On September 25, the 2024 OpenAtom Open Source Eco-Conference, themed "Open Source Empowers Industry, Co-Building the Future", grandly opened in Beijing. This conference brought together top open-source talents from government, industry, academia, research, application, and finance sectors to discuss industry trends and hear insights from industry leaders. The opening ceremony on the first day was unprecedented in scale, with distinguished guests including Jin Zhuanglong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Yin Yong, Deputy Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee and Mayor, and Gao Dongsheng, Chief Economist of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, who attended the conference and delivered speeches. Huang Ying, Director of iSoftStone, participated in the opening ceremony, sharing unique insights on iSoftStone's innovation and development of open-source technology.

Minister Jin Zhuanglong emphasized in his speech the vital role of open source in driving economic development, technological innovation, cultural prosperity, and open cooperation. He pointed out that open source has become an important path for promoting global technological innovation, industrial collaboration, and resource restructuring. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will adhere to Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, focusing on the new development stage, implementing new development concepts, constructing a new development pattern, and emphasizing application-driven, innovation-driven, and ecological cultivation to solidify the foundation for open-source development. This will fully unleash the potential of open-source development, empower industrial structure optimization and upgrading, and provide strong support for achieving new industrialization and cultivating new quality productive forces.

iSoftStone fully recognizes that open source is an essential part of China's digital strategy, and AI open-source large models have become important tools for developing new quality productive forces. In her thematic sharing titled "Adhering to Technological Innovation, Co-Building Open Source, and Creating a Leading Enterprise in China's Digital Technology Products and Services", Huang Ying noted that the rapid development of AI technology has released significant growth opportunities in areas such as AI applications, independent innovation, energy transition, and enterprises going global. Based on this, iSoftStone adheres to the strategic directions of "intelligent, innovative, green, and international", focusing on technological innovation and new digital infrastructure construction. By leveraging consulting services and its leading digital technology and deep industry experience, the company is accelerating its transformation process. Huang Ying mentioned that iSoftStone is actively laying out intelligent manufacturing, ICT hardware-software foundational capabilities, and intelligent productivity products to create a closed-loop industrial chain. At present, the company has made significant progress in three key productivity terminal industries: AI Station, AI PC, and humanoid robots. In addition, iSoftStone has achieved widespread commercial implementation of foundational software products and services such as OpenHarmony, openEuler, and openGauss.

Huang Ying, Director of iSoftStone

During the opening ceremony, the second OpenAtom Competition was officially launched. Huang Ying represented iSoftStone at the launch event.

Huang Ying, director of iSoftStone (first from right)

As a highly anticipated event in the open-source field, the OpenAtom Open Source Eco-Conference holds profound significance in the development of the open-source ecosystem both in China and globally. It is a key moment for stimulating innovation, promoting technology sharing, and collaboration. We believe that this conference will greatly promote open-source technological innovation and industrial upgrading, fully showcasing the infinite potential and broad prospects of open source as a core driving force of technological innovation and a key cornerstone of the digital economy. iSoftStone will seize this opportunity to achieve more breakthroughs and developments in the open-source field.