en.Wedoany.com Reported - The National AI Application Pilot Base (Metallurgy Sector of Manufacturing) was officially inaugurated on June 15, 2026, in the Jiangbei New Area of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. The base is jointly initiated by China Iron & Steel Research Institute Group (CISRI), Nanjing Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (NISCO), Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel Works Co., Ltd. (Xingcheng Special Steel), and the Nanjing Jiangbei New Area, with construction and operation managed by Steel AI Base (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. This is China's first national-level AI pilot platform in the metallurgical field, marking the entry of "AI + Steel" into a new stage driven by national-level infrastructure.
China Iron & Steel Research Institute Group (CISRI), founded in 1952, is the largest comprehensive research and development institution in China's metallurgical industry, long dedicated to the development of new metal materials and advancements in metallurgical processes. Nanjing Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (NISCO), established in 1958, is one of China's large-scale integrated steel enterprises, with strong competitiveness in special steel and medium-thick plates. Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel Works Co., Ltd. (Xingcheng Special Steel), founded in 1993, is one of the world's largest special steel producers, affiliated with CITIC Pacific Special Steel Group. The Nanjing Jiangbei New Area, approved by the State Council in 2015 as China's 13th national-level new area, focuses on emerging industries such as integrated circuits, life sciences, and new finance.
The base will focus on the high-end, intelligent, and green development of the steel industry, with core tasks centered on building high-quality industry datasets, developing specialized models, constructing AI toolchains, and establishing pilot verification platforms. The base aims to significantly improve industry data quality, substantially reduce model training costs, extensively advance pilot tests and scenario validations, and comprehensively lower the barriers to industry application. At the inauguration ceremony, organizations including the China Electronics Standardization Institute, the China Iron and Steel Association, the Chinese Society for Metals, and the Chinese Association of Automation signed agreements for industrial ecosystem co-construction with the base.
Gao Hongbin, Chairman of China Iron & Steel Research Institute Group, stated at the ceremony that the effective application of AI in large-scale industrial processes is still in its initial stage, facing challenges such as low fault tolerance and difficulties in data aggregation. The base will focus on tackling common and key technologies of widespread industry concern that are difficult for individual enterprises to address, establishing a shared verification and pilot platform. Sun Yanguang, Deputy Chief Engineer of CISRI, noted that the base will mobilize the entire industry's efforts, combining industry, academia, and research to solve problems such as data aggregation difficulties, deep scenario integration challenges, and resource coordination issues. China has incorporated the active deployment of AI into its new five-year policy plan.
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