On July 17, the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference “Artificial Intelligence and Energy Bidirectional Empowerment” sub-forum was held in Shanghai. The forum was hosted by the National Energy Administration and co-organized by the State Grid Corporation. Wang Hongzhi, Party Secretary and Director of the National Energy Administration, and Zong Ming, member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee, attended the forum and delivered speeches. Song Hongkun, member of the party group and deputy director of the National Energy Administration, delivered the keynote speech. Business leaders such as Zhang Zhigang, Chairman of the State Grid Corporation, and Qian Chaoyang, Chairman of China Southern Power Grid Corporation attended the forum. With the theme of “Two-way Empowerment to Promote the Development of Intelligent Energy and Create the Future”, the forum invited relevant academicians from home and abroad, as well as leading figures related to artificial intelligence from enterprises, research institutes, and universities to participate in in-depth exchanges on cutting-edge topics such as collaborative construction of computing power infrastructure and new energy systems, and artificial intelligence to enable high-quality energy development, share practical experiences, and forge consensus on development. Everyone agreed that the two-way empowerment of artificial intelligence and energy is a key path to address the dual challenges of rapid growth in global computing power demand and green energy transformation. The planning and layout should be strengthened, technical research should be strengthened, and institutional standards should be improved to achieve mutual promotion and deep integration of artificial intelligence and energy development. The forum comprehensively summarized the milestones achieved by China's artificial intelligence and two-way energy empowerment, and pointed out that under the collaborative promotion of the entire industry, energy security capabilities, breadth of application scenarios, technical support base, and industrial ecological vitality continue to be improved and optimized.

On July 17, the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference “Artificial Intelligence and Energy Bidirectional Empowerment” sub-forum was held in Shanghai. The forum was hosted by the National Energy Administration and co-organized by the State Grid Corporation. Wang Hongzhi, Party Secretary and Director of the National Energy Administration, and Zong Ming, member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee, attended the forum and delivered speeches. Song Hongkun, member of the party group and deputy director of the National Energy Administration, delivered the keynote speech. Business leaders such as Zhang Zhigang, Chairman of the State Grid Corporation, and Qian Chaoyang, Chairman of China Southern Power Grid Corporation attended the forum. With the theme of “Two-way Empowerment to Promote the Development of Intelligent Energy and Create the Future”, the forum invited relevant academicians from home and abroad, as well as leading figures related to artificial intelligence from enterprises, research institutes, and universities to participate in in-depth exchanges on cutting-edge topics such as collaborative construction of computing power infrastructure and new energy systems, and artificial intelligence to enable high-quality energy development, share practical experiences, and forge consensus on development. Everyone agreed that the two-way empowerment of artificial intelligence and energy is a key path to address the dual challenges of rapid growth in global computing power demand and green energy transformation. The planning and layout should be strengthened, technical research should be strengthened, and institutional standards should be improved to achieve mutual promotion and deep integration of artificial intelligence and energy development. The forum comprehensively summarized the milestones achieved by China's artificial intelligence and two-way energy empowerment, and pointed out that under the collaborative promotion of the entire industry, energy security capabilities, breadth of application scenarios, technical support base, and industrial ecological vitality continue to be improved and optimized.