At 31 degrees 14 minutes north latitude and 121 degrees 29 minutes east longitude, this point on the geographic coordinate system was once a small fishing village on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. After thousands of years of unremitting development, it has become China's largest economic center and emerging global city. —Shanghai. As an international economic, financial, trade and shipping center, Shanghai is also developing towards a globally influential science and technology innovation center.
At the beginning of 2018, the Shanghai Municipal Government issued the “Shanghai Urban Master Plan (2017-2035) Report”. The 2035 plan emphasizes: Full consideration of the profound impact of the new generation of information technology represented by the Internet on urban life, production and governance. Impact, actively respond to space and functional layout. Shanghai actively implements the 'innovation transformation' strategy, promotes the gathering of international innovative talents and innovative resources, and continuously enhances independent innovation and development capabilities.
In the new technology system, artificial intelligence has become the core driving force of a new round of industrial transformation, and the development of artificial intelligence technology in China has gained global attention. The 2018 World Artificial Intelligence Conference was held in Shanghai from September 17 to 19, 2018. As a strategic partner of the conference, Microsoft and Shanghai have long-term cooperation and cooperation. At this conference, Microsoft also signed a strategic cooperation memorandum with Shanghai Xuhui District People's Government and Shanghai Yidian (Group) Co., Ltd. The Xuhui West Coast Artificial Intelligence Building settled in Microsoft Research Asia (Shanghai) and Microsoft-Electric Intelligent Innovation Institute.
Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong Meets with Microsoft Global Executive Vice President Shen Xiangyang
Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong met with some of the world's leading executives and entrepreneurs at the 2018 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, such as Shen Xiangyang, the global executive vice president of Microsoft. “As a mega city with more than 24 million permanent residents, Shanghai has the development of artificial intelligence. The good basic conditions and environment also provide a rich application scenario for the industry. We are willing to uphold the concept of openness, cooperation and win-win, and promote the extensive cooperation and exchange between the global artificial intelligence academia, science and technology industry and industry. Sincerely welcome all over the world. The artificial intelligence experts and scholars will share wisdom and exchange experience in Shanghai. All kinds of innovative enterprises are welcome to put more functional institutions and innovative formats in Shanghai to jointly create the industrial ecology of artificial intelligence and promote the development of artificial intelligence industry. Shanghai will be all kinds of Enterprises create a better business environment and market environment. '
Dr. Shen Xiangyang, Microsoft's global executive vice president and head of Microsoft's artificial intelligence and Microsoft research division, said: 'The digital transformation led by innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence is setting off a new round of industrial revolution around the world, and China has become the world's most Innovative and dynamic market. Faced with the development opportunities brought about by digital transformation, Shanghai has developed its own advantages, and has developed a clear plan for artificial intelligence development. It has created an ideal development environment and policy support for technological innovation and talent cultivation. A number of compelling artificial intelligence innovation enablers. Microsoft is committed to creating innovative platforms and technology tools for the majority of users and partners by creating an artificial intelligence ecosystem, and contributing to global and China's innovation and development. (Shanghai) and Microsoft-Electric Intelligence Artificial Innovation Institute settled in Shanghai as an opportunity. We hope to gather more talents in the world, accelerate smart innovation, promote cooperation and development, and create AI future.
On September 17, 2018, Microsoft signed a strategic cooperation memorandum with Shanghai Xuhui District People's Government and Shanghai Yidian (Group) Co., Ltd., announcing that Microsoft Research Asia (Shanghai) and Microsoft-Electric Intelligent Innovation Institute officially settled in Shanghai. .
(Intermediate: Fanghui District Mayor Fang Shizhong; Right 1: ICBC Group President Cai Xiaoqing; Left 1: Microsoft Global Senior Vice President, Microsoft Asia Pacific R&D Group Chairman and Microsoft Asia Research Institute President Dr. Hong Xiaowen)
Rooted in Shanghai, settled in core innovation business
Shanghai is an important base for Microsoft's development in China. For a long time, Microsoft has actively participated in Shanghai's economic development, information construction, free trade zone construction and science and technology center construction, and will be the core innovation of public cloud projects, home entertainment game machine projects, research and development centers, etc. Business settled in Shanghai.
Public cloud is Microsoft's key business in global innovation. At the end of 2012, Microsoft and Century Internet Broadband Data Center formally reached a partnership, based in Shanghai Pudong, and together with Microsoft's industry-leading enterprise cloud services - Microsoft Smart Cloud Azure and Office 365 cloud services were extended to China, and the two subsequently landed in China in 2013, and then officially commercialized, fully promoting Chinese companies, partners and developers to make full use of Microsoft Smart Cloud to win digital transformation opportunities. This year, Azure Stack hybrid cloud The solution was officially commercialized in April. Shanghai Yidian's Yunsai Zhilian became the first industry partner to try Azure Stack in China. Shanghai Yunjiao became the first customer to deploy Azure Stack.
