Artificial intelligence industry accelerates agglomeration
●Qingdao is based on building a national artificial intelligence innovation and application pilot zone, and includes artificial intelligence as one of the city’s key emerging industries.
●Among them, Laoshan District regards artificial intelligence as the core engine to promote regional economic development, and has built the Qingdao Artificial Intelligence Industrial Park covering an area of nearly 3,000 acres; the West Coast New District has formed a number of key enterprises represented by Extreme Perspective and Sa Technology ; Qingdao recently released an action plan for the development of the humanoid robot industry, proposing to build an important domestic humanoid robot R&D, manufacturing and application base; Leju Robot, a domestic humanoid robot head company, is now relying on Qingdao's rich application scenarios and industry resources to quickly start various work
Introducing AI talents to empower industry development
●Qingdao insists on systematic planning and integrated promotion of talent introduction and industrial development
●"Going out" promotion, showing the development of Qingdao's artificial intelligence industry on a broader stage, closely focusing on key industrial chains such as artificial intelligence, targeted talent introduction, accurate talent gathering, and policy retention; "bringing in" experience, Let more outstanding talents come to Qingdao and experience the development atmosphere of the artificial intelligence industry on the ground; at the same time, rely on universities and colleges to cultivate a group of special talents who meet the needs of the artificial intelligence industry, and jointly develop through various flexible methods such as competitions, practical training, and directional training. Cultivate artificial intelligence engineering and application talents
“School recruitment for the class of 2025 has officially started. We are recruiting for software and hardware development, algorithms, data management and other positions. We welcome the recommendation of outstanding students.” “The admission rate for algorithm research and development, digital content, and software research and development positions is extremely high. Students are welcome to actively apply”..." With the arrival of the "School Recruitment Season", the "circles of friends" of Qingdao companies have become lively. Many companies are "calling out from afar" to compete for outstanding graduate talents. Talents related to the artificial intelligence industry are quite popular.
With the rapid development of large models and generative AI applications, the talent gap in the artificial intelligence industry has gradually emerged. The results of the "Survey on Talent Demand for Intelligent Development of Chinese Enterprises in 2024" previously released by iiMedia Consulting, a third-party agency, showed that as many as 91.3% of the companies surveyed faced a shortage of artificial intelligence talents. Qingdao is no exception. On some third-party recruitment platforms, many Qingdao companies regularly recruit high-level talents in the artificial intelligence industry such as large model engineers and algorithm engineers.
Industry agglomeration is accelerating, and companies are "thirsty for talents"
As the core driving force of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, artificial intelligence has become an important track for regional competition. In recent years, Qingdao has been building a national artificial intelligence innovation and application pilot zone, including artificial intelligence as one of the city's key emerging industries, and has achieved fruitful results.
Among them, Laoshan District regards artificial intelligence as the core engine to promote regional economic development and has built the Qingdao Artificial Intelligence Industrial Park covering an area of nearly 3,000 acres. At present, it has gathered "chain master" companies such as Goertek Microelectronics and Zhongke Sugon, as well as more than 280 high-quality artificial intelligence companies such as UBTECH, Biaobei Technology, and Zhongke Star Map, forming a comprehensive network ranging from chip research and development to high-performance Compute the complete innovation chain, value chain and industrial chain of all links including industrial high-end software services. In 2023, the scale of the artificial intelligence industry in Laoshan District will reach 28 billion yuan, and it is expected to reach 35 billion yuan in 2024. The West Coast New Area also continues to promote the accelerated integration of industrial chains and industries by highlighting the construction of industrial ecology, forming a group of key enterprises represented by Jiji Perspective and Sa Technology. Among them, Isaac Technology independently developed two core technologies, multi-dimensional AI fusion algorithm and Thunder high-speed analysis database, and took the lead in creating the first domestic professional-level vertical large-scale model for public safety, smart transportation and other fields. Currently, 21 projects in the West Coast New Area have been awarded Shandong Province’s “Modern Advantageous Industrial Clusters + Artificial Intelligence” pilot demonstrations.
While industry agglomeration is accelerating, Qingdao's demand for talents in the artificial intelligence industry is also growing. It is not an exaggeration to describe some companies' demand for high-level artificial intelligence talents as "thirsty for talents."
Natural Semantics (Qingdao) Technology Co., Ltd., located in the Qingdao Artificial Intelligence Industrial Park, focuses on natural language processing, a key direction in the field of artificial intelligence, and continues to tackle core technologies. The Euler large model created by it supports reasoning and reasoning in off-grid environments. Fine-tuning can provide exclusive and private AI-empowered services. Currently, the company is cooperating with leading companies in the industry to launch the Euler large model training and push all-in-one machine and a large model server that is in line with Xinchuang. "Talent is the core resource for the company's development. In addition to administrative, personnel, financial and other positions, the company's artificial intelligence-related positions account for more than 70%. We are also recruiting high-level talents in the fields of algorithm models and data processing for a long time." The company Co-founder Sun Yanqun said that many artificial intelligence companies around him are facing the problem of recruiting high-level talents in the fields of algorithm models and data processing, especially those with relevant experience and the ability to lead teams to complete development.
