China opens 2025 Tengchong Scientist Forum on ‘Science and AI Changing the World’

Summary

The 2025 Tengchong Scientist Forum opened in Yunnan with the theme “Science · AI Changing the World”, gathering hundreds of leading scientists, university heads and entrepreneurs to discuss AI’s role in reshaping research and industry. At the event, China released its first systematic "Technology Foresight and Future Vision 2049" report, which identifies areas including artificial intelligence and general-purpose robots as among ten key technology visions for a 2049 human–machine coexisting smart society.