Open Computing AI Invited to the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo

Beijing, China, September 29, 2026 -- On September 17, the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (CABIS) opened in Nanning, Guangxi, drawing over 3,400 exhibitors from over 70 countries and regions under the theme “Sharing 3.0 Opportunities, Creating a Better Life Together.” Seizing the opportunities of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0, it set out the approach of “trade and economy as the main line, AI playing the leading role, enterprises as the main actors, and application as the distinguishing feature,” and for the first time established an “AI Supermarket” and hosted the China-ASEAN AI Supply-Demand Matchmaking Conference. Invited to settle in the China-ASEAN Artificial Intelligence Collaborative Innovation Center, Open Computing AI (OCAI) attended the Expo and delivered three outcomes: bringing international think-tank resources to Guangxi, making the Guangxi-Hong Kong offshore innovation accelerator ready, and training 1,000 young FDE engineers for Guangxi and ASEAN.

One Strategy, Put into Practice by OCAI: Making “R&D in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou + Integration in Guangxi + Application in ASEAN” a Reality

Guangxi is China’s only province-level region connected to ASEAN by both land and sea, and ASEAN has long been its largest trading partner. In 2025 two-way China-ASEAN trade topped US$1 trillion for the first time at US$1.05 trillion, and reached US$744.41 billion in the first seven months of 2026, up 24.7% year on year. Industry momentum is equally strong: in 2025 Guangxi’s core AI industry output exceeded RMB 89 billion with 208 newly signed AI projects; the China-ASEAN Artificial Intelligence Collaborative Innovation Center came into use; and Nanning rolled out 36 support policies and an RMB 5 billion AI fund. The path of “R&D in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou + Integration in Guangxi + Application in ASEAN” is clearly defined.

Responding to this call, OCAI, founded by Peking University alumni, moved from Beijing to Guangxi and put down roots. From May to July 2025 it surveyed Guangxi and commissioned an AI supercomputing facility in Qinzhou, and in September, at the 22nd CAEXPO, signed the agreement for its Qinzhou Port Area intelligent computing cluster project. In November Nanning became its regional operations and technology integration center; in December it partnered with Beibu Gulf Port Big Data on AI agents for ports and water utilities and seconded FDE engineers from Beijing before building a local team. In January 2026 it signed a framework agreement with Guangxi University’s School of Artificial Intelligence on “AI computing power support — AI talent cultivation — AI research commercialization,” followed by agreements with Guangxi Normal University and Guilin University of Electronic Technology. In June it joined the CCPIT Guangxi delegation to Vietnam and Laos. OCAI now has three Guangxi subsidiaries, forming an AI base across Nanning, Qinzhou and Guilin.

Three Outcomes at This Year’s CAEXPO: Think Tank, Hub, and Talent

First, bringing international think-tank resources to Guangxi. On September 18, at the invitation of the Guilin Investment Promotion Bureau, Open Computing AI (OCAI) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA). A Hong Kong-registered global NGO, AIIA brings together over 1,000 academicians and fellows, 10,020 scientists, universities, enterprises and investors; OCAI became a director unit of the AIIA ASEAN Center in January 2026. The cooperation has landed in Guilin, home to partner universities including Guangxi Normal University and Guilin University of Electronic Technology, where Guangxi’s universities, OCAI’s industrial bases and AIIA’s think tank converge, anchoring the closed loop of “talent cultivation — industrial implementation — international collaboration.” More think-tank resources — Turing Award and Nobel Prize laureates, academicians — will follow.

Second, Guangxi-Hong Kong linkage: the cross-border offshore innovation accelerator is ready. During the Expo, OCAI’s Hong Kong company joined the Hong Kong Cyberport delegation for a “Guangxi-Hong Kong Connection” exchange, visiting institutions including Guangxi Data Group. Hong Kong is OCAI’s globalization hub: its Hong Kong R&D center completed Outbound Direct Investment (ODI) filing in early 2026 and has been selected for the Hong Kong Cyberport Incubation Programme (CIP). With Guangxi’s scenarios and universities at one end and Hong Kong’s capital and international channels at the other, the cross-border offshore innovation accelerator is ready — a key piece of the globalization puzzle for AI going global.

Third, training 1,000 FDE engineers for Guangxi and ASEAN. On September 19, the China (Guangxi)-ASEAN Artificial Intelligence Youth Dialogue, themed “Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Future of Youth,” gathered 200 young people from China and ASEAN in Nanning. Zhou Sihua, founder and CEO of Open Computing AI, said: “Over the next two years, we plan to train 1,000 engineers in the field of artificial intelligence. Rooted in Guangxi and reaching out to ASEAN, we also sincerely invite you to join our co-creation program.” In his view, “the talent gap is the biggest bottleneck in implementing industrial AI today.” OCAI’s answer is the FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer), who understands both models and business and works on site to turn large-model capabilities into functions genuinely usable in production systems, bridging the “last mile” of AI adoption. Training runs on a “dual track”: hands-on programs at Guangxi enterprises — over 150 trained at Beibu Gulf Port Big Data and Guiwu Jin’an — and order-based training with employment upon graduation at three Guangxi universities, where 85 students learned to deliver AI agents in three weeks. It answers the ASEAN youth program and invites more partners to co-create.

From the 2025 Guangxi survey to the 2026 launch of the 1,000 FDE program — through the AIIA partnership and the Hong Kong hub — Open Computing AI has taken over a year to turn “technology from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou — integration in Guangxi — application in ASEAN” into a roadmap with “bases, scenarios, deliveries and allies.” OCAI will use Guangxi as its fulcrum, ASEAN as its bridgehead and Hong Kong as its hub, pursuing “Make AI Everywhere, Make AI Easy” and letting AI take root in real-world scenarios.

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Organization: Open Computing AI (OCAI)
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