"The company's artificial intelligence positions account for more than 80%, among which core positions such as large model algorithm engineers and image algorithm engineers are regularly recruited." Mr. Wang, the relevant person in charge of Shandong Extreme View Technology Co., Ltd., which specializes in artificial intelligence computer vision algorithms, said frankly , Artificial intelligence is a highly knowledge-intensive industry and has high requirements for practitioners. Not long ago, they just participated in the 11th "Qingdao Tour for Thousands of Doctors from Hundreds of Universities" held in the West Coast New Area, and connected with a group of "professional Match” doctoral talent.
Humanoid robots are an important manifestation and key equipment of artificial intelligence in physical space. Recently, 11 departments including the Qingdao Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Qingdao Humanoid Robot Industry Development Action Plan (2024-2027)", which proposed that the research and development of humanoid robots and key component products will be the main line, with specific It features typical industry scenario applications and builds an important domestic R&D, manufacturing and application base for humanoid robots. As a domestic humanoid robot head company, Leju Robot registered Leju Smart Home (Qingdao) Robot Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingdao Artificial Intelligence Industrial Park in early August. Now it is relying on Qingdao’s rich application scenarios and industry resources to quickly start various work . "Artificial intelligence-related positions such as reinforcement learning motion control engineers and robot imitation learning engineers are all talents needed by humanoid robot companies. We have recently started recruiting personnel for related positions and welcome outstanding talents in the artificial intelligence industry to join us." Company related said the person in charge, Liang Jia.
Make efforts to attract talents and empower industrial development
"The long-term development of the artificial intelligence industry is inseparable from the support of high-level talents. While our companies have shown their ability to recruit outstanding artificial intelligence talents, we also hope that Qingdao will continue to increase talent recruitment efforts, attract external talents to settle in, and further enhance The R&D capabilities of local enterprises,” Sun Yanqun said during the interview.
Qingdao insists on systematic planning and integrated promotion of talent introduction and industrial development. The series of work currently being carried out coincides with the needs of relevant enterprises -
The "Going Out" promotion showcases the development of Qingdao's artificial intelligence industry on a broader stage. From September 19th to 20th, Laoshan District held the 2024 Talent Recruitment and Smart City Tour in Beijing. It closely focused on key industrial chains such as artificial intelligence and achieved industrial development and talent retention through targeted talent recruitment, precise talent recruitment, and policy retention. Deep integration and mutual promotion of talent gathering. Led by the city promotion meeting, the event also held special doctoral matching salons and special campus talent introduction sessions, attracting more than 3,000 graduates from more than 20 Beijing universities, including Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and University of Science and Technology Beijing. , a total of more than 2,000 resumes were collected, and 200 people achieved preliminary employment intentions. A high proportion of high-level talents with master's degrees and above.
The "bringing in" experience allows more outstanding talents to enter Qingdao and experience the development atmosphere of the artificial intelligence industry on the ground. Take the 11th "Qingdao Tour for Thousands of Doctors from 100 Universities" event that kicked off on August 29 as an example. The event attracted nearly 1,000 students from more than 100 key and well-known universities at home and abroad, including Peking University and Tsinghua University. Doctoral students attended the conference, including many talents in the artificial intelligence industry. "Compared with brochures or Internet searches, this kind of on-site visit can more intuitively show us the company's advantages and talent training model." Chen Mengwen, a third-year doctoral student majoring in optics at the School of Physics, Nanjing University, participated in the Shandong Jiyuan Technology Co., Ltd. Company training camp. Through this doctoral trip experience, Chen Mengwen has a clearer understanding of Qingdao’s artificial intelligence industry development prospects and future employment opportunities.
At the same time, rely on universities and colleges to cultivate a group of specialized talents who meet the needs of the artificial intelligence industry. For example, Laoshan District signed talent recruitment cooperation agreements with Beijing Institute of Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing and other universities during the recruitment and introduction of smart cities, laying the foundation for the deep integration and development of talents; the West Coast New District supports the cooperation between Jiyuanwang and China Petroleum University, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao University of Science and Technology and other universities have jointly established talent training bases to jointly cultivate artificial intelligence engineering and application talents through competitions, practical training and other flexible methods. There are also a number of new R&D institutions that combine the actual needs of enterprises and hold relevant talent training activities to train a group of artificial intelligence talents with strong practical ability and outstanding innovation ability. Among them, Qingdao Industrial Research Institute, focusing on machine vision, an important branch of artificial intelligence, has carried out 4 special training camps for outstanding engineers, and has trained nearly a hundred trainees. Currently, the fifth training camp is currently underway, and the sixth training camp is currently underway. Enrollment has also started for the event.
Qingdao, which allows talents and the city to go "two-way" and constantly innovates talent introduction methods and service models, is using its unique charm and advantages to attract more and more high-level talents in the field of artificial intelligence to come here to innovate and start businesses, thereby empowering industries. develop.