The 2023 Digital Economy Innovation Ecological Conference and Digital Technology (Metaverse) Innovation Application Excellence Release Conference was recently held in Beijing E-Town.

Nearly 150 representatives from government, industry, academe, research and application in the digital economy field from all over the country attended the conference, with the number of online audience reaching up to 6,000.

A view of the conference [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

The conference, themed "Coexistence of Reality and Virtuality, Co-creation of Smart Future", was jointly organized by the National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center and the Beijing IoT Intelligent Technology Application Association. 

Experts gathered to discuss the future of empowering the high-quality development of the real economy with Metaverse. The release of achievements indicated the direction of the development of the Metaverse industry, and the selected companies showcased the practice of Metaverse empowering various industries to transform and upgrade.

A total of 37 excellent achievements in digital technology (Metaverse) innovation application were released on site, covering the three major categories: innovative technology and products, innovative applications and ecology, and innovative potential and development. Thirty-seven companies received awards on site. 

Among them, DeepScience from Beijing E-Town, was selected in the innovative technology and product category with its "Multimodal Motion and Expression Real-time Generation Engine Motionverse" project.

Tao Wei, director of the System Institute of the National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center, stated that at the national level, Metaverse-related policies are closely related to the development of the digital economy and the promotion of new infrastructure. Various levels of governments are vying for new opportunities, and 68 Metaverse-related policies have been introduced across 25 provinces. 

In terms of scenarios, cultural tourism Metaverse has become the preferred key application scenario, and industry, medical health, education, commerce, etc. are on the list of other application scenarios.

For Beijing E-Town, it is trying to examine how it can seize the opportunity of Metaverse and further develop the digital economy?

Cai Jizheng, director of the Science and Technology Innovation Bureau of Beijing E-Town, remarked that Beijing E-Town has always been a city that encourages, supports, and leads innovation. 

With the advent of the digital economy era, Beijing E-Town implements the following: the decision-making deployment of Beijing to accelerate the construction of a global benchmark city for the digital economy,  the task of promoting the innovation and development of the digital economy in Beijing, and the construction of a global benchmark city for the digital economy. 

Beijing E-Town also hopes to build a more extensive platform for communication and cooperation in Metaverse and related fields. 

Beijing E-Town will spare no efforts in accelerating the construction of the Metaverse cutting-edge technology experience center to promote Metaverse's common technology validation and business model innovation applying Metaverse and Internet 3.0, Cai added.