Published: 10:05, March 4, 2025 | Updated: 10:22, March 4, 2025
China's Shenzhen tech hub to expand scale of AI terminal industry
By Xinhua
A customer waits for her coffee made by a robot at a park in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, Dec 27, 2024. In various parks across Shenzhen, artificial intelligence applications are largely deployed, making technologies a part of daily life for the public, according to Xinhua. (PHOTO / XINHUA) 

SHENZHEN - China's southern tech hub of Shenzhen on Monday published an action plan to expand the city's AI terminal industry to a scale of 1 trillion yuan (about $139.38 billion) by 2026.

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According to the plan, the output of AI terminal products in Shenzhen should exceed 150 million units by 2026. More than 50 popular AI terminal products will be launched in fields such as mobile phones, computers, large-model all-in-one machines and wearable devices.

This Dec 28, 2024 photo shows a drone undertaking delivery service at a park in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province. In various parks across Shenzhen, artificial intelligence applications are largely deployed, making technologies a part of daily life for the public, according to Xinhua. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Key fields of the AI terminal industry involved in the plan also include AI tablets, AI imaging devices, whole-home intelligent products and industrial-grade AI terminals.

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The municipality will create more than 60 typical AI terminal application scenarios in the areas of intelligent manufacturing, smart finance, smart cities, smart elderly care and smart government affairs, per the action plan.