Future Industry Promotion Conference Held in Beijing, Boosting New Quality Productivity

People’s Daily reports that the Future Industry Promotion Conference, a key event of the 28th China Beijing International Science and Technology Industry Expo, was held at the China National Convention Center in Beijing from May 8 to 9, 2026. The conference focused on cutting-edge technological fields and built a precise docking platform for government, industry, academia, research and finance sectors.

With the theme of "Intelligent Connection for Future, Ecological Integration", the conference closely followed national strategic arrangements, focusing on artificial intelligence, fintech, embodied intelligence, and robot innovation and scenario implementation. It gathered professionals from various fields and adopted forms such as keynote speeches, roundtable dialogues, excellent case sharing and investment institution comments to explore the innovative development path of future industries.

People’s Network points out that future industries are an important carrier of new quality productivity, which is dominated by innovation and characterized by high technology, high efficiency and high quality. The conference aimed to inject momentum into the cultivation of new quality productivity by promoting in-depth integration of the innovation chain and industrial chain.

On May 8, the conference focused on AI agents and fintech. At the opening ceremony, industry guests delivered speeches on future industry layout and cutting-edge track construction. During the keynote speech session, several enterprises shared cutting-edge achievements such as industrial AI, edge-side intelligence and robot training technology. Two roundtable dialogues conducted in-depth discussions on the construction of AI agent ecology and the transformation of finance empowered by technology respectively.

China Youth Net notes that AI agents have been widely applied in the financial field, helping financial institutions build independent and controllable AI brains and promoting the transformation of digital finance from "technical support" to "growth engine". Relevant sharing at the conference also highlighted the practical value of AI agents in optimizing financial services and reducing operational costs.

On May 9, the conference shifted its focus to robot industry innovation and scenario application. Industry institutions released core achievements such as embodied intelligence and humanoid robots, and an authoritative report on the global humanoid robot industry trends was launched on site. Multiple sharing sessions and roundtable dialogues explored issues such as the commercial landing of robots and hot investment and financing topics.

The conference has laid a solid foundation for the agglomeration and collaborative innovation of future industries. Currently, it has effectively promoted the precise connection of resources in various fields, accelerating the transformation of technological achievements into industrial vitality. In the future, the platform built by the conference will continue to play a role, further promoting the integrated development of future industries and helping Beijing build a global innovation highland for future industries.