Hangzhou, China – Media Outreach Newswire – June 30, 2026 – The inaugural AI+OPC Innovation and Development Conference was held in Hangzhou, Shangcheng District, the capital of East China’s Zhejiang Province, from June 29 to 30. Focusing on the one-person company (OPC), a new form of smart economy in the AI era, the conference program included an opening ceremony and two parallel breakout sessions.
It gathered around 400 delegates from government departments, industry associations, financial institutions, AI enterprises and OPC startup operators from across the country. The participants exchanged insights on AI innovation routes and cross-industry integration strategies, providing strong impetus to Hangzhou’s ambition to develop a national benchmark hub for AI+OPC entrepreneurship.
A series of major launches and milestone celebrations took place during the inaugural segment. The official release includes the 2026 National OPC Development Overview Report, Hangzhou’s 2026-2028 Action Plan and Supporting Policies to Build a National AI+OPC Entrepreneurship Center, and a list of actionable AI+OPC application scenarios. Attendees also received an in-depth explanation of the specifications for AI-enabled OPC community services and evaluation.
The ceremony featured several landmark initiatives: plaque awards for Hangzhou’s priority AI+OPC incubation communities and dedicated observation sites, the official launch of the AI+OPC Community Coalition Initiative, and the official launch of the national AI+OPC Entrepreneurship Center.
The open forum session included keynote speeches from eminent industry and academic leaders. Speakers included Pan Yunhe, former executive vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor at Zhejiang University; Liang Gui, former executive vice-governor of Jiangxi Province and former director of the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; and Zoe Ling, head of Hong Hub, a single-member unicorn startup acceleration community in Shangcheng District, who shared cutting-edge insights from different perspectives.
This was followed by a panel dialogue, which brought together representatives from Moshu OPC Community (Beijing E-Town), School of Future Science and Engineering at Soochow University, Qiangju Hub · Future Digital Intelligence Port (Shangcheng District), and Puhua Capital for in-depth industry exchanges.
Complementary concurrent events held throughout the conference included an OPC capital-industry matchmaking salon, a symposium on industry-academia integration for AI-driven OPC sectors, and a national exchange platform for AI+OPC community practitioners.
OPC has emerged as a vibrant new engine to enhance economic vitality and underpin high-quality development. Against the backdrop of a new development era, the inaugural Hangzhou AI+OPC Innovation and Development Conference unites OPC innovators across the country.
Harnessing the creative energy of millions of independent super-individual operators, the event provides sustained digital momentum to promote Hangzhou’s super-individual economy, while introducing exemplary local practices and actionable Hangzhou solutions to advance the high-quality development of smart economies across the country.
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