the 20th Frost & Sullivan Global Growth, Innovation and Leadership Summit and the 5th New Investment Conference, Frost & Sullivan and Brain-Computer New Voice officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement and announced the joint establishment of"Global Brain-Computer Interface Industry Research Center".The Research Center is based in China, serves the global market, and focuses on the evolution of brain-computer interface technology, clinical applications, regulatory policies, industrial chain construction, capital trends, and global competition landscape. It aims to establish an industry research platform and resource coordination hub with international perspectives and professional depth, and continues to invest in four capabilities: global industry research, industry decision-making support, innovation resource coordination, and international value dissemination.

The White Paper released this time is the first research achievement published by the Research Center after its establishment. The judgments of the Research Center need a research output that can be cited page by page; the White Paper takes the global industry panorama as its object and fully presents the basic judgments of the Research Center on technology routes, industrial chain division of labor, and commercialization pace. The global release in Chinese and English versions allows this research framework to be systematically reviewed by international peers for the first time—it is both the first output of the Research Center and a public presentation of its methodology.

Photo of the Unveiling Ceremony at the Conference

From left to right: Mr. Xie Baozeng, CEO of Brain-Computer New Voice; Mr. Yang Xiaoceng, Senior Partner and Managing Director of Frost & Sullivan China.

The Chinese version of the 'Global Brain-Computer Interface Industry White Paper (2026)' was released to the public in August 2026; The English version, 'Global Brain-Computer Interface Industry Development White Paper (2026)', was officially released on Frost & Sullivan's global website simultaneously, and disseminated through multiple channels worldwide, presenting to international readers the current development status, application practices, and industry trends of brain-computer interfaces in both global and Chinese contexts.

This dissemination was carried out with more than 10 international core media as leading partners, establishing a communication matrix including global top news agencies such as the Associated Press, as well as North American first-tier financial media such as Yahoo Finance, Times News Service, and Business Internal News. Additionally, the dissemination network extended to countries and regions such as Germany, France, the UK, Italy, South Korea, Japan, and the UAE, integrating authoritative industry media, financial portals, and mainstream news agencies from various places. The total number of cooperative media exceeded 500, with over 1200 news releases globally.

With Frost & Sullivan's professional industry analysis and global communication network, the release in Chinese and English versions will further enhance the international dissemination power of China's brain-computer interface research achievements, help Chinese brain-computer interface enterprises establish an international brand image, efficiently promote international strategic layout, facilitate exchanges and cooperation between global and Chinese brain-computer interface industries, and create favorable conditions for Chinese brain-computer interface enterprises to deeply integrate into the global innovation ecosystem.

This White Paper conducts systematic in-depth research globally, aiming to objectively present the global brain-computer interface industry panorama, clarify the evolution of technology, the division of the industrial chain, and commercialization development opportunities. It provides detailed references and decision-making insights for government management departments, scientific research institutions, industrial enterprises, equity investment institutions, clinical medical institutions, and all sectors of society, helping to jointly build an open and win-win brain-computer interface industry innovation ecosystem globally, promoting the safe, compliant, and orderly implementation of brain-computer interface technology, and the long-term goal is to establish a global collaborative innovation network, accelerate the creation of a global original innovation source, an international clinical transformation hub, and a high-end core equipment manufacturing base, forming a world-class brain-computer intelligent industry cluster with lasting competitiveness and wide influence.

In terms of structure, the White Paper covers sections such as the definition and principles of brain-computer interfaces, core technology systems, medical applications, applications in daily life and industry, global regulatory pathways, industry development trends, and representative enterprise cases. Based on the above research objectives, the White Paper establishes a complete research analysis framework. The specific table of contents is as follows:

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is a highly interdisciplinary system integration technology. Its core lies in building a two-way closed-loop communication architecture of "Brain-in-the-Loop". This system architecture covers the complete process of signal acquisition, processing, and decoding. By measuring and converting the output signals of the nervous system in real time, it aims to replace, restore, enhance, or improve human natural physiological functions, thereby reshaping the interaction paradigm of the brain with the external physical world and internal cognitive environment. From the perspective of communication system theory, the underlying logic of brain-computer interfaces is highly isomorphic with traditional communication systems, and their core mechanisms rely on signal encoding and decoding. In the operation logic of the brain-computer interface system, the user's brain intent and subjective wishes are the core information sources, and information is encoded through brain neural activities, transforming into characteristic brain signals with stability and distinctiveness.

Currently, brain-computer interface technology has been applied and explored in four fields: medicine, daily life, military, and industry. In the medical field, brain-computer interfaces have accumulated rich technical research achievements in diseases such as Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, pain management, spinal cord injury, blindness, language/speech disorders, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and hearing loss; in daily life scenarios, the technology continues to explore for users' needs in education and training, game entertainment, sleep monitoring, smart homes, etc., gradually expanding the development space of consumer applications; in the military field, it focuses on in-depth development in areas such as soldier physical and mental monitoring, sensory expansion, and cognitive enhancement; in industrial scenarios, it focuses on the safety of frontline workers, covering multiple application scenarios such as personnel status warning, high-risk risk identification, and意念 control devices. As the technology continues to iterate and mature, the future application boundaries of brain-computer interfaces will further expand.