In late March 2023, Hebei Expressway Group and Baidu announced the smart-highway AI digital human “Jian Lulu” (简璐璐) at the 25th China Expressway Informatization Conference, describing it as an interactive assistant for highway operations and service scenarios and positioning it as an industry-first within the highway domain in their announcements and subsequent coverage.
In mid-September 2024, Shijiazhuang’s traffic police were reported to have put a 24/7 online AI “digital traffic officer” into operation under the name “Yuanji” (元吉), presented as an always-on consultation interface for traffic-policing services accessed through official online channels, and framed as a service-extension tool rather than evidence of broad operational automation. Around the same period, China Telecom’s Hebei arm was reported to have put a “digital human customer service” capability into use for its 10000 customer-service center, with access routed through its official WeChat presence and described primarily as a service-channel enhancement.
On October 31, 2024, Kuaishou Technology stated that it launched a “Digital Human Livestream Disability Assistance Base” project in Xingtang County together with the Hebei Disabled Persons’ Federation, describing an initial plan to set up bases in five administrative villages and to provide digital-human livestream accounts and traffic support as part of a disability employment-assistance model; this should be treated as a company-described program unless and until outcomes are substantiated in official statistics or audited disclosures. In December 2024, China Mobile’s Hebei arm was reported to have introduced an intelligent interactive “digital human” capability as a staff training assistant, framed as an internal enablement tool intended to reduce training friction and speed frontline knowledge retrieval.
On April 7, 2025, Shijiazhuang’s Qiaoxi District was reported by municipal channels to have deployed a government-service “digital staff member” called “Yun Xiaoxi” (云小西) for administrative service consultation, described as built on the DeepSeek large-model system plus a localized knowledge base and initially populated with dozens of high-frequency service items, indicating a bounded service-desk style deployment focused on inquiry handling and guided explanations rather than a general autonomous agent.
In April 2025, Hebei’s public-library system was publicly described as launching the Hebei Public Library AI Digital Human Joint Service Platform in connection with World Book Day activities at Hebei Provincial Library, alongside an AI “digital librarian” persona called “Ji Xiaotu” (冀小图); contemporaneous reporting characterized the platform as building a province-wide smart-library network that links print collections with digital resources and provides functions such as AI book-finding, AI recommendations, AI reading support, and AI consultation, presented as a service interface for readers rather than evidence of quantified automation outcomes.
On August 11, 2025, the Hebei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism published a public notice listing proposed 2025 cultural-and-tourism digital innovation practice cases, which included “Hebei Public Library AI Digital Human Joint Service” submitted by Hebei Provincial Library, indicating that the province-level program continued to be framed as a formal digital-service initiative within the cultural-sector evaluation and recognition process.
By early February 2026, Hebei Daily client reporting on Hebei Provincial Library’s 2025 work again described the Hebei Public Library AI Digital Human Joint Service Platform as having gone online during 2025 and reiterated the role of the “Ji Xiaotu” AI digital librarian in the library’s technology-enabled services, while also presenting the platform in a broader package of modernization steps such as regional collaboration, training activities, and virtual-scene pilots, without providing audited performance metrics or independently verified adoption figures for the digital-human services.
[Feb 2026]
2025
July 30, 2025: Shijiazhuang Website Development Services – Offers AI digital human live streaming services as part of website development solutions.
July 25, 2025: Hebei University – Hosts smart course training featuring AI digital human learning companions and educational applications.
July 23, 2025: Hebei Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology and three other departments – Jointly issue notice to organize recommendation work for 2025 metaverse typical cases, including digital human applications.
July 22, 2025: Hebei Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Education Department, Culture and Tourism Department, Radio and Television Bureau – Launch 2025 metaverse typical case recommendation work including digital human cases.
July 11, 2025: Fuping Vocational Education Center – Successfully holds AI-empowered teaching reform with digital human live streaming courses.
July 2, 2025: Zhangjiakou Municipal Government Service Center – Digital human police officers provide real-time interactive Q&A services with citizens.
June 30, 2025: Xiongan Future City Scenario Competition Series – Features 3D portrait intelligent platform that generates highly realistic digital humans in seconds.
June 21, 2025: CCTV Finance – Reports on AI spawning new digital human occupations, transforming from “learning while doing” to creating value.
