On July 2nd, 澎湃News was informed by the official website of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Economics and Information Technology that the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economic and Information Technology organized relevant units to produce a white paper on Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Development (2018) through extensive research and special discussions. (hereinafter referred to as "White Paper") was officially released on June 30th.
For the first time, the White Paper touched on the base of Beijing's artificial intelligence industry. As of May 8, 2018, there were 4,040 artificial intelligence enterprises nationwide and 1,070 artificial intelligence enterprises in Beijing, accounting for 26%; artificial intelligence companies that have taken venture capital in the country. A total of 1237, Beijing has 431 artificial intelligence enterprises with venture capital, accounting for 35%.
From the financing stage, more than half of Beijing's artificial intelligence companies are still in the initial stage, and the proportion of enterprises before the A round is 56.97%, which has the potential for innovation. From the time of establishment, Beijing artificial intelligence enterprises have emerged in 2015-2016. Sexual growth, artificial intelligence rapid growth characteristics are obvious. From a regional perspective, 60.96% of artificial intelligence enterprises are registered in Haidian District. Zhongguancun has become a domestic artificial intelligence innovation highland.
Artificial intelligence giants at home and abroad
At the same time, the "White Paper" not only draws the entire industrial chain diagram of Beijing artificial intelligence, but also maps the industrial chain of sub-fields for five distinctive fields such as smart medical, smart home, smart city, smart retail and driverless.
The "White Paper" summarizes the advantages of Beijing's artificial intelligence industry in terms of policy, talent, innovation, software R&D, and patents, as well as challenges in four aspects: original innovation, high-end chips, and the development of core technologies. , advanced layout and original innovation and other strategies.
The number of artificial intelligence enterprises in Beijing accounts for nearly 30% of the country, and 60% gather in Haidian.
After comprehensive data collection by Qingke, WIND, IT Orange, Blue Ocean Waves and other investment institutions, the White Paper shows that as of May 8, 2018, there are 4040 national artificial intelligence enterprises, Beijing artificial intelligence enterprise 1070. Home, accounting for 26%; the total number of artificial intelligence companies that have taken venture capital in the country is 1,237 (including 31 listed companies), and 431 artificial intelligence enterprises (including 12 listed companies) that have taken venture capital in Beijing, accounting for Than 35%.
Beijing artificial intelligence enterprise establishment time distribution map
In terms of the number of artificial intelligence patents, Beijing's artificial intelligence patents exceeded 25,000; half of the 2016 China Artificial Intelligence TOP100 selected by Internet Weekly came from Beijing Zhongguancun.
According to the proportion of Beijing artificial intelligence enterprise financing stage, among the 1070 artificial intelligence enterprises in Beijing, most of the artificial intelligence enterprises in Beijing are in the A round, accounting for 29.09%, and the Pre-A round enterprises accounted for 6.67%. Compared with 18.48%, seed round enterprises accounted for 2.73%.
Proportion map of Beijing artificial intelligence enterprise financing stage
In summary, the total proportion of enterprises in the financing stage before the A round reached 56.97%, so more than half of Beijing's artificial intelligence enterprises are still in the initial stage, with innovative development potential.
From the perspective of enterprise regional distribution, 60.96% of Beijing artificial intelligence enterprises are gathered in Haidian District, and Haidian District is centered on Zhongguancun.
Beijing artificial intelligence enterprise regional distribution map
It can be seen from the time distribution map of the establishment of Beijing artificial intelligence enterprises that Beijing artificial intelligence innovation enterprises began to increase in 2014, and the explosive growth from 2015 to 2016 has declined in 2017. Therefore, most artificial intelligence enterprises are very young, and the market is competitive. Intense, industry innovation features are significant.
From the perspective of entrepreneurship, the White Paper points out that the top three in China's artificial intelligence entrepreneurship are computer vision, intelligent robots and natural language processing companies. The top three investment financing companies are computer vision, natural language processing and autonomous driving. .
Peking University, Tsinghua University, Chinese Academy of Sciences... More than half of AI backbone research institutions in Beijing
Since 2016, Beijing has issued a number of relevant policy documents and service measures to support the development of the artificial intelligence industry. At the end of 2017, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government issued 10 highs including the “Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Cultivation of Artificial Intelligence Industry”. Guiding opinions on the development of sophisticated industries. The Zhongguancun Management Committee has issued an artificial intelligence industry cultivation action plan (2017-2020). It provides comprehensive protection for the artificial intelligence industry in terms of industrial environment construction, financial support, and talent services.
Beijing Artificial Intelligence Policy
In addition to policy, Beijing's strengths are still with high quality academic and human resources.
