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Kaohsiung's Asia Bay initiative integrates AI into over 40 traditional industries, driving over $500 million in investment

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Kaohsiung City's "Asia Bay Creative Ecosystem" plan has successfully integrated AI into over 40 traditional industries.
  • The initiative has spurred over 500 million yuan in investment and orders, with more companies joining.
  • The city government is collaborating with NVIDIA to accelerate AI adoption in manufacturing and traditional sectors, aiming to build a "digital twin city."

Kaohsiung City's "Asia Bay Creative Ecosystem" initiative is demonstrating significant success in integrating artificial intelligence into traditional industries. The program has facilitated over 40 successful transformation cases through collaborations between businesses and startups, attracting more than 500 million yuan in investment and orders.

In recent years, the city government has continued to cooperate with NVIDIA on the 'Smart Kaohsiung Lighthouse Project,' implementing it at the municipal governance level to create a city brain with intelligent thinking, accelerating the pace towards a 'digital twin city.'

— Liao Tai-hsiangExplaining Kaohsiung's strategy for AI integration and smart city development.

The city's Economic Development Bureau recently showcased these achievements at the "Digital Asia Bay, Smart AI" event during COMPUTEX Taipei's InnoVEX 2026. Local traditional industries and startups shared their experiences of adopting AI, highlighting the program's effectiveness in lowering barriers to entry and accelerating digital transformation.

With the advent of Agentic AI and Physical AI, Kaohsiung continues to take 'industrial sovereignty AI' as its core driving force, combining it with NVIDIA's Inception Program. Through a dual mechanism of incentive funds and practical application sites, we lead Kaohsiung's local basic industries such as fasteners, petrochemicals, and steel to introduce AI technology.

— Liao Tai-hsiangDetailing the approach to AI adoption in traditional industries.

Kaohsiung is actively partnering with NVIDIA on the "Smart Kaohsiung Lighthouse Project" to enhance city governance and create a "digital twin city." The initiative focuses on "industrial sovereignty AI," leveraging NVIDIA's Inception Program to provide incentives and practical application sites. This approach aims to help local industries like fasteners, petrochemicals, and steel adopt AI technologies, with a particular focus on Agentic AI and Physical AI.

The application has already expanded from a single production line to the entire factory.

— Lin Ming-wangDescribing the successful implementation of AI at Dong Feng Fiber.

The "Asia Bay Creative Ecosystem" has attracted 62 companies and 49 startups. Companies like Dong Feng Fiber have developed "smart factory brains" using TextileGPT and AI Agents, expanding applications beyond single production lines. Wanrun Technology has utilized an enterprise knowledge Agentic AI platform to reduce equipment repair times and lay the groundwork for digital twin applications.

Through the introduction of the enterprise knowledge Agentic AI platform, equipment repair time has been effectively shortened, and the foundation for digital twin applications has been laid.

— Ke Zhao-xuanHighlighting the benefits of AI implementation at Wanrun Technology.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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