The home entertainment game platform is an important component of Microsoft's consumer-oriented innovation business. In September 2013, Shanghai Baijiahe Information Technology Development Co., Ltd., jointly established by BesTV New Media Co., Ltd. and Microsoft Corporation, began to expand based on Microsoft Xbox One. A new generation of home entertainment center business. In May 2014, Microsoft set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone - Microsoft Game Entertainment Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., hoping to use the Xbox global platform to bring quality Chinese culture. Content games are exported overseas through global business platforms, and continue to expand the global influence of Chinese culture. In addition, Oriental Pearl also announced in 2016 that it will cooperate with Microsoft to create the first game ecosystem featuring mixed reality services in China, creating a holographic world. , providing a wide range of spiritual entertainment products and a good media content ecology for the end users.
The R&D center is the origin of Microsoft's 'black technology'. In June 2014, in line with Microsoft's public cloud Azure based on Shanghai's development, Microsoft Asia Pacific Technology Co., Ltd. was formally established in Shanghai Zizhu Microsoft Campus, with Microsoft's cloud computing and artificial intelligence business. The Chinese team is the core of the company's global R&D innovation and local project incubation. In 2010, Microsoft established the Microsoft China Cloud Computing Innovation Center in Shanghai Zizhu Microsoft Campus to fully support the Chinese government and partners. And customers benefit from global quality cloud computing products and technologies.
This year, in order to implement the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence and the 'Smart Shanghai' Action Plan, Microsoft has set up Microsoft Research Asia (Shanghai) and Microsoft-Electrical and Artificial Intelligence Innovation Institute in Xuhui District, Shanghai, hoping to expand the world-class artificial intelligence research capabilities. To Shanghai, explore the digital transformation of government and enterprises with innovative cooperation mode, promote the accelerated development of Shanghai's new generation of artificial intelligence technology and industry, and help Shanghai build national artificial intelligence development highland and globally influential science and technology innovation center.
People-centered, promoting the development of innovative education
Science and technology innovation, people-oriented. Since entering China, Microsoft has been actively cooperating with relevant Chinese education departments, and spare no effort to increase the intensity of training innovative talents. Shanghai is one of the important cities for talent education in China, and Microsoft continues to participate in Shanghai high-tech. The work of talent education.
The Microsoft Asia Research Institute, which is known as the 'China IT Sector Whampoa Military Academy', maintains good cooperative relations with many universities and research institutions in Shanghai including Shanghai Jiaotong University, Fudan University and Tongji University. Especially Shanghai Jiaotong University , has long-term and in-depth cooperation with Microsoft Research Asia, the two sides have achieved fruitful results in research cooperation, curriculum construction, academic exchanges and personnel training.
In September 2005, Microsoft Research Asia and Shanghai Jiaotong University established the Shanghai Jiaotong University-Microsoft 'Intelligent Computing and Intelligent Systems' joint laboratory. Since then, the two sides have conducted close scientific exchanges and trained a large number of outstanding ones. Young scientific research personnel, in 2008, the joint laboratory was officially included in the 'Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education' management system. Since 2004, students from the ACM class of the Jiaotong University of Shanghai Jiaotong University will go to Microsoft Research Asia to conduct internships. Microsoft Research Asia also The “Microsoft Scholars” scholarship was established. Each year, an excellent undergraduate scholarship is offered to undergraduate students in 10 universities including Shanghai Jiaotong University ACM class. It aims to create a new era of computer talent from academic to scientific practice. Not only that, in order to cultivate a world-class new generation of information science basic research talents, Microsoft Research Asia has also established a 'casting star plan' young scholars visit project. Up to now, there are nearly 20 outstanding young scholars from Shanghai Jiaotong University. I have studied and studied at Microsoft Research Asia.
Empowering new partners, building a smart and open ecosystem
Regardless of business layout or talent development, Microsoft's development in China is inseparable from the support of the government and partners. In the frontier technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, Microsoft also relies on technology and business in the world and in China. The network, the Microsoft Accelerator and Microsoft-Cloud and Mobile Technology Incubation Program has been launched in Shanghai, attracting a large number of innovative companies, partners and innovative talents to help build an active and open innovation and entrepreneurial ecology.
If Microsoft's dual-service is seen as a pyramid, then the Microsoft accelerator is the spire of the pyramid, while the cloud and mobile plan is a solid tower.
Microsoft Accelerator is mainly dedicated to providing accelerated services from 1 to N for companies after the A round. China is the only country in the world with two Microsoft accelerators, located in Beijing and Shanghai. Microsoft Accelerator · Shanghai in Microsoft, Xuhui District Government and Under the strong promotion of Shanghai Yidian (Group), it officially settled in Xuhui Riverside Development Zone in May 2016, and was officially launched in January 2017. So far, 43 startups have been accelerating and the total valuation of alumni enterprises has exceeded 55.6 billion yuan, 23 valuations of 1 to 100 million yuan, 19 valuations of 1 to 5 billion yuan, 1 valuation of 5-10 billion yuan, during the acceleration period of 4-6 months, the company's valuation averaged more than 300% growth.
