2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference
The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC 2026) opened today. Hosted jointly by ten ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the conference involves 12 national ministries and commissions, 8 national-level laboratories, and over ten international organizations. It focuses on global AI regulations, security governance, and cross-border collaboration issues. This is the highest-level international AI governance dialogue platform in China. With the theme “Smart Partners, Co-creating the Future,” the conference will be held simultaneously in Shanghai Pudong Expo, Zhangjiang, and Xujiahui West Coast from July 17 to 20. Over 1,400 important guests from China and abroad will attend, including Nobel and Turing Award winners, CEOs of top global technology companies, international governance experts, and leading scholars from industry, academia, and research. More than 140 parallel forums will be organized, with core topics including world models, general intelligence agents, AI4S scientific intelligence, global AI governance, computing power infrastructure, and embodied intelligence. WAIC 2026 has successfully held its eighth edition since 2018 and has become an important platform for showcasing cutting-edge AI technologies in China and globally, as well as for deepening international cooperation. It is one of the most influential top-level events in the field of AI.
Frost & Sullivan executives were invited to participate in several important forums, such as the RISC-V and AI Integration Development Forum and the Think Tank Meeting on AI-Driven Industrial Transformation, engaging deeply in discussions on cutting-edge AI topics.
As a strategic technology that leads a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, AI is profoundly changing human production and lifestyle.
This conference combines industrial exhibitions, top academic research, and global governance dialogues, serving as a key platform for implementing President Xi Jinping’s important remarks on AI: internally, it promotes the transformation and upgrading of domestic intelligent technologies; externally, it provides a global dialogue window to share inclusive and equitable AI governance insights from China.
Dr. Wang Xin
Vice President Global, Asia-Pacific Co-Chair, Chairman of Frost & Sullivan China
As a leading global investment, financing, and business growth consulting firm, Frost & Sullivan is committed to providing professional consulting services for high-growth, strategic, and pioneering industries. Over the past 30 years, through professional industry analysis, market insights, and investment and financing consulting capabilities, Frost & Sullivan has helped nearly 3,000 companies go public on the global capital market, including many outstanding enterprises in advanced manufacturing, computing power, AI, semiconductors, and innovative drugs.
Currently, Shanghai has emerged as a global innovation hub for the AI industry due to its open and inclusive industrial ecosystem and continuous innovation momentum. It has nurtured a group of leading AI innovation companies with core technical barriers and strong growth potential. We are pleased to see that Shanghai, as a global AI hub, is fostering a world-leading AI enterprise cluster with an open ecosystem and innovative vitality. Frost & Sullivan looks forward to working with pioneers in this region—through deep industry insights, global resource connections, and digital strategy empowerment—to help companies achieve a transition from technical breakthroughs to commercial success.
As a leading growth consulting company in the global capital market, Frost & Sullivan remains rooted in Shanghai’s innovation environment and works alongside high-quality AI companies in China. Leveraging extensive industry research, global industrial resources, and mature capital market service experience, Frost & Sullivan accurately identifies trends in cutting-edge areas such as AI, smart computing economy, embodied intelligence, and large models. It provides comprehensive support to AI innovation companies, including technical value assessment, business prospecting, industry resource matching, and capitalization path planning, helping companies complete the entire growth journey from innovation breakthroughs to industrial iteration and capital appreciation.
In the field of capital market services, Frost & Sullivan continues to maintain a leading position in the industry.During the first half of 2026, Frost & Sullivan provided exclusive industry consulting services to 58 companies undergoing IPO in the Hong Kong stock market. By number of projects, its market share reached 69%, maintaining its top position in the industry. According to LiveReport’s big data statistics, there were 24 A+H stocks in the first half of 2026, and Frost & Sullivan served 20 of them, with a market share of 83%. The total fundraising amount in this segment was approximately HK$1,217 billion, accounting for 57.9% of the total market fundraising amount. This indicates that Frost & Sullivan had an absolute advantage in the largest and most stringent leading return-to-HK track.Among the 18 Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed companies related to AI in the first half of the year, Frost & Sullivan provided exclusive IPO industry consulting services to 13 companies, with a service market share of 72% in the AI sector.
At the same time, Frost & Sullivan continues to embrace the AI industry transformation, actively integrating cutting-edge AI technologies into think tank research, industry analysis, and consulting services, and comprehensively upgrading its digital and intelligent professional service capabilities. With “trust in knowledge” and “trust in delivery” as its dual pillars, Frost & Sullivan has established a complete AI-native cognitive system. It integrates AI technologies in a more open manner, continuously focuses on niche innovation sectors, and seizes new opportunities in global industrial transformation.Frost & Sullivan has rich research achievements in the AI field, including the consecutive publication of the “Hong Kong AI Industry Development White Paper” and the “AI Empowering All Industries White Paper,” which continuously cover key areas such as AI infrastructure, large models, edge AI, embodied intelligence, AI healthcare, AI agents, AI solutions, and physical AI. Early research findings align with current industry and capital market concerns.
Looking toward the future of the booming AI industry, Frost & Sullivan will continue to leverage its core advantages in investment and financing strategic consulting, connect global capital and industrial resources, focus on innovation empowerment, capital empowerment, and ecosystem empowerment. Together with leading AI industry leaders, we will explore a new blue ocean in the smart computing economy and build a new future for high-quality development of the AI industry!
