The "Baidu. Macau AI Strategic Cooperation Signing Ceremony and ERNIE Bot APP Macao Smart City Conference" jointly sponsored by the Guangdong Macau Federation of Industry and Commerce and Baidu Company was successfully held in the Cultural Center of City University of Macau on January 17. The event was supported by the Macau Economic and Technological Development Bureau, the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Bureau, the Macao Tourism Bureau, the Macao Education and Youth Development Bureau, and the Macao Cultural Bureau. It was co organized by City University of Macau and undertaken by the Macao Digital Culture and Technology Association. At the same time, City University of Macau and ERNIE Bot APP signed a cooperation framework agreement to cooperate in scientific research cooperation, academic exchanges, resource sharing, talent training, and other aspects, providing students with opportunities for practice and learning. 500 guests, teachers and students participated in the witness.
Hao Yang, vice coordinator of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region, Qifu Pang, vice coordinator of the Macau Economic and Technological Bureau, Yiu Ming Xu, vice coordinator of the Macau Tourism Bureau, Shaoxiong Ding, vice coordinator of the Macau Education and Youth Bureau, Jiming Zheng, vice coordinator of the Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau, and Macau Trade Promotion Bureau Minting Liu, senior manager of the Department of Public Relations and External Cooperation, Yiliang Liu and Shiping Cui, representatives of the National People's Congress, Mingjin Chen and Zhaojia Ye, members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Junjie He, senior vice president of Baidu Group and general manager of Baidu Mobile Ecological Business Group, Wanlei Zhou, vice president of City University, and national adult representatives , Chairman of the Guangdong-Macao Federation of Industry and Commerce Jialun Shi, and Renmin Huang, Executive Committee Member of the Macau District of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and Chairman of the Guangdong-Macau Federation of Industry and Commerce, attended the event and served as officiating guests, witnessing that the Guangdong-Macau Federation of Industry and Commerce and Baidu Company, Baidu Wenxin Yan APP signed a cooperation framework agreement with City University of Macau and Macau Malt Technology Co., Ltd. Baidu will join hands with Macau's cultural tourism to promote industry-university-research and smart tourism in Macau, support the development of the cultural tourism industry, create more job opportunities, and promote the moderately diversified development of Macau's economy.
In his speech, Ian Man Wong, Chairman of the Guangdong Macau Federation of Industry and Commerce, stated that the Federation and Baidu have joined hands in Macau to integrate resources, build platforms, leverage their strengths, and work together to build a "mutual trust and win-win" industrial ecosystem, enhance industry competitiveness, empower high-quality industrial development, and jointly promote the development of Macau's smart city towards new models such as digitization and intelligence. This will help the moderate and diversified development of Macau's "1+4" economy and promote the integrated development of science and technology innovation industries in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macau Greater Bay Area.
The member company Macau Malt Technology Co., Ltd. also took the lead in signing a cooperation agreement with Baidu ERNIE Bot APP project. In the first stage, it will innovate the new travel experience of tourists to Macau, empower the tourism industry with artificial intelligence, and create a new user experience, including intelligent travel planning, AI real-time companion travel, live voice interaction, etc. At the same time, ERNIE Bot has more than 100 million user resources, promotes destinations, activities and featured services through APP, recommends and exposes on a large scale, and effectively improves the popularity and brand influence of Macau as a tourist destination.
During his speech, Junjie He, Senior Vice President of Baidu Group, stated that as a globally leading artificial intelligence company, Baidu has been actively exploring innovative applications of AI in various industries. In the past year, with another leap forward in global artificial intelligence technology, generative AI has provided us with new ideas. It is hoped that through the empowerment of Baidu's AI technology and ERNIE Bot APP, it will create a new smart tourism experience for Macau, help Macau further improve the efficiency of tourism management and service quality, and provide tourists with more intelligent, efficient and personalized services.
Vice President Wanlei Zhou stated that City University of Macau has always been committed to promoting technological innovation and interdisciplinary research on campus, encouraging students and teachers to actively participate in social practice, and jointly explore new technologies and applications with various industries. Baidu ERNIE Bot's AI products not only provide a new platform for academic research but also provide valuable practical opportunities for Macau students.
