20 September 2026 News

Government Affairs and Community Services : In terms of digital human deployment in government-enterprise scenarios, Yuanyue Keji (元岳科技) and other enterprises provide privatized deployment solutions for digital humans, supporting fully offline deployment of digital human interactive systems, speech recognition, and knowledge bases in closed intranet environments such as government service centers and state-owned enterprise showrooms, meeting acceptance and maintenance requirements for high-confidentiality scenarios. Xuzhou Jingkaiqu Qiao Nantou Shequ (徐州经开区桥南头社区) has created a dedicated AI digital human “Yun Xiaoqiao,” which broadcasts policy and activity information to residents through the “Qiao Jian Lin Li Tong” short video account and undertakes industrial investment promotion functions; the digital human “Xiaoqiao” from Quanshanqu Guandao Er Gongsi Shequ (泉山区管道二公司社区) explains knowledge such as fraud prevention and garbage classification in the form of nursery rhyme animations, and has established the “Xiaoqiao Listen to Your ‘Code’ Say” voice feedback platform; “Jiu Xiaofu” from Gulouqu Erjiu Shequ (鼓楼区二九社区) leverages the Douyin account “Jiujiulin Distance” to produce flood prevention and disaster avoidance prompt short videos, significantly improving the timeliness of safety promotion in old residential communities. Hebei Xiongan Xinqu (河北雄安新区) Xiongan Tushuguan (雄安图书馆) have deployed the digital human “Tu Xiaoan,” which operates year-round to precisely locate books for readers and plan routes, providing guidance services in coordination with intelligent librarian robots. Shenzhen Yantianqu (深圳盐田区) launched the intelligent digital human “Yan Xiaoan” during the Cybersecurity Awareness Week, serving as a “24-Hour OnCall Cybersecurity Publicity Officer,” leveraging artificial intelligence interactive technology to respond to cybersecurity and fraud prevention questions around the clock.

Medical and Healthcare : In the field of chronic disease management, the AI chronic disease management digital human jointly created by Zhongguo Jibing Yufang Kongzhizhongxin Manbing Zhongxin (中国疾病预防控制中心慢病中心) and Nanjing Gulou Yiyuan (南京鼓楼医院) has officially launched, leveraging AI technology to integrate comprehensive services spanning chronic disease popularization, intelligent follow-up, appointment reminders, data monitoring, and physician-patient assistance, propelling chronic disease management from “manual passivity” to “intelligent proactivity,” with plans to apply it to medication reminders and in-home rehabilitation companionship scenarios for elderly and young populations. In the insurance services sector, Taibao Chanxian (太保产险) has introduced “agriculture, rural areas, and farmers” insurance service AI digital human “Explorer” in Guangdong region, providing 24/7 online services and expanding digital service touchpoints for insurance institutions.

Aviation Services : At the Fourth Zhongguo Hangxie (中国航协) (CATA) Aviation Conference, multiple Chinese aviation enterprises concentrated on showcasing the application of digital humans in civil aviation services: Nanfang Hangkong (南方航空) exhibited the world’s first batch of service robot clusters equipped with large model capabilities in civil aviation and “Zhihui Chuxing Guanjia (智慧出行管家)” digital humans, covering scenarios such as check-in, baggage services and intelligent inquiry; Zhongguo Guohang (中国国航) demonstrated the continuously iterated “AI Booking” and “AI Native Intelligent Customer Service”; Shenzhen Hangkong (深圳航空) launched “Customer Service Holographic Virtual Digital Human,” which together with Guohuo Hang (国货航) AI cargo security screening, Shandong Hangkong (山东航空) engine value management system and other achievements constitute Zhonghang Jituan (中航集团)’s intelligent operation system.

Culture Tourism and Cultural Dissemination : In Guangxi (广西), at the first China (Guangxi (广西))—ASEAN Science and Technology Translation Competition interview and exchange activities held in Nanning, multimodal multilingual real-time interactive digital human equipment was deployed for Chinese and ASEAN students to experience, becoming a display platform for cultivating regional science and technology translation talents. At the 23rd China–ASEAN Expo “AI Marketplace,” digital humans demonstrated multilingual e-commerce in the ASEAN cross-border live-streaming exhibition area. The Nanning Product Investment Group’s subsidiary Shusi Keji Jituan (数丝科技集团) showcased lifelike AI digital human intelligent interaction achievements, demonstrating cutting-edge scenarios of artificial intelligence empowering urban governance and digital government services; the AI glasses and digital human applications of Guangxi (广西) Maiyue Keji (迈越科技) also made appearances on stage, promoting deep integration of “AI+” with the ASEAN market. In 2026, World Manufacturing Convention will simultaneously open an online exhibition channel, allowing domestic and international audiences to “cloud-view” the conference highlights through VR tours and digital human explanations. At the “Chinese Taste” culture and tourism promotion conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, Boerni Zhongguo Wenhua Zhongxin (伯尔尼中国文化中心)’s AI digital human Olivia, in the capacity of “food recommendation ambassador,” led on-site Swiss and international guests on a “cloud tour” of China and tasting of hundreds of cities and thousand flavors, becoming an innovative medium for mutual understanding between Chinese and international peoples. On the Taiwan side, Taiwan Dageda (台湾大哥大) participated in the Digital Development Department’s “5G Vertical Domain Application Experience” activity in Matsu, showcasing smart campus solutions such as “AI Avatar Virtual Lecturer” and “MyMoji AI Avatar Application,” which can generate digital virtual avatars by recording 5 to 15 seconds of real voice and photos to assist teachers in producing instructional videos and reducing teaching material production costs; in the same activity, Zhonghuadianxin (中华电信) also appeared as the AI virtual persona Lumina serving as a tour guide, presenting digital interactive experiences of Matsu’s local culture and tourism scenes.

