Metaverse 30 Forum Visits IBI to Discuss New Trends in Metaverse and AIGC Industry Development

On May 5, the 4th session of the “Industry Dialogue” closed-door seminar — themed “New Trends in the Development of the Metaverse and AIGC Industry” — was successfully held in Beijing. The event was co-hosted by the Metaverse 30 Forum and IBI (Stock Code: 603613.SH).

The seminar brought together more than 30 distinguished guests, including experts in the metaverse, leaders from the technology sector, and entrepreneurs, who gathered at IBI’s Digital Economy Headquarters to discuss industry trends, share insights on metaverse development and cutting-edge AI technologies, and explore opportunities for co-creating the future of the digital economy.

As host, IBI extended a warm welcome to all participants. Liu Quan, Chairman of IBI; Pan Yong, Senior Vice President and Board Secretary; and Zhang Meifu, Vice President & CTO of IBI attended the meeting, with Pan Yong delivering a keynote speech.

Before the discussion, guests toured IBI’s Digital Economy Headquarters and the IBI Cloud Digital Experience Center, where they learned about the company’s development history, operating model, and core values. The meeting was moderated by Xu Yuanlong, Secretary-General of the Metaverse 30 Forum, and featured candid exchanges among the guests on advancing metaverse and AIGC development, as well as the globalization of the digital economy.

During the seminar, Chairman Liu Quan delivered a welcome speech and introduced IBI’s development journey, strategy, and initiatives in the metaverse and AI. He emphasized:

“IBI, with industrial e-commerce and the industrial internet as its foundation and internet big data as its backbone, is dedicated to the deep integration of emerging technologies—such as the internet, IoT, big data, cloud computing, and AI—with traditional industries, helping them reduce costs and increase efficiency. Our industrial internet strategy is centered on ‘platform services, technology-driven, and data-supported.’ Based on platform, technology, and data, we are building a new vertical industrial internet ecosystem. The industrial internet, driven by digital technologies, deeply integrates with industrial, supply, and value chains, and it has a close relationship with the metaverse. IBI pays close attention to the future application of metaverse and AI technologies in industrial and supply chains, and has independently developed an industrial metaverse project leveraging digital twin and blockchain technologies. We believe that the deep integration of metaverse and AI technologies with the real economy will generate immense value, and we look forward to exploring cooperation with all of you in these areas.”

The discussions revolved around the integration of new AI technologies with the metaverse, with keynote speeches and in-depth dialogues focusing on application scenarios and solution pathways.

Pan Yong, Senior Vice President and Board Secretary of IBI, delivered a keynote speech titled “IBI’s Digital Practices and Reflections.” He introduced IBI’s practices in digitalization and intelligence as an industrial internet platform, as well as its explorations in the industrial metaverse.

He noted that IBI’s industrial internet strategy is centered on “platform services, technology-driven, and data-supported,” with technology strategy serving as the core driver. He pointed out that industrial digitalization has always been a challenge, particularly for SMEs, and that the industrial internet—with its composite knowledge, scalability, and sustainable business models—can effectively drive digital progress.

He emphasized that digitalization is not the end, but the beginning: the next step after digitalization is big data. Against the backdrop of supportive national policies, diversified local initiatives, and growing demand for data, AI is becoming an important tool for optimizing production efficiency and innovating business models.

Regarding the industrial metaverse, he explained that it extends and enhances digital simulation and intelligence. IBI has independently developed the “Yuanqi Industrial Metaverse Project” and has already fully integrated ChatGPT into its operations. Leveraging the ChatGPT engine, IBI launched the qkCode Intelligent Development Platform, and has explored applications such as data modeling and AI toolkits.

He further noted that the industrial metaverse provides an effective entry point for upgrading digitalized industrial and supply chains, reducing entry costs, accelerating user awareness of digitalization, building digital twins of production, warehousing, and logistics, conducting deep model training in virtual environments, and creating scenarios for academic exchanges and training. This will comprehensively enhance the digital experience of industrial chain enterprises.

He concluded that the rollout of the industrial metaverse should follow a phased, step-by-step approach, with impacts gradually emerging. In the future, metaverse and AI technologies will profoundly influence every link of industrial and enterprise operations, potentially bringing revolutionary changes.

The seminar concluded in an atmosphere of open, constructive, and enthusiastic discussion. Guests exchanged ideas frankly, addressed key challenges, and shared strategies. Many expressed appreciation for IBI’s achievements in industrial digitalization and indicated strong interest in further exchanges and cooperation.

As a driving force in the industrial internet sector, IBI will continue to embrace AI, the industrial metaverse, and other transformative technologies to upgrade industries and supply chains, actively explore innovative models, and promote the integration of emerging technologies with traditional industries, thereby empowering the future of the digital economy.