Huawei, 14 partners launch Global AI CITY alliance

Huawei and 14 partners jointly launched the Global AI CITY Innovation & Development Ecosystem Alliance at the Global Government AI CITY Innovation Summit, held during HUAWEI CONNECT 2026, according to zdnet.co.kr. The summit took place under the theme "Digitalize & Innovate Cities, AI Delivers Value to All Nations" and drew about 500 attendees.

At the same event, Huawei and the State Information Center of China jointly released the AI CITY Development Research Report 2026. The 14 partners in the alliance include TIS, Egabi Solution, HMN Tech, Epoint and UNIDO.

The alliance focuses on computing collaboration, data circulation and innovation of application scenarios. Huawei also proposed an AI CITY technical reference architecture built on OpenHarmony and Ascend AI computing for device-edge-cloud collaboration.

Tao Jingwen, Vice Chair of Huawei's Supervisory Board, gave the welcome address at the summit. Huawei invited customers from Angola, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and China's Guangzhou and Shanghai to share their AI CITY construction experience at the event.