Shanghai hosts conference on ultra HD audiovisual industry development

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Shanghai hosts conference on ultra HD audiovisual industry development

2026-03-14 17:12 Last Updated At：21:17

A conference on the development of the ultra HD audiovisual industry was held in Shanghai on Friday, showcasing a series of innovative initiatives poised to shape the future of entertainment and communication.

An array of technological innovations used to produce the live broadcast of the 2026 China Media Group (CMG) Spring Festival Gala was featured at the conference. These included advanced 8K systems entirely supported by domestically produced equipment, demonstrating China's rising strength in high-end broadcast technology.

At the event, a center for the promotion of AI application scenarios in Shanghai's Jing'an District was officially launched.

Envisioned as a hub integrating "business, culture, creativity, and technology," the center aims to become an experimental platform for AI scenario innovation and an accelerator for converting technological advances into practical applications, supporting Shanghai's goal of establishing a world-class AI industry cluster.

Also launched was a cloud network platform designed to ease cultural organizations and practitioners' challenges related to computational costs, technical barriers, and compliance requirements, aiming to make AI a convenient tool for content creation, smart marketing and international dissemination.

"Leveraging our strengths as a traditional industry hub as a district in downtown Shanghai, we will provide an open platform for these numerous AI technology companies, allowing them to discover their business models here," said Xie Tian, director of the Science, Technology, and Economy Commission of Jing'an District.

Named after the ancient Jing'an Temple, Jing'an District boasts a time-honored history, picturesque environment, prosperous business, innovation vitality and convenient information availability and transportation facilities, offering an important window in the exchanges between Shanghai and the outside world.

The conference also unveiled a series of major industry initiatives, spotlighting the vast potential of deep integration between AI and ultra HD audio-visual technology, energizing the industry with new opportunities for innovation and growth.

China's BeiDou industries to exceed 1 trillion yuan in 5 years

Industries based on the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) are likely to see their scale top 1 trillion yuan (about 144.9 billion U.S. dollars) in five years, according to China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Currently, the BeiDou Satellite Navigation System has entered a phase of rapid development featuring market operation, industrial application and international cooperation.

BeiDou's high-precision services are employed across various fields, including transportation, logistics, agricultural machinery, and deep-sea fishing. Additionally, its short message service offers a reliable backup for emergency response and disaster relief.

The NDRC stated that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, China will continue to implement the project for large-scale application of BeiDou and strive to expand the Beidou industry's scale to exceed 1 trillion yuan within five years.

In the future, China will continue to foster the development of new BeiDou technologies and products, implement major projects for the large-scale application of BeiDou by expanding its use in consumer markets, public services, and emerging fields such as autonomous driving, the low-altitude economy, and intelligent robotics, as well as enhance the quality of international services to provide secure and user-friendly public services to more countries around the world.