BEIJING, July 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from en.xa.gov.cn:
The 2nd Television Festival of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Countries kicked off on July 16 in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province.
It was held by the National Radio and Television Administration, the People's Government of Shaanxi Province, and the Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
The festival focused on showcasing the cooperation achievements of SCO countries in television and radio exchanges. A total of 300 representatives from 19 SCO countries, as well as media, enterprises, international institutions, and embassies, attended the opening ceremony.
Batir Tursunov, SCO deputy secretary general, said, "I first came to Xi'an in 2019, and this is my fifth trip. Every time I visit Xi'an, it feels like my first time because the city is developing rapidly. It has a rich cultural and historical heritage, which is why I am thrilled to be here."
Many representatives also look forward to witnessing new cooperation and exchange in the audiovisual industry in this ancient city.
In recent years, SCO countries have strengthened exchanges and cooperation in television and radio broadcasting, promoting mutual learning among themselves. The festival showcased over 40 audiovisual cooperation programs, including a documentary produced by China and Kazakhstan, and an animated film produced by China, Russia, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, and Armenia.
As China's "city of short TV series", Xi'an attracted many representatives from domestic and foreign participating organizations with its booths at an audiovisual content trading market during the festival. The city's "lightweight production + precise delivery" industry model also aroused strong interest from international peers.
The market's organizer said, "The market consists of three major sections: international audiovisual content trading exhibition, content promotion conference, and cooperation signing. We are engaged in international dialogues in Xi'an, injecting new momentum into the integrated development of the audiovisual industry in SCO countries."
The 2025 Silk Road 10,000-Mile Journey, a large-scale cross-border multimedia event and one of the festival's main activities, also started from Xi'an on July 16. The journey will last for more than 40 days, via countries including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, showing the achievements of cultural exchanges among SCO countries.
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2nd Television Festival of SCO Countries kicks off in Xi'an
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, The article is from Shuzhi Society:
AISpeech, a leading conversational AI platform provider, presented its latest breakthroughs in the intelligent mobility sector. With a focus on end-to-end conversational AI, AISpeech showcased the strength and innovation of China's AI technology on a global stage.
Orphi Voice Assistant: Omni-scenario Interaction Breakthrough
AISpeech introduced its Orphi Voice Assistant, an intelligent in-vehicle interaction system built on its end-to-end voice and speech technology. Orphi provides flexible and customized in-vehicle dialogue system for automakers worldwide, integrating voice processing, recognition, synthesis, language understanding, noise suppression and other functionalities. Key features include full-duplex wake-free interaction, multi-intent understanding within one sentence, and "say what you see" functionality, all of which significantly enhance driving safety and the naturalness of human-machine interaction. Leveraging voiceprint recognition and multi-zone sound source localization, Orphi offers personalized responses for passengers in different seating positions, delivering a seamless and intelligent in-car interaction experience.
Global Mobility Enabled by over 40 Languages
Designed for global deployment, Orphi Voice Assistant supports over 40 languages—including Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, and others—with deep optimizations for regional accents, linguistic habits, and cultural nuances. This capability is backed by AISpeech's two championships in the Grand Challenge at ICASSP 2023 (2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing), a signal processing contest focusing on multi-speaker and multi-lingual speech synthesis. The system further demonstrates its adaptability through region-specific tuning, such as enhanced accent recognition for North America and tailored speech patterns for Europe, enabling seamless interaction across diverse linguistic environments.
Global Partnerships: Empowering Domestic and International Brands
AISpeech is dedicated to co-developing in-car voice and speech interaction experiences with global partners. The company has collaborated with top international brands like Mercedes-Benz and Audi, while also working closely with leading Chinese automakers such as BYD, SAIC GM Wuling, Great Wall Motor, and IM to help them expand globally.
At AISpeech's CES 2026 booth, visitors experienced near-human conversational interaction through a smart cockpit equipped with the multilingual voice system. Its stable performance in noisy environments, accurate recognition of complex commands, and low-latency, high-accuracy responses drew praise from international attendees. A representative from a European automaker noted, "AISpeech's voice system delivers impressive performance in speech naturalness, adaptability to accents, and comprehension of less-common languages, demonstrating a solid foundation for serving the global market."
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AISpeech's Smart Mobility Solutions Debut at CES 2026
