A snapshot of the China-ROK Forum on Sci-Tech Innovation Cooperation, a department of the continuing 2026 Zhongguancun (ZGC) Forum in Beijing, held on March 26, 2026. Photo: Yin Yeping/GT
Chinese and South Korean trade representatives on Thursday referred to as for deeper cooperation within the innovation and software of leading edge applied sciences, together with synthetic intelligence (AI) and robotics, as a number of key agreements have been signed at the continuing 2026 Zhongguancun (ZGC) Forum in Beijing on Thursday. A Chinese skilled mentioned the transfer might inject recent momentum into efforts to bolster the steadiness of worldwide industrial and provide chains amid rising unilateralism and protectionism.
On Thursday, a whole lot of presidency officers, enterprise leaders, and consultants from each international locations gathered at China-ROK Forum on Sci-Tech Innovation Cooperation, a department occasion of the ZGC, to share insights on the potential for bilateral cooperation within the know-how sector.
Several strategic cooperation agreements have been signed between companies or organizations of the 2 international locations together with the signing of strategic cooperation between China Science and Technology Exchange Center and Korea Innovation Center (KIC) through the discussion board.
Speaking at Thursday’s discussion board, which was co-organized by the KIC China, Lin Xin, China’s vice minister of science and know-how, mentioned that China possesses a whole manufacturing system, a big home market, and ample expertise assets, whereas South Korea holds distinctive benefits in areas reminiscent of built-in circuits and semiconductor analysis and manufacturing.
The Chinese facet is prepared to take this discussion board as a possibility to interact with representatives from numerous sectors in South Korea, give attention to developments in AI, and collectively discover new pathways and fashions for worldwide cooperation, mentioned Lin.
Park Yoon-kyu, president of Korea’s National Information and Communication Agency, echoed the cooperation name, noting that each international locations can leverage their respective strengths, complement one another’s benefits, and advance collectively.
Park’s remarks didn’t come out of the blue. China is now the world’s largest holder of AI patents, with its core trade exceeding 1.2 trillion yuan ($173.88 billion) in worth and greater than 6,200 enterprises, making it a key engine driving the worldwide clever transformation, in response to media stories.
Meanwhile, the financial development technique of South Korea’s new authorities goals to make the nation one of many high three nations in AI, with a possible financial development price of three p.c, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
China and South Korea are each embracing a brand new wave of technological transformation, and the mannequin of bilateral cooperation has undergone profound modifications, Chen Jun, head of the Secretariat of the China-Japan-South Korea Innovation Cooperation Center, who participated within the discussion board, instructed the Global Times.
Chen famous one notable change. “In earlier years, China attracted foreign investment and introduced technology in exchange for market access, with a primary focus on bringing in external resources. Now, a growing number of Chinese companies are also going global, expanding into markets such as South Korea,” he mentioned.
Song Tao, CEO of AtomRobot, a Tianjin-based robotic firm, has firsthand expertise of how Chinese superior know-how merchandise achieve a foothold within the South Korean market. He participated within the department discussion board as a panelist, sharing his story for instance of technological cooperation between the 2 international locations.
His firm primarily supplies robotic providers to the South Korean market, significantly to be used in meals manufacturing strains, together with selecting, sorting, packaging, and dealing with, Song mentioned.
Speaking about some great benefits of Chinese robotic merchandise, Song mentioned that they embody stability, high quality, and confirmed home purposes, which allow South Korean firms to deploy them shortly. He added that the South Korean market affords sturdy potential, pointing to promising prospects forward.
“China’s enterprises and technology sector have developed rapidly, especially with the rise of the digital economy, gradually strengthening the country’s role in the field. Meanwhile, South Korea, with its high level of digital adoption and established industrial chains, offers opportunities for collaboration and can complement Chinese technology companies,” Da Zhigang, director of the Institute of Northeast Asian Studies at the Heilongjiang Provincial Academy of Social Sciences, instructed the Global Times on Thursday.
More importantly, within the face of rising instability and uncertainty in world industrial and provide chains, nearer cooperation between China and South Korea in know-how is especially essential, mentioned Da. By combining their respective strengths and dealing collectively on innovation, the 2 international locations can speed up the appliance of latest applied sciences, whereas contributing to higher stability and predictability in regional and world provide chains, the skilled mentioned.