June 14, 2025: Xiongan Robot Competition – Purple Cloud Technology’s “3D Portrait Intelligent Platform” can generate digital humans with over 95% similarity in seconds.
June 10, 2025: Sina Finance – Reports on AI digital human “Wang Jianguo” attracting middle-aged and elderly female fans on short video platforms.
May 25, 2025: Kuleiman – Features AI digital human tour guide services for Shijiazhuang Baohe Zhizhen and other venues.
May 21, 2025: Hebei Economic Daily – Reports on Handan foreign trade enterprises using digital human live streaming with single-night sales reaching tens of thousands.
May 16, 2025: Shijiazhuang Business Vocational College – Discusses how AI enters vocational schools, featuring digital human teachers interacting face-to-face with students.
May 14, 2025: Shijiazhuang Post and Telecommunication Technical College – Successfully hosts Hebei Province’s digital finance education high-quality development forum featuring financial intelligent investment advisor digital human practice training.
April 25, 2025: Hebei Foreign Trade Company Youth League Committee – Organizes May 4th Youth Day cross-border e-commerce study activities, learning about digital human applications in e-commerce.
April 22, 2025: Shijiazhuang Library – Introduces AI digital human screen “Teacher Shi” as a reading companion to help readers understand library information and provide recommendations.
April 18, 2025: Hebei University of Science and Technology Academic Affairs Office – Announces the 2025 RAICOM CAIA Digital Competition including digital human-related projects.
April 17, 2025: Handan Entrepreneurs “Navigation Plan” – High-end study group visits Suzhou and Hangzhou famous enterprises to learn about AI, digital humans, and large model frontier fields.
April 17, 2025: Kuaishou (Kwai) – Launches “Kuaishou Digital Human Live Streaming Disability Assistance Base” project in 5 administrative villages in Hebei Province.
April 3, 2025: Baigou luggage enterprises – Tianshang Hang Luggage company staff creates AI digital human videos to promote luggage products to overseas social platforms.
March 30, 2025: Shijiazhuang Talent Development and Exchange Center – Large and medium-sized city joint recruitment event starts in Shijiazhuang, featuring AI digital human interview systems.
March 27, 2025: Tianshang Hang Luggage and Leather Goods Co., Ltd. – Staff creates AI digital human videos to promote luggage products to overseas social platforms.
March 18, 2025: Shijiazhuang Business Vocational College School of Management – Successfully holds tourism professional training lectures themed on the integrated development of tourism and digital human technology applications.
March 7, 2025: China Government Network – China Government Network’s “AI Digital Human” makes grand debut to explain policies with a new face and voice.
March 4, 2025: Guantao County – AI anchors go online, giving rural e-commerce “digital wings” with digital human live streaming bases.
2024
November 30, 2024: Huakai Youshi (Hebei) Technology launched the AI Heart Protecting Cabin, a portable psychological support system for teenagers featuring virtual human interaction technology.
November 3, 2024: Kuaishou launched the “Digital Human Live-Streaming Disability Assistance Base” in Xingtang County, Hebei Province to support employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
October 28, 2024: Digital human products were showcased at the 2024 China International Digital Economy Expo, including the digital tour guide “Da Ye” in the Handan exhibit.
October 13, 2024: Henan Province (note: this appears to be about Henan, not Hebei) advanced AI digital humans across multiple sectors including live streaming and cultural heritage.
October 6, 2024: Daming County integrated digital humans into cultural tourism, creating a digital human modeled after TV host Guo Wei as a virtual tour guide.
April 20, 2024: Hebei Unicom (China Unicom) developed “Lingling,” an AI digital commissioner for the Xiong’an New Area’s Ecological Environment Smart Supervision Platform.
January 31, 2024: Huawei Cloud MetaStudio AI-Powered Virtual Avatar Platform was presented by Abdul Noor, a Huawei Cloud Solution Architect.
January 25, 2024: Huawei Cloud announced a webinar for January 29th to demonstrate their AI-powered Digital Human solution for customer engagement.
2023
April 4, 2023: Hebei Expressway Group and Baidu jointly released “Jian Lulu,” the industry’s first smart highway AI digital human at the 25th China Expressway Informatization Conference.
January 12, 2023: Handan City promoted digital display of idiom allusion culture with the theme “AI idiom tour in Handan,” launching six idiom digitization achievements.