Shandong SASAC Rolls Out Six-Pillar AI Plus Initiative to Drive Provincial State-Owned Enterprises’ Digital Upgrade

Artificial intelligence acts as a core catalyst for the latest wave of technological revolution and industrial transformation. Shandong Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission advances a full-scale AI Plus special campaign for provincial state-owned enterprises, framed around a strategic agenda to upgrade traditional manufacturing sectors, foster emerging and future industries, and unlock secondary growth trajectories across state-owned industrial portfolios.

A suite of targeted policy documents delivers structured guidance for all provincial state-owned enterprises. Issued instruments include the Implementation Plan for Boosting the Quality and Efficiency of Scientific and Technological Innovation among Provincial State-owned Enterprises, the AI Plus Action Plan for Provincial State-owned Enterprises (2025–2027), and the New Industry Cultivation Action Plan. Each document sets clear operational targets and detailed task schedules, with designated priority enterprises and flagship projects identified. Supplementary policy frameworks cover performance assessment, innovation incentives, capital allocation and risk tolerance mechanisms, steering provincial state-owned entities to step up independent research into core AI technologies and build a robust industrial ecosystem for artificial intelligence.

Development and real-world deployment of large AI models form a central workstream for the provincial SASAC. Enterprises adopt a hybrid development model combining general foundation models and vertical sector-specific variants, having rolled out more than 100 bespoke AI models tailored to industrial operational scenarios to date. Twenty of these vertical models feature on Shandong’s first batch of 100 high-priority industrial AI products, accounting for one fifth of the shortlist. Shandong Energy Yunding Technology has launched the Pangu Mining Large Model and Fuxi Chemical Large Model, which support over 280 distinct operational scenarios and deliver services to more than 170 external industrial operators, generating measurable economic and social returns. Inspur Group operates the province’s only self-developed trillion-parameter general large model, Yuan 2.0, alongside 24 derivative vertical industry models. Its Haiyue Large Model secures top national rankings in two core evaluation dimensions for enterprise service vertical AI systems.

Systematic identification and rollout of industrial AI application scenarios unlock tangible operational gains. Two rounds of scenario collection exercises launched from the second half of last year have yielded over 400 verified AI deployment cases, delivering combined direct revenue growth and cost savings exceeding 700 million yuan. A further catalogue of more than 200 AI industrial scenarios was unveiled at the 4th Shandong Talent Innovation and Development Conference alongside the 14th Overseas Talent Fair. Rich practical use cases drive iterative technical optimisation, while upgraded algorithms lift industrial output quality, embedding artificial intelligence deeper into daily enterprise workflows.

Structured exploitation of corporate data assets lays a solid foundation for precise AI-enabled industrial operations. The provincial SASAC has published the Guidance on Recording Corporate Data Assets on Balance Sheets, equipping provincial state-owned enterprises with frameworks to extract full commercial value from internal data resources. Over 20 high-value industrial datasets have been developed covering mining, transportation and other key sectors. Two datasets from Shandong Energy feature on national and provincial priority directories, while a dataset created by Qingdao Port under Shandong Port Group has been recognised as a national-level benchmark case, establishing clear industry benchmarks for data development and AI-enabled operational enhancement.

Investment into foundational intelligent computing infrastructure receives consistent backing from the provincial SASAC, with provincial state-owned enterprises channelling capital into high-performance, stable and scalable intelligent computing hubs. Shandong Railway Investment Group has built a high-performance intelligent computing cluster exceeding 30,000 petaflops, generating 640 million yuan in computing service revenue throughout 2025 and securing a leading position within Shandong and the top national tier for industrial computing capacity.

Cross-industry innovation ecosystems are built to break down isolated research silos and converge diverse innovation resources. The provincial SASAC coordinates industrial operators, specialist technical platforms and university-industry collaborative partners to deliver integrated AI Plus innovation networks with complementary strengths. Regular calls for AI application scenarios encourage provincial state-owned enterprises to open core operational workflows for cross-industry technical testing. A shared service platform dedicated to AI Plus industrial development and scientific research resources, developed by Inspur Group, delivers sustained public access to technical tools and collaborative channels. Five AI-focused innovation consortia led by provincial state-owned enterprises have been established to coordinate joint research and cross-firm technical collaboration, lifting overall independent innovation capacity across the artificial intelligence sector.

All provincial state-owned enterprises will adhere to the requirements laid out in the Shandong AI Plus Manufacturing Action Plan (2026–2028) to press ahead with the full AI Plus special campaign. Priorities cover tiered cultivation of innovative industrial entities, construction of specialist AI talent pipelines, accelerated cross-group digital transformation and wider rollout of benchmark intelligent operational scenarios. Continuous integration of artificial intelligence into corporate research, production and management workflows unlocks fresh momentum for high-quality growth across all provincial state-owned industrial assets.