WEIFANG, China, March 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Against the backdrop of global efforts to combat climate change and accelerate the energy transition, equipment manufacturing giant Weichai is contributing green and low-carbon solutions to the shipping and public transport sectors with its diversified clean energy power systems.
In Singapore, a global maritime hub, Weichai is actively exploring the application of alternative fuels such as biofuels in the shipping industry. The transport vessel 'President 100,' powered by 100% biofuel (B100) with a core power system supplied by Weichai, has been officially launched. The vessel is equipped with two Weichai marine main engines and two generator sets, which significantly reduce emissions through optimized combustion efficiency, improving the ship's environmental performance and providing a replicable green pathway for the global shipping industry to achieve net-zero emissions.
In Central Asia, Uzbekistan is comprehensively promoting a green and low-carbon transition, making the development of clean energy public transport a key priority for national infrastructure upgrades. Weichai has precisely met Uzbekistan's green transport needs, with green buses equipped with WP7NG natural gas engines officially delivered to the Bukhara region, continuously injecting clean momentum into the local public transport system. With its high efficiency and low emissions, the engine meets local green travel demands and has gained widespread recognition from the local government and public.
As an international enterprise, Weichai practices the 'We are One' philosophy, continuously empowering the low-carbon transformation of overseas sectors such as transport and shipping with its leading technologies, and contributing its wisdom and strength to global sustainable development.
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Weichai empowers green transition of shipping and public transport with clean power
BEIJING, March 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A report by CRI Online:
The World Internet Conference Specialized Committee on Artificial Intelligence (the WIC SC on AI) hosted a special forum under the theme "Embodied AI: Leading a New Paradigm of AI Development" on March 3 in Barcelona, during the Mobile World Congress.
Notable figures addressing the event included Francis Gurry, vice-chair of the WIC and former director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization; Mohamed Ben Amor, director general of the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization; and Lara Dewar, chief marketing officer of the GSMA.
Others who gave speeches were Schahram Dustdar, co-chair of the WIC SC on AI, a member of Academia Europaea and president of the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance; Zhang Dong, executive vice president of China Mobile; Nakul Duggal, executive vice president and group general manager at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.; and Wang Xiang, senior vice president at ZTE.
The forum also featured a roundtable moderated by John Higgins, co-lead of the Standards Program of the WIC SC on AI and chairman of the International AI Governance Association. It was participated by Liu Dong, director of China Future Internet Engineering Center and Internet Hall of Fame Inductee; Jayne Stancavage, vice president of policy and regulatory affairs at Intel Corporation; Emanuela Girardi, president of ADRA; and Qu Zhenbin, chief solutions architect for AI+ at Alibaba Cloud.
They discussed the opportunities and challenges emerging in the embodied AI industry.
The participants agreed that embodied AI is rapidly transitioning from research and development to large-scale implementation and is now a key focus in AI development.
They stressed the importance of deepening international cooperation to foster a healthy, diverse and inclusive global industry ecosystem and build a secure collaborative governance framework. These efforts are crucial to developing safe and reliable embodied AI and ensuring technological progress benefits humanity, they noted.
They expressed the hope that the WIC SC on AI would continue to play a vital role in building global consensus and create a shared, intelligent future.
The forum was attended by over 100 representatives, including WIC SC on AI members, WIC members and representatives from international organizations, government agencies and institutions in the embodied AI field.
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World Internet Conference hosts forum on embodied AI in Spain
