Chongqing

The Huawei China Tour 2025, coinciding with the World Intelligent Industry Expo in Chongqing, focuses on AI’s transformative role in manufacturing. Government officials and industry leaders explored AI-driven upgrades, with Huawei showcasing its strategic, technological, and collaborative ecosystem approach. Chongqing aims to become an AI-centric industrial hub, fostering collaboration with Huawei. The tour highlighted AI applications in various manufacturing aspects, including R&D, production, and supply chains, exemplified by success stories from Seres and Changan Automobile. Huawei is partnering to build a “manufacturing + AI” ecosystem in Chongqing.

China is experiencing temporary suspensions of home appliance trade-in subsidy programs across several regions, including Chongqing and Hubei. The first phase of Chongqing’s subsidies has been exhausted, awaiting the second phase’s policy details, expected in early June. Consumers are facing temporary restrictions on subsidy applications on major e-commerce sites. The pause, potentially impacting offline consumption, highlights an opportunity to re-evaluate digital strategies within the subsidy framework, potentially re-launching before the June 18th shopping festivals.