AI open-source system FlagOS 2.0 released at ZGC Forum

An AI open-source system named FlagOS 2.0 was released on Friday at the ongoing 2026 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) Annual Conference in Beijing.

Jointly developed by 23 institutions, including leading Chinese research organizations and universities, the open-source system software platform aims to provide a unified computing infrastructure that can support multiple AI chips.

"Although many AI chips are now available, a major challenge is that different chips have different architectures and fragmented technology stacks. As a result, AI models and algorithms cannot easily run across different chips. What we need is a unified, open-source intermediate layer -- a shared technology stack -- so that once large models are released, they can be easily used across different AI hardware platforms," said Lin Yonghua, vice president and chief engineer of Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI), one of the joint developers of FlagOS 2.0.

China's open-source efforts are also gaining international traction. At the forum, BAAI signed an agreement with Eclipse Foundation, which focuses on open source software collaboration and innovation, to promote joint innovation and deeper integration of global computing resources.

Eclipse Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization chartered in the European Union that acts as a steward of the Eclipse open source software development community.

"Open source is a way to collaborate on a level playing field. So I think collaboration, we heard this a lot also today in different presentations, collaboration is key for AI to build a global AI system," said Michael Plagge, Vice President of Eclipse Foundation.

This year's ZGC Forum Annual Conference opened on Wednesday in Beijing and will run through Sunday.

Construction of the fifth phase of Guangzhou Port's Nansha Port area, one of the major national projects, commenced in Nansha District of Guangzhou, the capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on Friday.

The project is designed with an annual container throughput capacity of 6.7 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), according to the Guangzhou Port Group.

It has four deep-water berths, each capable of accommodating 200,000-ton container vessels, with a combined shoreline exceeding 3,800 meters.

Upon completion of the Phase V project, the total container throughput capacity of the Nansha Port area is expected to reach 35 million TEUs annually. This would place it among the world's leading single port complexes in terms of handling capacity, further solidifying Guangzhou's status as an international shipping hub.