15 September 2026 News

Education : Shiyou Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.’s Bota AI Shuzi Ren Zhineng Ti (波塔AI数字人智能体) has been deployed at scale across multiple schools. Beijing Shiyi Xuexiao Longyue Shiyan Zhongxue (北京十一学校龙樾实验中学) transformed the campus mascot “Chen Guoqiang” into a 3D digital human deployed in the teaching building lobby to provide route guidance and campus history explanations; Beijing Jingshan Xuexiao (北京景山学校) turned “creating campus digital humans” itself into an AI practical course. Hechuan District in Chongqing jointly launched with Minsheng Jiaoyu Jituan (民生教育集团) and Chongqing Yingyong Jishu Zhiye Xueyuan (重庆应用技术职业学院) a Tao Xingzhi AI digital human, deployed respectively at Taoxingzhi Xiansheng Jinianguan (陶行知先生纪念馆) and Yucai School’s campus history museum to serve as tour guides; Peking University customized 2D digital humans based on real teacher images for recruitment season and the campus history museum; Beijingsizhong Xiongan Xiaoqu (北京四中雄安校区)’s “Little You Teacher” digital human teaching assistant handles classroom explanations and interactive Q&A; Chengdu Zongbei Zhongxue (成都棕北中学) used digital human technology to generate explanatory videos of scientist Pascal, enabling students to “dialogue” with historical figures. During the school opening season, Henan Zhongyiyaodaxue (河南中医药大学)’s Zhongjing Smart Medical teaching digital human plans to achieve linkage between the consultation system and the digital human’s image, movements, and expressions for teaching “Treatise on Cold Damage Disorders”; Zhengzhou Hangkonggang Keji Yijie Xiaoxue (郑州航空港科技一街小学)’s “Haoqi Chuang (好奇窗)” terminal is equipped with AI virtual images of Li Bai, Einstein, Turing, Zhang Heng, Lu Ban, and Leonardo da Vinci, engaging in real-time Q&A interactions with students. In Nanjing, Jiangsu, relying on the Future Teacher public welfare initiative, the original intelligent agent “Ning Xiaozhi” debuted at World Digital Education Conference, while the IP intelligent agent “Tangtang” in Changsha, Hunan has been embedded in eight major teaching scenarios. Guangxi Yikedaxue (广西医科大学) independently developed Zhenshan Digital Doctor, a small language AI medical digital human targeting ASEAN countries, which has been promoted to twenty-six institutions across the ten ASEAN nations for medical education and cross-border medical teaching and research collaboration.

Government and Cultural Heritage : Digital humans are becoming standard configurations in government affairs and cultural tourism scenarios. Xiamenshi Guangongwei (厦门市关工委) jointly with Shiyou Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Xiamen joint venture company Zhanyou Keji (绽优科技) built the Chinese Five Virtues Education Hall, deploying AI interactive digital humans as “cloud-based caring stewards” to provide policy education and guidance for teenagers. Qingyang, Gansu, leveraging the “modular-digital resonance” initiative, has Fengniao Yuntu ( Qingyang ) Zhineng Keji (蜂鸟云图(庆阳)智能科技) jointly with Nanliang Geming Jinianguan (南梁革命纪念馆) constructed a red cultural data system, launching digital human explanation intelligent agents that transform reviewed manuscripts into synchronized audio-visual explanation videos for use in exhibition hall screens and new media dissemination. Xuzhou Yun Qing Wenhua Keji (徐州耘擎文化科技有限公司) in Xuzhou High-tech Zone, Jiangsu, has developed government affairs and cultural tourism virtual digital humans within an AIGC short drama community, having entered the park trial phase. Shanghai Jinganqu Baoshanlu Jiedao (上海静安区宝山路街道) launched a digital-smart government services platform, with digital human “Xiaobao” as the image representative, equipped with AIMS integrated management backend providing second-level policy matching and intelligent form-filling services. Ningbo Zhi Bohui (宁波智博会) employed virtual digital human mascot “Xiaozhi” to participate throughout the expo promotion, appearing in countdown and on-site broadcasting segments. At Zhongguancun AI Yishu Jianianhua (中关村AI艺术嘉年华) in Beijing’s Haidian District, virtual singer “Kan Jiuye” dueted across dimensions with Beijing Music College jazz master Chen Liping, Xiaoduo Intelligent Technology launched Shuzi Renchaonao Beibao (数字人超脑背包) that can be watched, heard, and spoken to.

