National AI Application Pilot Base (Cultural Tourism) Launches in Hangzhou; Muxi Joins as Core Computing Partner

Hangzhou, 28 May 2026 — The launch ceremony of the National Artificial Intelligence Application Pilot Base (Cultural Tourism) was held in Gongshu District, Hangzhou, on 28 May. The event marked the official start of the country’s only national-level pilot base dedicated to cultural tourism, a key initiative to foster new productive forces in the cultural sector and advance integrated innovation of culture and technology in Zhejiang.

At the ceremony, a strategic cooperation agreement was signed between a domestic high-performance GPU enterprise and a Zhejiang-based cultural AI technology company. The partnership focuses on computing infrastructure, data services and large model research, aiming to deliver robust computing support for the base’s R&D, testing and technological innovation in AI-enabled cultural tourism.

According to China News Service, the pilot base centres on four core areas: cultural preservation, cultural production, cultural communication and integrated cultural-tourism development. It functions as a comprehensive, open innovation platform integrating computing power, data aggregation, model development, scenario validation and ecosystem building.

As the sole national pilot base in cultural tourism, the platform undertakes industry standard verification and real-world application testing. The GPU enterprise brings full-stack self-developed GPU hardware and an independently built software stack to the project. Its support covers three key dimensions: stable computing power for large model training, massive data processing and AI simulation; high-quality dataset construction and governance; and co-development of tourism-specific large models tailored to industrial needs. The collaboration forms a complete innovation chain from infrastructure to real-world deployment.

The signing represents a landmark step in the enterprise’s “1+6+X” ecological strategy within the broader entertainment sector. The strategy builds on a digital computing foundation, covering national public AI platforms, commercial AIDCs and smart computing centres. It prioritises six key sectors — finance, healthcare, energy, education, transportation and entertainment — while exploring emerging fields such as embodied AI and low-altitude economy. Cultural tourism, as a vital segment of entertainment, offers both cultural value and market scale, serving as a key showcase for domestic computing capabilities and a testbed for large-scale AI adoption.

Moving forward, the pilot base will operate a continuous loop of research, testing, deployment and iteration. Deeper integration of domestic computing and tourism scenarios is expected, with the enterprise leveraging its GPU and software strengths to build joint computing platforms and benchmark use cases. The collaboration will support the development of a robust cultural ecosystem and high-quality growth across the cultural-tourism industry.