On April 7, Party Secretary Zhou Binvisited Sheyang County to inspect spring agricultural production. He stressed the need to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on work concerning agriculture, rural areas, and farmers, earnestly follow the relevant deployments of the central and provincial Party committees, seize the farming season to ensure solid spring plowing and management, vigorously advance science and technology to strengthen agriculture, and develop new quality productive forces in agriculture in line with local conditions to consolidate the foundation for accelerating the construction of a high-level agricultural powerhouse.
During the inspection, Zhou Bin emphasized that food security is a “top priority of the nation”. All local authorities and relevant departments must raise their political standing, firmly shoulder the political responsibility of ensuring food security, steadily advance the construction of high-standard farmland, strengthen the supply of agricultural materials, technical guidance, and disaster prevention and mitigation, and ensure stable and orderly grain production. It is necessary to accelerate the deep integration of technology and agriculture, coordinate the development of technological agriculture, green agriculture, quality agriculture, and brand agriculture, improve mechanisms that link and benefit farmers, build beautiful and harmonious villages suitable for living and working, and strive to ensure a good start and solid progress in “agriculture, rural areas, and farmers” work during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
On April 7, Mayor Yan Hanping conducted a special inspection into artificial intelligence (AI) application scenarios. He emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches on artificial intelligence and Jiangsu’s work, fully implement the decisions and deployments of the central, provincial, and municipal governments, base efforts on Yancheng’s realities, adhere to innovation leadership, strengthen factor support, promote the development of the AI industry and scenario applications, accelerate the creation of new forms of smart economy, and strive to lead in developing new quality productive forces.
AI is a key driving force behind the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. Yan Hanping first visited Nongxin Smart Technology Co., Ltd., where he learned in detail how digital intelligence technology better serves agricultural development. He encouraged the company to further strengthen model training around key links such as production, processing, distribution, and services, and develop more replicable and scalable AI-enabled typical application scenarios to better promote cost reduction and efficiency enhancement in agriculture. At Yunzhou (Yancheng) Innovation Technology Co., Ltd., Yan Hanping listened carefully to introductions from the project team and expressed hope that the company would continue to deepen its presence in niche sectors, precisely align with market demand, and achieve greater development in more fields such as water rescue, ecological protection, and offshore wind power operation and maintenance. Yancheng Big Data Group has been exploring the low-altitude economy industry; Yan Hanping urged the group to leverage its data and computing power advantages, further accelerate the construction of a low-altitude smart brain, continuously enrich and expand application scenarios, and promote high-quality development of the low-altitude economy. Yancheng Daily Press Group has actively deployed diversified intelligent scenario applications, realizing the transformation from a traditional media outlet to a “l(fā)ocal service platform integrating digital intelligence communication and scenario applications”. Computing power is critical infrastructure supporting AI development; SenseTime AI Computing Center is committed to building a high-performance green computing power center. Yan Hanping expressed hope that the company would fully leverage its high-performance computing power empowerment, improve computing power supply and service quality, and better support the high-quality development of the AI industry.
During the investigation, Yan Hanping stressed the need to firmly seize the opportunities of AI development, thoroughly implement the “AI +” Yancheng Initiative, steadily advance the construction of computing power infrastructure, and accelerate the formation and growth of AI industrial clusters. It is necessary to strengthen breakthroughs in key core technologies, fully align with the construction of the Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) International Science and Technology Innovation Center, use AI technology to facilitate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and open up new tracks for strategic emerging industries and future industries. Efforts should be intensified to build and open up more application scenarios, introduce and cultivate high-quality talent teams, strengthen coordinated policy support, and foster a sound ecosystem for high-quality AI development.