On April 2, 2025, Wuxi Jinming Jiande Technology Co., Ltd. was invited to participate in the "AI Empowers Wuxi Foreign Trade New Ecological Exchange Conference" hosted by Wuxi Municipal Trade Promotion Council and Wuxi International Chamber of Commerce and hosted by Wuxi Cross-border E-commerce Small and Medium Enterprises Chamber of Commerce. It was successfully held at Wuxi Junlai InterContinental Hotel. As one of the series of activities of the "Tin Products Going Abroad and Trade Promoting the World" of the Trade Promotion Council, the event aims to help foreign trade companies use the thinking and means of "artificial intelligence +" to promote the innovative integration of AI and foreign trade, and promote the high-quality development of our city's open economy.
This event brought together experts from well-known institutions such as Peking University, Alibaba Cloud, iFLYTEK, and more than 200 representatives of foreign trade and economic enterprises to jointly discuss the transformation and upgrading path of foreign trade driven by artificial intelligence technology. Qian Qian, President of Wuxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Wang Xuesong, Vice President of Wuxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Li Zhi, Director of the Foreign Trade Department of Wuxi Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Wang Xiaohong, Executive President of Wuxi E-commerce Association, Zhang Xiaodong, President of Wuxi Cross-border E-commerce SME Chamber of Commerce, etc. attended the event. Song Huajiang, Honorary President of Wuxi Cross-border E-commerce SME Chamber of Commerce, hosted the exchange meeting.
1. Wonderful speech, kicking off
At the beginning of the event, Wang Xuesong, Vice President of Wuxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Zhang Xiaodong, President of Wuxi Cross-border E-commerce SME Chamber of Commerce, delivered speeches respectively.
In his speech, Wang Xuesong pointed out that artificial intelligence is being integrated into all walks of life with unprecedented depth and breadth, reshaping business models and business processes. Wuxi is a major manufacturing and foreign trade city, with a foreign trade dependence of 50%. Realizing intelligent upgrading in the foreign trade field and building new foreign trade advantages are the only way for foreign trade enterprises to innovate and transform. He said that CCPIT has always been committed to promoting global trade and investment and serving the innovative development of enterprises. It will actively embrace the industry changes in the new era with the majority of enterprises, use international organizations and multilateral cooperation platforms to strengthen technical exchanges and cooperation in the field of digital trade, promote the application and development of artificial intelligence in the foreign trade field of our city, and create a good environment for foreign trade enterprises to expand the international market.
In his speech, Zhang Xiaodong introduced the use of AI by the Chamber of Commerce. He said that as a member who has been deeply involved in the foreign trade industry and cross-border e-commerce, he is well aware of the pain points of small and medium-sized enterprises - difficult multilingual communication, high customer acquisition costs, and slow supply chain response. The breakthrough of AI technology is opening a new door for everyone. From the perspective of the industry, he called on small and medium-sized enterprises to actively embrace AI technology and seize the opportunities of the global market. He said that the Chamber of Commerce will also hold a series of activities in the future to help the industry apply AI tools.
2. Keynote speech, full of dry goods
Many industry leaders shared in depth about the implementation of AI technology in the field of foreign trade:
He Jian, with the theme of "AI+Foreign Trade: From Efficiency Breakthrough to Growth Breakthrough", analyzed the practical value of AI in scenarios such as intelligent customer service and data analysis.
Li Xiang shared "Big Model Leads Enterprise Intelligent Innovation" and demonstrated how Alibaba Cloud helps enterprises build AI-driven business models.
Dr. Dong Haoyu interpreted the cutting-edge practice of AI in cross-border marketing through "Brand Overseas AI Application Trends and Practical Cases".
Wei Yuliang and Zhang Juan revealed how AI can help enterprises accurately reach global customers from the perspectives of "Digital Foreign Trade Customer Acquisition" and "Overseas Social Media Marketing" respectively.
3. Roundtable Forum, Collision of Wisdom
During the roundtable forum hosted by Feng Qiangqiang, Secretary-General of Wuxi Cross-border E-commerce Small and Medium Enterprises Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Dong Haoyu, He Jian, Ding Boming, Sun Linling, and Ma Boxiang had a heated discussion on "Difficulties in AI Implementation and Ways for Small and Medium Enterprises to Break Through". The guests agreed that small and medium-sized enterprises need to choose lightweight AI tools based on their own needs, and at the same time called on the government, technology service providers and enterprises to work together to lower the threshold for technology application.
4. Interactive experience, immersive experience
An AI display area was set up at the event site. Wuxi Emvi Industrial Control Equipment Co., Ltd.'s intelligent visual inspection equipment, iFlytek's multilingual translation machine, Yifeilun's overseas social media AI automatic voice service platform, and Jiangsu Laineng Technology's two-wheeled vehicles equipped with an artificial intelligence public data platform have received great attention from companies.
This event not only provides Wuxi foreign trade companies with a practical guide to the implementation of AI technology, but also builds a resource docking platform for companies and technology service providers.
