Digital Technology Exhibition at the Supply Chain Expo: AI, Robotics, and Global Collaboration Shaping a New Industrial Paradigm

The 3rd China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo (Supply Chain Expo) will be held in Beijing from July 16 to 20, 2025. The Digital Technology Exhibition Hall, as one of the core exhibition areas, showcases cutting-edge innovations in fields such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and the Internet of Things, becoming an important platform for promoting global industrial chain collaboration and upgrading. The following analysis focuses on the highlights of innovative achievements and enterprise cooperation models:

1. Highlights of Innovative Achievements in the Digital Technology Exhibition Hall

1. Industrial Intelligence and Digital Twin Technology Xinwanda showcased its “Lithium Battery Digital Twin Factory,” which achieves full-process monitoring and adaptive optimization of the production process through Apple Vision Pro and real-time data simulation, providing an intelligent solution that integrates virtual and real worlds for the manufacturing industry. Inspur Group exhibited its full-stack technical capabilities in the server and terminal fields, highlighting its determination to build a safe and reliable industrial chain ecosystem through the centralized display of key components.

2. AI-Driven Multi-Scenario Applications SenseTime’s Zhi Ying end-side multimodal large model is customized for smart cockpits, featuring full-scene perception and reasoning capabilities, enabling precise understanding of user needs and the internal and external environment of the vehicle. Lenovo Group’s iChain supply chain intelligent agent visualizes upstream and downstream supply and demand information, enhancing decision-making efficiency through risk warnings. Its “4-hour ecosystem” model at the Hefei factory has become a benchmark for intelligent manufacturing. Additionally, TCL showcased the world’s first split-type AI companion robot, and Thunderbird Innovation presented full-color Micro LED waveguide AR glasses, demonstrating the deep penetration of AI in the consumer electronics field.

3. Full-Chain Breakthroughs in the Robotics Industry The Digital Technology Exhibition area has become an “arena” for humanoid robots: Yushu Technology’s G1 robot demonstrated high dynamic motion capabilities, while over 20 companies in the Hubei exhibition area jointly presented a complete industrial chain from core components to application scenarios, with their robot’s dexterous hands achieving millimeter-level operational precision through flexible electronic skin. Jiechuan Intelligent’s electromagnetic net-capturing patrol dog combines AI technology with security scenarios to achieve long-distance, non-lethal capture.

4. Collaborative Innovation Between International Giants and Local Enterprises NVIDIA made its debut at the expo, showcasing AI terminal achievements in collaboration with ecosystem partners, with its technology applied in various fields such as robotics and smart vehicles. Apple has participated for three consecutive years, jointly showcasing smart manufacturing and green recycling technologies with Chinese suppliers such as Xinwanda and Shandong Innovation Group, including the jointly developed aluminum-plastic cleaning equipment that helps Apple achieve its carbon neutrality goals.

2. Typical Models of Deepening Cooperation Through the Platform

1. Vertical Integration of the Industrial Chain and Ecological Co-Building The Wenjie booth showcased the advantages of vertical integration of the supply chain through core technologies such as super range extension and integrated die-casting, with its full-chain collaborative ecosystem covering R&D, manufacturing, and market ends. Ninebot Company has deeply participated in the R&D of core components such as batteries and ECUs, co-creating industry standards like “Safe Charging at Minus 10 Degrees” with suppliers, promoting the intelligent upgrade of electric two-wheelers.

2. Regional Collaboration and Cross-Chain Integration The humanoid robot industrial chain in Hubei signed a strategic cooperation agreement with industrial alliances in Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Beijing, planning to carry out in-depth cooperation in technology R&D and talent exchange. The Zhejiang exhibition group, consisting of 13 AI companies, formed a collaborative effect with the Hubei exhibition area, exemplifying the “left and right hands as upstream and downstream” synergy, such as the application of Hubei enterprises’ navigation systems in Yushu robots’ control systems.

3. International Expansion and Resource Connection The Find Steel Group relies on its industrial internet platform to provide “digital trade + digital manufacturing” services to over 3,000 overseas customers, covering the “Belt and Road” and African markets, promoting the internationalization of Chinese manufacturing. Chengdu Yikong Intelligent Connection plans to output customized solutions for intelligent vehicle control systems through connections with vehicle manufacturers in Vietnam and Russia at the Supply Chain Expo.

4. Mutual Empowerment Between Government and Enterprises Hainan held a free trade port investment promotion conference at the Supply Chain Expo, with Haikong Group, Boao Lecheng, and other institutions attracting international medical and agricultural enterprises through policy advantages, promoting cross-border resource integration. Sichuan organized 29 enterprises to exhibit, with Tianlian Robotics addressing the challenges of humanoid robot endurance and cost by connecting with chip and sensor suppliers, and gaining overseas procurement intentions.

3. The Deep Logic of Industrial Upgrading

The Supply Chain Expo forms a closed loop of “innovation-collaboration-application” through the technological spillover of “chain master” enterprises and the scene landing of small and medium-sized enterprises. For example, Lenovo Group empowers ecological chain enterprises’ digital transformation with its “lighthouse factory” experience, while Jiechuan Intelligent expands electromagnetic launch technology from security to urban governance through exchanges with AI and cloud computing companies. This “leading role and cluster linkage” model not only accelerates technological iteration but also enhances China’s voice in the global industrial chain through the formulation of international standards (such as Apple’s carbon-neutral supply chain).

As NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang stated, the “miracle” of the Chinese supply chain stems from the combination of efficiency and innovation. The practices of the 3rd Supply Chain Expo demonstrate that digital technology is reconstructing the value distribution pattern of the global supply chain through deep collaboration across enterprises, regions, and industries, injecting new productive forces into industrial upgrading.