China's SUPCON releases new AI model for industrial process automation

A leading Chinese high-tech company, SUPCON, released a new industrial AI model for manufacturing process automation on Thursday, amid a growing trend of AI products in the country targeting the entire industrial process, from design to production, operation, and services.

Based in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, SUPON developed the Time-series Pre-trained Transformer 2 (TPT 2) for process industries, including the manufacturing of steel, non-ferrous metals, chemicals, and building materials.

The model establishes an AI algorithm based on industrial time-series data and is a credible model that conforms to the first principles of the process industry, according to the company.

The model can analyze data and make optimizations automatically. It can detect abnormal trends in equipment and generate solutions to ensure the safe and stable operation of automated processing lines.

"We can use the data from the past week or the past month to predict whether the equipment will have problems in the future. Previously, we relied on experts to do this part of the work, but today we can use AI tools to handle the entire process," said Chu Jian, founder of SUPCON Technology Company.

Experts said SUPCON's model of TPT 2 is an epitome of China's advances in large-scale AI models.

China has established a comprehensive AI industrial system covering foundational infrastructure and sector-specific applications. It is home to over 5,100 AI companies, accounting for roughly 15 percent of the global total.

"China has seen rapid progress in large-scale models since 2024. We have seen notable progress in the models' basic capabilities, reasoning capabilities, as well as the understanding and generation capabilities of multimodal models," said Yu Xiaohui, president of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.

China's SUPCON releases new AI model for industrial process automation

China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has actively promoted business exchanges and cooperation among Shanghai Cooperation Organization members this year, with multiple deals reached, its spokeswoman Yang Fan said at a press conference in Beijing on Monday.

The organization has leveraged the SCO Business Council and the China-Central Asia Business Council this year to organize Chinese business delegations to Kyrgyzstan and other SCO member states and dialog partners, deepening economic and trade ties and expanding opportunities for business cooperation within the SCO, Yang said.

"During the visits, we and the Kyrgyz side jointly held the China-Kyrgyzstan Business and Investment Forum, drawing more than 300 representatives from government departments, business associations and enterprises from both countries to attend. Both sides tapped potential for cooperation in trade and investment, green energy, connectivity and digital economy, and reached a number of practical cooperation deals," Yang said.

In the first seven months of this year, the national trade promotion system issued 669,500 certificates of origin for SCO member states, up 9.62 percent year on year, and 561 ATA Carnets, up 45.71 percent from the previous year, Yang said, adding that these achievements have helped facilitate regional trade.

ATA Carnet is an international customs and temporary export-import document. The council will continue to deepen business cooperation among regional countries and contribute to building a closer SCO community with a shared future, Yang said.

The SCO currently has 10 member states, two observer states and 15 dialog partners, bringing together countries that account for nearly half of the world's population and about a quarter of the global economy.

Trade promotion council facilitates SCO business cooperation