Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City showcases AI advancements at Wuzhen Summit

At the 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, the Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City highlighted its growing artificial intelligence ecosystem. The Light of Internet Expo, part of the summit, featured over 670 companies from 54 countries, showcasing more than 1,000 technological achievements, including 20 products making their global debut.

Key technological focuses included the Alibaba omnimodal model Qwen3.8-Max, as well as Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) and 4D model approaches. The city reported significant economic growth projections, with total revenues from qualified companies expected to rise from 20.3 billion RMB to 1.2 trillion RMB.

In a related development, SociaBench has launched a platform designed to evaluate AI social intelligence. The initiative aims to provide a transparent and verifiable framework for measuring how AI systems handle social context, identity consistency, and long-term human interaction, which is essential for the development of digital twins and multi-agent societies.