International Science and Innovation Center
- Chinese name
- 国际科技创新中心
- Pinyin
- Organizers
- Beijing Office for the Construction of the Science and Technology Innovation Center (北京推进科技创新中心建设办公室)
- Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission (北京市科学技术委员会)
- Website
The International Science and Innovation Center (国际科技创新中心, NCSTI) is a Beijing-municipal platform rather than a central-government body — its 政府网站标识码 1100000251 carries the 110000 municipal prefix, and it is convened by the 北京推进科技创新中心建设办公室 with the 北京市科学技术委员会 as its ICP filing subject, under the central–municipal 部市共建 Beijing ISTC initiative. It functions as one of the primary institutional platforms through which China’s digital human industry is anchored in policy, research, and industrial development. The center’s website (ncsti.gov.cn) serves as an official channel for publishing technical research on virtual human systems, including work on high-precision 3D facial datasets aimed at overcoming the limitations of conventional 2D texture-based digital human face modelling. In the context of industrial park development, NCSTI maintains listings for designated digital human bases, including the Chaoyang Black Horse Digital Human Accelerator, which was formally designated a Beijing Municipal Digital Human Base at the Global Digital Economy Conference in July 2022. The center is explicitly cited in the Beijing Municipal Action Plan for Digital Human Industry Innovation and Development (2022–2025) as a construction asset whose advantages are to be leveraged in building competitive technology systems and innovative business models for the digital human sector. More recently, the 2025–2027 Beijing Action Plan for Technology Empowering Culture references NCSTI’s institutional role in advancing digital human applications across cultural industries, including digital human concerts, immersive cinema, and digital music theaters. NCSTI thus operates at the intersection of national science policy, municipal industrial strategy, and applied digital human research, providing the institutional scaffolding within which Beijing consolidates its position as China’s leading digital human hub.