China’s Big Tech Vies for AI Agent Supremacy After Manus Relocates
- The 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference took place from July 26 to 29, 2025, in Shanghai with global AI leaders and firms attending.
- The event occurred amid U.S. export restrictions limiting Nvidia’s advanced chip sales to China, restricting AI hardware access and prompting domestic innovation efforts.
- Huawei showcased a computing system linking 384 Ascend chips to power AI, while Tencent unveiled a dozen AI agents and CodeBuddy IDE, reflecting China's push in AI applications.
- China has released 1,509 large AI models, the highest globally, and hosts over 5,100 AI companies, with industry growth described as key to economic and social development by CAICT’s president.
- These advances suggest China’s accelerating AI ecosystem may challenge global players, supported by Hong Kong’s AI innovation role and increasing cross-industry AI integration.
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