December 2023 saw Henan Polytechnic University publicly describe the release and promotion of an ultra-realistic “Tai Chi digital human” produced in collaboration with NetEase Yaotai (网易瑶台) through its Henan operations, framed as a CG-grade visual presentation built from high-precision, multi-angle capture of a Chen-style Tai Chi inheritor’s movements and packaged for standardized demonstration and teaching.
January 2024 had Henan Radio and Television (河南广播电视台) publicly associated in broadcast-technology reporting and sector datasets with a hyper-realistic virtual digital host named Tang Xiaomei, described as a 3D, AI-enabled interactive presenter aligned to broadcast use.
October 2024 included two distinct Zhengzhou and Henan media-facing deployments: Henan Radio and Television’s Elephant News collaboration with APUS (麒麟合盛网络技术股份有限公司) was reported in connection with the documentary installment “Civilization China Speaks” (《文明中国说》) that used AI digital-human techniques to present a reconstructed portrayal of Yu Opera master Chang Xiangyu interacting with contemporary performers, and the Zhengzhou Market Supervision Bureau publicly introduced the “Zheng Biaozhun” (“Standard Zheng,” 郑标准) digital human at World Standards Day activities, describing it as an interactive interface for standardization consultation and service guidance.
February 2025 featured a telecom-side rollout in which China Mobile Henan (中国移动河南) and Huawei (华为) publicly announced a “New Calling” Data Channel (DC) friendly-user recruitment program, presenting enhanced calling capabilities and describing digital-human-style avatar features as part of the upgraded calling experience.
March 2025 included a public-service interface deployment in Zhengzhou, with the Zhongyuan District channel on the Zhengzhou municipal government portal reporting the launch of the “Xiao Yuan Bangban” (小元帮办) government-service digital human via an official WeChat channel, describing it as an intelligent Q&A and guidance tool built on a localized deployment of DeepSeek on a China Unicom (中国联通) cloud platform.
April 2025 included both civic-event presentation and education-showcase activity in Zhengzhou: reporting on the city’s Qingming ecological burial activities described the use of an AI virtual digital human segment within the ceremony’s presentation format, and the China Association for Educational Technology (中国教育技术协会) documented the Zhengzhou stop of the second “Education Digital Human Competition” being held at Zhengzhou Sias University, describing a formal competition structure and multi-region participation.
May 2025 brought a high-profile cultural-tourism deployment in western Henan, with SenseTime (商汤科技) and contemporaneous coverage describing the unveiling of a Laozi digital human at the Hangu Pass Historical and Cultural Tourism Zone in Sanmenxia, characterized as a high-precision 3D reconstruction exceeding two million mesh faces and presented as an interactive Q&A experience for visitors.
June 2025 included provincial reporting on planned or showcased “digital culture and tourism service scenario” items that listed the Anyang Yinxu Palace-and-Temple site’s XR project “Fu Hao Returns” as part of the province’s digital culture-and-tourism scenario portfolio. (Henan’s June 2025 provincial case list names Shandong Jindong Digital Creative Co., Ltd. (山东金东数字创意股份有限公司) as the technical partner for Anyang Yinxu’s XR on-site display project “Fu Hao Returns,” and separate reporting links the same firm to co-developing a “digital Fu Hao” cultural-heritage presentation with the Southern University of Science and Technology.)
November 2025 was associated in Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone reporting with the establishment of an “AI+ smart talent public training base,” later described as incorporating “digital human interviews” alongside written testing within a multi-dimensional assessment workflow intended to support training evaluation and employment matching.
January 2026 included cross-border livestream infrastructure and tooling disclosures in Zhengzhou, with official and major-media reporting stating that the city opened a cross-border e-commerce international dedicated communications line serving multiple Southeast Asian markets and also stating that, since June 2025, the municipal industry authority had coordinated carriers and stakeholders while promoting collaboration with local AI firms including Duoguan Hudong (夺冠互动) and iFlytek (科大讯飞) in Henan to develop multilingual digital humans and real-time translation tools for cross-border livestream operations.
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2025
May 20, 2025 – SenseTime unveiled China’s first digital human representation of philosopher Laozi at Hangu Pass Historical and Cultural Tourism Zone in Sanmenxia, developed using over two million high-precision polygons.
2024
October 21, 2024 – APUS integrated AI digital human technology to recreate Henan opera artist Chang Xiangyu for the cultural documentary ‘Civilization China Speaks: “Theater” of Home and Nation’, enabling interaction between the digital master and modern opera actors.
October 14, 2024 – Zhengzhou Market Supervision Bureau debuted “Zheng Biaozhun” (Standard Zheng) digital human at the 2024 World Standards Day event to provide standardization services.
October 13, 2024 – Henan Province actively advanced AI digital humans across multiple sectors including live streaming, cultural heritage, education, and public services, with local companies creating applications like a Mulan-inspired character for intangible cultural heritage promotion.
September 21, 2024 – Henan University of Technology researchers published a paper on virtual anchors transforming media landscapes through AI and digital media technology for enhanced audience engagement.
March 17, 2024 – China Mobile Henan partnered with Huawei to launch DC-based New Calling services featuring digital humans as interactive avatars for communication.
2023
December 17, 2023 – Henan Polytechnic University and NetEase Yaotai‘s Henan operations center launched an ultra-realistic Tai Chi digital human with CG-level visual effects showcasing traditional Tai Chi forms.
May 31, 2023 – Henan University of Economics and Law student innovation team developed the “AI Digital Human Empowering Yu Opera Heritage and Innovation” project, digitally recreating Yu Opera master Chang Xiangyu using 5G holography and multimodal large models.