As another of Microsoft's most important dual-generation strategic layouts in China, the Microsoft Cloud and Mobile Program provides incubator services for innovators from 0 to 1. By Shanghai Yidian (Group) Co., Ltd., Xuhui District People's Government and Microsoft (China) Co., Ltd. jointly created the cloud space as the operational carrier of 'Xuhui-Yidian Shuangchuang Community'. It is the first batch of dual-creation service specialization space in Shanghai. The National Ministry of Science and Technology has filed a space for the creation of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The national dual-invasion platform demonstration project has provided strong support for the new generation of information technology industry clusters such as cloud computing, big data, internet of things, and artificial intelligence in Shanghai. Since its official operation in January 2017, Yunsai Space has successfully hatched the entrepreneurial team. Home. In October 2016, Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Management Committee, Microsoft (China) Co., Ltd. and Beijing Shengzhe Technology Co., Ltd. cooperated to formally launch Zhang Jiangyun and mobile application incubator base - Kungfu International Incubator. Kungfu International Incubator fully integrated Shanghai Zhangjiang Park and Microsoft's global innovation resources have introduced 51 companies in the 'Yunwu Dazhi' innovation field, nearly 30 The company has obtained financing, with a total financing of about 613 million yuan, and the total valuation of the incubator is about 6.5 billion yuan.
In promoting the deep integration of the Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and the real economy, Microsoft has also made many efforts to promote industrial upgrading through innovative local partners. Recently, Lilly announced a strategic cooperation with Microsoft, using Microsoft Accelerator · Shanghai Phase IV Accelerate the solutions of AirDoc and Beyondsoft, and promote the digital transformation of the medical and health industry with artificial intelligence technology innovation. Vision Energy will join hands with Shanghai Lingang Group to create a complete industrial park smart energy management solution based on Microsoft Smart Cloud. Graduated from Microsoft Accelerator · The third phase of Shanghai Zhizhilong Smart Technology is based on Microsoft Intelligent Cloud Azure Cognitive Service, which creates a complete house-wide intelligent residential system for Jinmao Group. The member companies of Microsoft Asia Research Institute 'Innovation Meeting' The China Foreign Exchange Trading Center has conducted multi-level cooperation research with Microsoft to jointly explore the application prospects of artificial intelligence in the financial field.
AI girl that Shencheng people can see every day: Emotional computing
Human imagination of artificial intelligence has a long history. From the perspective of science and engineering, artificial intelligence technology is catching up with human imagination. Microsoft Xiaobing is an emotional computing framework that Microsoft proposed based on 2014, through algorithms, cloud computing and big data. Comprehensive use, using intergenerational upgrades, gradually form a complete artificial intelligence system to EQ+ IQ. At present, Xiao Bing has evolved from leading conversational artificial intelligence to a complete artificial intelligence framework centered on emotional computing. The product form involves conversational artificial intelligence robots, intelligent voice assistants, artificial intelligence to create content providers and a range of vertical domain solutions.
The 18-year-old artificial intelligence girl has long been in a relationship with the city of Shanghai. Through artificial intelligence technology, Xiao Bing has now participated in hosting 21 TV programs and 28 TV programs. Xiao Bing participated in the first host. The TV program is the Oriental TV in Shanghai. As early as December 2015, Xiao Bing joined the Shanghai Oriental TV Morning News column “Seeing the East” as an apprentice anchor, replacing the original human broadcaster to broadcast the weather. To this day, every morning at 7:00, Xiao Bing will be on time with her human host.
Vibrant Shanghai gathers many economic and financial institutions at home and abroad, and plays the role of a national financial center. In the financial field, Microsoft Xiaobing has reached a cooperation with Wande Information and Wall Street, which is based in Shanghai. The technology, Microsoft Xiao Bing can stably generate and provide a summary of all 26 listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen. The financial text information generated by Xiao Bing has covered about 90% of financial institutions in China, and 75% of approved qualified overseas investment institutions. And about 40% of domestic individual investors.
Looking forward to the future, Microsoft will actively participate in the 'Smart Shanghai' action plan, with technology leadership, application-driven, industry collaboration, ecological cultivation and talent gathering, bringing Microsoft's world's leading artificial intelligence platform and technology through Microsoft's strong partner ecosystem in Shanghai. Landing, comprehensive and deep participation in and promote the digital transformation of the government and enterprises, help Shanghai to build a national artificial intelligence development highland and a globally influential science and technology innovation center, with innovation to empower the Pacific West Bank in 2035!
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