Finance and Fintech : In China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) 2026, Gonghang Beijingjingjijishukaifaqu Fenhang (工行北京经济技术开发区分行) launched a digital human operation scenario digital yuan wallet application, serving the operating enterprises of Yuri Hanqing Studio and KOKO.蔻, the first batch of China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology “digital human” standard pilot verification units, among which KOKO.蔻 has undertaken Southeast Asian digital content orders and explored cross-border digital yuan settlement. In the financial services special exhibition area, Zhongguonongyeyinhang (中国农业银行) showcased AI digital human “Nong Xiaoyun”, embedded in credit assessment and risk verification links to extend the service radius of financial agriculture support; Jiaotongyinhang (交通银行)’s AI smart photography machine allowed visitors to take photos with the digital yuan IP mascot “Yuanyuan”. During Zhejiang’s financial education and publicity week, Zhongguojiansheyinhang Zhejiangsheng Fenhang (中国建设银行浙江省分行) created a virtual digital human IP “Long Zhiwei”, applied to scenarios such as public welfare film screenings and university opening first lessons to popularize financial consumer protection knowledge. Pingan Renshou (平安人寿) constructed an “AI matrix”, relying on the “111 express claim settlement” system, through interactive virtual digital humans to complete rapid claim settlement. At the capital market level, multiple A-share companies disclosed digital human business: the NuwaAI under Nuwaai launched the digital human “Li Bai” debut in Ganxin Ancient Town, Longgang District, Shenzhen, reciting poetry, singing rock, and performing stand-up comedy; Hebei Broadcasting and Television Wireless Media developed an AI-based digital human interactive system and integrated it into IPTV set-top boxes and other pan-screen terminals; Dongpeng Konggu (东鹏控股) launched virtual digital human “Yiming”; the Waiqi Shuke Gongsi (外企数科公司) under Beijing Renli (北京人力) launched digital human images such as “HR Miss”, “Aili”, and “Zheng Duoduo”; Tianwei Shixun (天威视讯) launched television AI voice digital humans and intelligent customer service; Guangxian Chuanmei (光线传媒) invested in company Qiwei Keji (七维科技) providing virtual reality digital human technology; Huanrui Century once jointly cooperated with N Shijie (N世界) to create interactive AI digital human characters for the drama series “Lotus Tower”.

Entertainment and Media : During the Shanghai Bund Conference, China’s first offline AI artist music concert was held, where Yuri Hanqing Studio, the country’s first AI virtual idol to obtain official digital identity authentication, performed on the same cross-dimensional stage with folk music duo Fangdong De Mao (房东的猫), Shanghai Huili Youeryuan Hechangtuan (上海惠立幼儿园合唱团), and traditional music performers. Creator Zhao Hanqing emphasized that Yuri possesses “AI-native” subjectivity. The concert was produced under the direction of producer Zhang Youhong and director-in-chief Zhang Jia. Changchun Dianyingjie (长春电影节), the AIGC film “The Secret in the Notes” used AI digital human technology to restore the images of performance artists Li Yalin and Liu Shilong, allowing the two deceased artists to appear “across time and space” in the same frame. The film’s screenwriter Zhang Youchen participated in interpreting the creative concept. In the 83rd Weinisi Guoji Dianyingjie (威尼斯国际电影节) Chinese Language Film Global Promotion Series of activities, actress Qi Wei globally premiered an AI movie trailer created with her personal digital avatar “Han Qingxia”; young director Ge Yuzhong brought the AIGC work “The Beggar Immortal” to the event, utilizing Yuanlibo Keji (原力波科技)’s AI copyright confirmation tool to address copyright traceability challenges. Well-known gaming streamer “Little Box” made a rare appearance in her real human form at an offline event, and the contrast between the virtual image and the real person sparked heated discussion, highlighting the “mask-slipping” phenomenon in China’s virtual streamer industry.