According to the "White Paper", Peking University, Tsinghua University, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and more than half of the country's artificial intelligence backbone research units are gathered in Beijing, with State Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Intelligent Technology and Systems. More than 10 national key laboratories such as the State Key Laboratory, Deep Learning Technology and National Engineering Laboratory.
According to data released by the Beijing Human Resources Research Center, by the end of 2015, the total talent resources in Beijing reached 6.51 million, and the density of talents was as high as 54.9%. There were 756 academicians of the 'two houses', accounting for 1/2 of the country. The national 'Thousand Talents Plan' has 1486 candidates, accounting for about a quarter of the country, and the national '10,000 Plan' has 682 candidates, accounting for more than 1/4 of the national total.
In the field of artificial intelligence, the top 10 employers in China's artificial intelligence talents rank among the top ten employers, including Tsinghua University, Peking University, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Zhejiang University.
According to the latest data released by the International Conference and Conference Association (ICCA), Beijing ranked 14th in the world in terms of the number of international conferences received in 2014. It ranks first in China and second in Asia.
China's artificial intelligence strategic planning and policy
In addition to talents, Beijing also attaches great importance to patent reserves and protection. On November 8, 2017, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Artificial Intelligence Industry, Education and Research Innovation Alliance was announced. It was established by the Frontier Science and Education Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Major Science and Technology Task Force, and Science and Technology Promotion and Development Bureau. The home institution, the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other related institutions, and five enterprises have become the first group of governing units of the alliance. These units have large advantages in the number of patent reserves and technologies, and the patents of artificial intelligence of the relevant institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are close. One thousand pieces.
In addition, Beijing has an outstanding advantage in attracting capital and artificial intelligence software innovation.
International Artificial Intelligence Strategic Planning and Policy
Challenges and opportunities coexist
Despite the obvious advantages mentioned above, the White Paper pointed out that there is still a gap in the overall level of the artificial intelligence industry in Beijing, and the future faces challenges.
First, the original innovation ability is still far from the United States. For the new generation of artificial intelligence key technical issues, advanced machine learning, brain-like intelligent computing, quantum intelligent computing and other basic theoretical research, a series of original innovative scientific research results are needed.
Second, the lack of high-end chips, key components, high-precision sensors, etc. may lead to re-hollowing in technology and applications. Need to focus on artificial intelligence chips, sensors, algorithms, technical difficulties in application scenarios, development based on new requirements, new Materials, new processes, chips designed with new principles, smart sensors, etc.
Third, there are insufficient high-level talents and lack of artificial intelligence and high-end talents. Talents are the core of artificial intelligence competition. The number and quality of artificial intelligence top talents are not as good as those of the United States. The artificial intelligence basic education started late, and the number of artificial intelligence talents with more than 10 years of experience. Less, so it is necessary to introduce a large number of artificial intelligence high-end talents.
Fourth, the large-scale development of artificial intelligence industry faces cost disadvantages and regional competition. For example, Beijing's artificial intelligence talents' hukou, residence, and high education costs are hindering the retention of artificial intelligence professionals; other parts of the country also attach great importance to the development of artificial intelligence industry. In the technology, resources, talents and other aspects of the formation of competition in Beijing.
In response to these challenges, the White Paper puts forward a key strategy for Beijing's future development.
The first is to vigorously develop core technologies. The advanced layout forms a major breakthrough in original innovation. For example, focusing on quantum information and quantum computing, brain-like intelligent computing, deep machine learning and other cross-domain basic theoretical research. Promoting artificial intelligence and neuroscience, cognitive science Interdisciplinary integration of quantum science, psychology, mathematics, economics, and sociology.
The second is to support the emerging industries of artificial intelligence and form the advantages of high-end industrial clusters. Focus on the core areas of Haidian Zhongguancun, Future Science City, Huairou Science City and other key areas, gather artificial intelligence demonstration enterprises and projects at the international level, and build artificial intelligence industrial parks. Form an artificial intelligence industry cluster with international influence; cultivate and support key enterprises in key areas of the industrial chain, and expand the industrial boundary of artificial intelligence base layer, technology layer and application layer.
The third is to build a multi-level training system to attract cutting-edge talents of artificial intelligence. The high-end talent team building is the core goal of developing artificial intelligence. Improve the discipline layout in the field of artificial intelligence, set up artificial intelligence major, and promote the construction of artificial intelligence first-level discipline. Strengthen international education Cooperation, training high-end artificial intelligence talents with international vision.
The fourth promotes the widespread application of artificial intelligence, building intelligent societies and smart cities. Supporting the wide application of artificial intelligence technologies that match the functions of the capital, promoting development through applications, driving the industry with the market, building smart societies and smart cities. Accelerating the promotion of artificial intelligence and each Industry's fusion innovation. Support artificial intelligence to empower traditional industries.
Appendix: List of artificial intelligence enterprises in some key areas of Beijing
