The inaugural AI+OPC Innovation and Development Conference concluded on June 30 in Hangzhou's Shangcheng District, drawing approximately 400 participants from government, industry, finance, and the startup ecosystem. The two-day event focused on one-person company (OPC), a new form of smart economy enabled by artificial intelligence, and featured an opening ceremony alongside two parallel breakout sessions.
Key announcements included the release of the 2026 national OPC development observation report, Hangzhou's 2026–2028 action plan and supporting policies to build a national AI+OPC entrepreneurship hub, and a catalog of actionable AI+OPC application scenarios. Attendees also received an in-depth interpretation of the specifications for AI-enabled OPC community services and evaluation. The ceremony marked the plaque awarding for priority AI+OPC incubation communities and dedicated observation sites, the launch of the AI+OPC Community Alliance initiative, and the official construction kickoff of the national hub.
The conference program included keynote speeches from distinguished figures such as Pan Yunhe, former executive vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor at Zhejiang University; Liang Gui, former executive vice governor of Jiangxi Province and ex-director of the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; and Zou Ling, head of Hong Hub, Shangcheng District's single-member unicorn startup acceleration community. A panel dialogue brought together representatives from Moshu OPC Community (Beijing E-Town), the School of Future Science and Engineering at Soochow University, Qingju Hub · Future Digital Intelligence Port (Shangcheng District), and Puhua Capital.
Concurrent events included an OPC capital-industry matchmaking salon, a symposium on industry-education integration for AI-powered OPC sectors, and a national exchange forum for AI+OPC community practitioners. The conference aimed to unite OPC innovators nationwide, drawing on the creative energy of millions of independent super-individual operators to fuel Hangzhou's super-individual economy. The event is part of Hangzhou's ambition to develop a national benchmark hub for AI+OPC entrepreneurship, delivering replicable local practices and actionable solutions to advance high-quality growth of smart economies across China.