Marketing and Enterprise : On China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) 2026, Qingdao Lingke Wenhua Chuanbo (青岛领客文化传播有限公司) transitioned from a traditional cultural and creative enterprise to a technology services company, launching the AI Yiliao Guahao Shuzi Ren (AI医疗挂号数字人) system and establishing cooperation with Beijingdaxuerenminyiyuan Qingdao Yiyuan (北京大学人民医院青岛医院); the Chengdu-based enterprise Mingtu Technology presented an intelligent agent digital human product that allows merchants to generate personalized IP digital humans by uploading text, images, and videos, having already created “digital employees” for Vietnamese foreign trade enterprises to complete business consulting and decision support. Hao Bai Xinxi Fuwu (号百信息服务有限公司) released a communications assistant digital human—the Tian Xiwei IP image authorization project, which was won by iFLYTEK for implementation. Caineng Keji (财能科技) founder Cheng Yanhua launched “Huage Shuzi Fenshen (华哥数字分身),” which replicates twenty years of financial hands-on experience through a multi-layer Agent architecture, providing personalized digital mentor services to accounting professionals. NetDragon Websoft Holdings Ltd. shared its AI go-global practices at the 2026 Tencent city summit, with its virtual digital humans achieving daily updates at one-fifth the cost and zero marginal cost, with scripts, visuals, and voiceovers completed independently by AI. Yuhuang Keji (语凰科技) launched a language-free, pure visual social product targeting Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian markets, leveraging AI visual interaction technology to achieve dynamic virtual image generation and cross-language socialization. Xingxing Chongdian (星星充电) showcased the AI digital human “Xiaoxin” at its global smart operations control center, demonstrating the operational capabilities of the enterprise’s “three-network convergence” energy management platform.

Ethical and Regulatory Contexts : The explosive growth of the AI short-drama industry has driven a new “facial authorization” business model, where ordinary people and actors can license single-use commercial rights to their likenesses to AI short-drama and digital advertising producers, with rates around 100 yuan for non-professional talent and several thousand yuan or even 6,000 yuan for professional actors. Lawyers Shang Xiangjun and Duan Rui point out that some platform agreements contain terms such as “perpetual use” and “transferable authorization to third parties,” and once sensitive biometric information like facial data is used for batch-generating AI digital humans and short-drama characters, there are risks of authorization loss of control, data leaks, and use in telecommunications fraud videos. The Yihuangxian Youeryuan (宜黄县幼儿园) Digital Virtual Person Information Service Management Measures (Draft for Public Comment) has already proposed that facial modeling requires separate consent. Actor Wang Zuxian, who has been retired from the industry for years, and 93-year-old You Benzhang have successively opened up digital avatar authorizations for AI short-dramas or manhua “performances,” reflecting the standardized monetization of celebrity likeness assets, yet audiences are increasingly sensitive to the stiff expressions and distorted movements of AI-generated characters, and celebrity digital avatars cannot guarantee traffic and reputation. A teacher from Jiangxi Nanchang Ditie (南昌地铁) wrote that some batch AI-generated virtual children short-dramas are filled with “adultified” plots involving rebirth revenge and palace intrigue, warning that technology’s failure to “lower age without lowering standards” poses potential erosion to young children’s cognition and childhood values, and calling for urgent clarification of protection boundaries for AI virtual children images. Additionally, reports on ticketing evasion incidents reported by Huiboxing Shuzi Ren (慧播星数字人) used digital human technology in production, showing that digital human technology has extended into local media’s daily news production operations.