Marketing and Livestream E-Commerce : Digital human livestreaming has become an important tool for small and medium-sized merchants to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Hangzhou Tekan Keji (杭州特看科技) applied for a patent on “digital human livestreaming control methods and apparatus,” which can achieve second-level livestream launches and meet merchants’ rapid broadcast needs. Song Shipeng, a post-90s entrepreneur from Xingtai, Hebei, founded Xingtai Chuchuang Xinxi Keji (邢台初创信息科技有限公司), which leverages AI digital human image cloning and intelligent script generation technology to help customers create AI digital human anchors and establish livestream operations, condensing traditional livestream teams into a lightweight entrepreneurial model of “single person plus AI,” with the team growing from two people to seven people within three years. Nanjing Shujing Keji (南京数镜科技有限公司) in Jiangsu can generate hundreds of sets of digital human e-commerce content with different images, voices, and explanation styles for the same product, equivalent to equipping merchandise with a hundred dedicated anchors. Yi Tao Wangluokeji (壹淘网络科技) in Nanchang, Jiangxi independently developed a digital human AI livestreaming cloud platform, constructing a bidirectional traffic closed loop of “online AI full-domain livestreaming plus offline immersive exhibition and sales,” serving county-level agricultural product exports. Shenzhen Qiyuan Zhisheng Keji (深圳启元智胜科技)’s subsidiary Yingqi Kunpeng (盈启鲲鹏) provides digital human cloning, voice cloning, and AI interactive services, targeting small and medium-sized merchants unwilling to appear on camera or with limited budgets, reducing single-store monthly costs to hundreds to thousands of yuan. Meanwhile, Chengdushi Shichang Jianguanju (成都市市场监管局) released the Central and Western Regions’ first “AI-Generated Advertising Compliance Guidelines,” clarifying that AI virtual humans must not claim to have usage experience with commodities or services in advertisements, and without consent, AI-generated virtual digital images recognizable as specific natural persons must not be used for advertising and marketing.

Entertainment and Virtual Idols : The Shanghai Bund Conference hosted the country’s first offline music concert featuring an AI artist. The AI virtual idol Yuri (Youli) was created by Guyu Qiushi, with project leader Zhao Hanqing leading a core team of nine members who completed production in 50 days. The live event showcased Yuri’s transforming images on a hundred-meter giant screen, performing a duet with real singer “Landlord’s Cat,” and marked the first attempt at biomimetic robot form sharing the stage with a real person. Yuri also collaborated with Ji Meng AI (即梦AI)’s digital human Aura to cover “Night Shanghai,” and performed the newly created work “Lights Shine” with the Shanghai Huili Youeryuan (上海惠立幼儿园) choir. Yuri has obtained the country’s first virtual idol identity certification and offline commercial performance qualification issued by Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone, and has completed commercial collaborations with brands including Oulaiya (欧莱雅), Vivo, and Kuluo Youxi (库洛游戏). In the AI short drama sector, Nanchang’s Jiangxi Huanxing Wenhua (江西幻星文化有限公司) focuses on AI comic dramas and photorealistic short drama operations, with monthly production capacity exceeding 30 works, launching on platforms including Red Fruit Short Drama, iQIYI, and Tencent Video. Works such as “Mountain Demon Subduer” and “Doomsday Barricade” have achieved over 40 million and 70 million plays respectively. Wuchang, Hubei’s AI industrial chain has similarly clustered around micro short dramas. Digital persona licensing has become a compliance exploration direction for AI-adapted web novel IPs: In “Doomsday Summer,” adapted from Tomato Novel, Qi Wei obtained limited authorization binding her name, image, original voice, and physique to the digital character “Han Qingxia” through project-based licensing, serving as art director in worldbuilding and voice acting. Artists such as Brigitte Lin and Wu Qihua have licensed their classic film images for AI creation. Fang Taozi, the female lead in the AI short drama “The Girl Who Got Laid Off,” gained tens of thousands of followers one month after debut, with advertising rates reaching 168,000 to 258,000 yuan, surpassing most real-person internet celebrities. However, her published contact lens advertisement was removed network-wide for fictionalizing first-person “personally tested and effective” claims, exposing compliance risks in AI virtual person endorsements.

