iQIYI Advances Professional AI Filmmaking with Launch of Global AI Creator Challenge Powered by NadouPro and Alibaba's Wan3.0

BEIJING, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 10, iQIYI, China's leading online entertainment platform, launched the Global AI Creator Challenge, the first such contest on the international version of NadouPro, its AI platform built for professional film and television production. Themed "Make Ideas Unforgettable", the challenge upgrades NadouPro's creative toolset and partners with Alibaba's Wan3.0 model to enable seamless, end-to-end AI-driven film production. The partnership ensures that creators have access to top-tier AI capabilities, supporting every stage of the creative process from initial ideas to finished films. By working with advanced models like Wan3.0, NadouPro is reinforcing its position as a global hub for AI-driven filmmaking, encouraging global creators to explore new possibilities in professional video production.

The NadouPro x Wan3.0 AI Challenge

The contest is designed to identify and reward high-potential creative talent using professional-grade AI tools. It has no limitations on subject matter. Creators are invited to submit AI video works of any form and explore new possibilities of AI filmmaking. Key details include:

Submission requirements: Entries must be original videos between 30 seconds and five minutes in length, with at least 60% of the content generated by the Wan3.0 model and 80% on the NadouPro platform. Global content is encouraged. To submit, participants ought to publish their work on social media platform X with the tags #NadouPro and #wan3, tagging @nadou_pro and @Alibaba_Wan.

Timeline and participation: Submissions are open from September 10 to September 23, 2026, followed by a judging period from September 24 to September 30.

Featured awards: The challenge recognizes 156 winners across three distinct categories, including 3 winners for Masterpiece Award, 3 for People's Choice Award, and 150 for Active Participation Award.

Prize pool: A total prize pool of over USD 10,000 is available. Following the contest, NadouPro and Alibaba's Wan3.0 will promote outstanding entries to increase their visibility among a larger audience.

Empowering Global Workflows with Leading Technology

NadouPro unites leading global models with proprietary capabilities to support creators through the entire creative journey – from script and assets to storyboarding and the finished film. The international version now supports multiple languages, including English, Korean, Thai and Arabic, serving creators in more than 20 countries and regions worldwide.

Concurrently with the contest, NadouPro is rolling out permanent creative updates to enhance the entire platform:

3D Directing Studio: Stage 3D models and cameras to refine movement and sequencing via a timeline. This creates a spatial plan to lock in complex choreography and composition before final generation.

720° Panoramas, Multi-Angle and Multi-Grid Generation: New image nodes for panoramas and multi-angle views enable one-click reference libraries, helping improve visual and character consistency across production.

Canvas Agent & Skills Library (Coming Soon): An upcoming agent will generate creative plans from a single prompt and automate node-linking once the plan is confirmed by the user, while drawing on a specialized library of skills for professional-level tasks.

The Wan3.0 model powers the contest with advanced realism and storytelling capabilities. Its Omni-Reference feature supports multi-modal inputs including images, video, audio clips, and documents. Separately, it can generate native single-shot videos of 30 seconds. The model supports pixel-level consistency for referenced assets while providing an immersive audio-visual experience with synchronized sound. Creators also benefit from precision video editing through both instruction- and reference-based tools for greater production efficiency.

From a single idea to a work that endures, NadouPro invites creators around the world to push the boundaries of what AI video can be. As a platform committed to advancing the future of AI filmmaking, iQIYI will continue to put professional-grade capabilities and possibilities in the hands of creators everywhere. Follow nadou.ai for the latest updates and details on how to join the challenge.

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iQIYI Press, press@qiyi.com 

 

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iQIYI Advances Professional AI Filmmaking with Launch of Global AI Creator Challenge Powered by NadouPro and Alibaba's Wan3.0

iQIYI Advances Professional AI Filmmaking with Launch of Global AI Creator Challenge Powered by NadouPro and Alibaba's Wan3.0

• New 3 GW power generation engine production facility to be built in Ulsan, targeting full-scale operations in 2028
• Dedicated manufacturing facility for key SMR equipment to be established; global SMR market projected to grow to 150 GW by 2050
• "We will secure core competitiveness in power generation engines and SMRs to lead the global AI infrastructure market"

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries disclosed on the 10th that it will invest a total of KRW 1.0722 trillion to build a new power generation engine production facility and a dedicated manufacturing facility for small modular reactors (SMRs).

The investment is aimed at strengthening the company's future competitiveness in land-based power generation engines and SMRs.

First, the company will invest KRW 833.6 billion to build a new 3-gigawatt (GW) production facility for its HiMSEN engines in Onsan-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan.

The new production complex will span approximately 215,000 square meters and include an engine assembly and testing facility, a crankshaft machining facility, and an engine block casting facility. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of next year, with completion targeted for May 2028 and full-scale operations to commence thereafter.

The investment is designed to accelerate HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' expansion into the land-based power generation market by leveraging decades of expertise accumulated in marine engines and proactively responding to surging power demand from AI data centers.

Through the expansion, HD Hyundai expects to secure annual production capacity of 4 GW for land-based power generation engines. The company will also improve production efficiency by operating separate production bases for HiMSEN engines.

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' main Ulsan facility will focus on HiMSEN engines for marine applications, while the new facility and HD Hyundai Engine in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, will specialize in HiMSEN engines for land-based power generation.

HD Hyundai expects the increased production efficiency from this dual-base production structure to expand its total HiMSEN engine production capacity for both marine and land-based power generation applications from the current 3 GW to 7.2 GW by 2030.

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries will also invest KRW 238.6 billion to establish a dedicated manufacturing facility for key SMR equipment, with SMRs increasingly recognized as a next-generation energy source. The facility will be built on the premises of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' Ulsan shipyard, with completion targeted for the first half of 2029.

SMRs are next-generation nuclear reactors that generate less power than conventional large-scale nuclear plants and use modularized key components. They offer the advantage of providing a stable supply of electricity while helping reduce carbon emissions. Interest in SMRs has been growing rapidly amid the increase in AI data centers, which require large amounts of power around the clock.

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the global SMR market is projected to grow rapidly to 150 GW by 2050. Meanwhile, only a limited volume of key SMR equipment has so far been secured for manufacturing and supply, indicating significant potential for future growth.

"This investment is aimed at securing core competitiveness in power generation engines and SMRs, which are emerging as new sources of electricity in the AI era," an HD Hyundai Heavy Industries official said. "We will proactively respond to rapidly growing power demand and take the lead in the global AI infrastructure market."

Earlier this year, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries made a full-scale entry into the U.S. data center power infrastructure market by signing power generation equipment supply contracts with Aperion Energy Group and Corban Energy Group in April and August, respectively, valued at KRW 627.1 billion and KRW 956.0 billion.

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HD Hyundai Heavy Industries to Invest KRW 1 Trillion in Future Engine and SMR Businesses