Content Platforms and IP Monetization : Hong Kong-listed company Fubo Jituan (阜博集团) launched an integrated “AI content creation + IP asset monetization global realization” industrial platform SeeBay in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, aggregating core capabilities including AI content creation, IP operations, AI digital human licensing, computing infrastructure, multimodal large models, rights confirmation and protection, and global trading. Within the platform DreamMaker produces film and television works based on diversified AI large models, Vobile MAX provides rights confirmation, operations, monetization and trading services for AI content, with service clients including platform enterprises such as Douyin iQIYI and Honguo, Fubo Jituan (阜博集团) while simultaneously signing a co-construction agreement for an AI audiovisual industry academy with Wenzhou Ligongxueyuan (温州理工学院). The Hangzhou Xin Waner (新腕儿) AI short drama resource networking event attracted over 5,000 attendees, Xian Hezi Guangnian Wenhuachuanmei (西安赫兹光年文化传媒) focusing on AI short drama distribution, production and digital human talent management, Beijing Xiaoxu Yinyue (北京小旭音乐) incubating multiple digital human singers with related content accumulating tens of millions of plays across the internet, making an appearance at WAIC World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC).

Industry Landscape and Capital Markets : iiMedia Research released the “2026-2027 China Virtual Digital Human Industry Development and Consumer Behavior Insights Report,” which shows that China’s virtual digital human core market size reached 48.06 billion yuan in 2025, projected to increase to 93.56 billion yuan by 2030. Applications are accelerating from front-end scenarios such as marketing and customer service toward public service sectors including government affairs, education, and finance. Wondershare leverages the “Tianmu” multimodal large model to explore content generation loops. iFLYTEK is promoting highly interactive digital human guides and participating in international standard-setting. Cloudwalk Technology focuses on human-machine collaborative operating systems. At the capital market level, Xinhuanet has established a digital human laboratory dedicated to end-to-end digital human research and operations. Tianxia Xiu Shuzi Keji (天下秀数字科技)’s Hongyu Universe app collaborates with virtual IPs and influencers such as Yu Taixin and Genius Little Panda, laying out virtual digital human and internet celebrity economy businesses. Guangzhou Yue Chuanmei (广州粤传媒) integrates marketing business and explores digital human services through AI technology, having launched Guangdong Guangzhou Daily Media AI digital human platform. Shenzhen Bangyan Jishu (深圳邦彦技术) launched NuwaAI intelligent agent digital human cloud service platform and previously held a debut event for digital human “Li Bai” at Ganping Ancient Town in Longgang, Shenzhen, where it recited Tang poetry and crossed over into rock singing. Guangzhou Shiyuan Gufen (广州视源股份) and its Artificial Intelligence Innovation Research Institute obtained patent authorization for “expression generation method for virtual images,” which can enhance the vividness and realism of virtual image expression generation. Shanghai Puyuan Cailiao (上海璞源材料)’s first virtual character “BO Ling Yi” (BO) is positioned as a botanist.

Ethics and Regulation : Shanghai Minxing Jingfang (上海闵行警方) Police solved an AI virtual persona online fraud case in which a woman in her sixties surnamed Yu, born in 1961 with only a high school education, used AI technology to package a virtual elite persona of a “92-year-old female vice president of a top-tier hospital” and defrauded citizen Zhao of 170,000 yuan under the pretext of online dating and resource connection. She was ultimately exposed due to voice flaws detected during phone calls and the verification that her hospital employment information was false. Criminal coercive measures have been taken against the suspects involved. Zhejiang Yuyao Jingfang (浙江余姚警方) Authorities cracked down on a case of using AI technology to mass-produce obscene materials for profit, in which Zheng and five other developers built an overseas AI application OchatAI _ bot (OchatAI_bot), bypassed model safety protections by rewriting prompts, and continuously iterated obscene image generation functions. During the operation period, transaction volume reached more than 170,000 yuan. The perpetrators were ultimately sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment by Yuyaoshi Fayuan (余姚市法院) for the crime of producing obscene materials for profit. To regulate minors’ online use, Cyberspace Administration of China released the “State Council Regulation on Protecting the Healthy and Safe Online Use by Minors (Draft for Public Comment),” which explicitly prohibits online service providers from offering minors virtual kinship, virtual companions, and other virtual intimate relationship services, and requires platforms not to set up algorithmic models that induce emotional dependence and addiction.