In August 2023, Liaoning Province hosted a high-profile media event in Shenyang that showcased an AI-powered news anchor. A virtual reporter called “Xiaoguan” was demonstrated during the China Newspaper New Media Conference in Shenyang, illustrating how a digital human journalist could engage audiences. The following month, Liaoning held its international investment and trade fair in Dalian (September 2023), where exhibitors displayed emerging digital-human technologies as part of innovation showcases. Companies and institutions presented AI-driven virtual presenters and assistants to investors, underlining Liaoning’s interest in immersive media technologies.
In August 2024, at the China Newspaper New Media Development Conference in Shenyang, Sichuan’s Chuan Guan News (四川观察) introduced a digital-human news presenter. This virtual anchor was featured as an example of next-generation media and digital influencer technology, illustrating crossprovincial collaboration in immersive journalism and expanding Liaoning’s exposure to AI-generated content.
In February 2025 the Northeastern University Aier Eye Hospital (东北大学附属爱尔眼科医院) in Shenyang launched an intelligent medical-service assistant. The hospital unveiled an AI-driven digital-human interface designed to support ophthalmology patients. This virtual medical assistant provided online policy guidance and information, demonstrating how a lifelike AI avatar could augment clinical services and improve patient engagement with healthcare information. (Northeastern University Aier Eye Hospital (Shenyang) launched its intelligent medical-service assistant as a patient-facing AI-driven digital-human interface built on Aier Eye Hospital Group’s in-house AierGPT/Aier Digital Human stack (including the Eyecho/爱科 digital-human system), co-developed with the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院计算技术研究所) and configured to support policy guidance and information Q&A, with reported integration of DeepSeek R1 reasoning-model capability as part of the group’s digital-human upgrade path.)
In March 2025, Shenyang expanded its AI ecosystem and digital-services infrastructure. The city inaugurated Northeast China’s first AI data industry base, aimed at building talent pools and data resources for applications such as digital humans. Also in March, Shenyang’s Heping District rolled out “Xiao He,” the province’s first AI government-service agent. This platform uses a multi-modal digitalhuman avatar (“He Zhixuan”) to deliver one-stop, around-the-clock answers to public-service queries – everything from business approvals to social security – through natural language interaction. This smart service centre marked the launch of a humanlike AI assistant in local government, improving access to administrative information. Later in March 2025, Liaoning’s state-owned assets authorities emphasised AI in public-sector services. The Liaoning Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission organised an “Embracing AI” launch ceremony in Shenyang, showcasing AI projects for state-owned enterprises. The Commission’s research institute debuted a virtual human at the event held in Shenyang’s Friendship Hotel, symbolising the integration of digital-human technology into the province’s official initiatives. These state-led activities highlighted Liaoning’s push to adopt AI agents and avatars in government and public industry contexts.
In April 2025, the Ning Shui Group (宁水集团), a Liaoning tech company, introduced an AI virtual assistant on the province’s smart education platform. This assistant allowed students and teachers to interact with a digital tutor around the clock, providing personalised learning support and information services through an intuitive avatar interface. In May 2025, Shenyang Aerospace University announced new research into educational AI, unveiling plans to develop multimodal intelligent agents with digitalhuman presentations for classroom use. The university’s programme explored AI-driven avatars to personalise instruction, indicating that academic institutions in Liaoning were investing in virtual human teaching tools.
In July 2025, Liaoning saw several new digital-human deployments: Shenyang Chengtai Technology Co., Ltd. (沈阳成泰科技有限公司) unveiled an AI-generated avatar from its architectural engineering department, intended for smart-teaching scenarios; Liaoning Mechatronics Vocational and Technical College (辽宁机电职业技术学院) issued a tender to build a new AIpowered digital imaging and virtual reality training centre incorporating metaverse-ready digital-human models; and the Shenyang Municipal Government integrated a virtual AI assistant into its housing administration website, using a digital human to interpret a new housing security plan for citizens . Together these projects showed a wave of pilots embedding digital humans in education and public services.
In August 2025, the Liaoning Mechatronics Vocational and Technical College formalised its earlier plan by releasing a bid notice for the AI digital-imaging VR training centre project (budget ~¥970,000) . The college sought to establish a facility where students could train with high-fidelity digitalhuman interfaces and immersive simulations. In September 2025, Liaoning’s Medical Security Bureau launched “Yi Bao’er (Liao Xiaobao),” an AI digital human for health insurance services . This virtual assistant, accessible through online portals, provided 24/7 policy consultation and guidance on insurance benefits. It used the latest Medicaid policies to answer questions and even offered customised alerts – for example, reminding university students of premium deadlines or providing senior citizens with an easy-voice interface – effectively marking Liaoning’s public services entrance into a new stage of smart, empathetic AI support.
In February 2026, Liaoning’s cultural sector introduced another major digital-human project. The Liaoning Provincial Museum (辽宁省博物馆) deployed “Liao Xiaobo”, an AI-powered virtual guide modeled on a museum relic. This intelligent digital docent engaged visitors with conversational tours of the exhibits. After launch, Liao Xiaobo answered over 100,000 visitor questions, transforming the museum experience from passive display to interactive dialogue . By enabling a virtual cultural ambassador, Liaoning set a new benchmark for combining AI and heritage, rounding out the province’s multi-year push to embed digital humans across industries and public life. (Tianjin Hengda Wenbo Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (恒达科技) was the primary technical developer behind the Liaoning Provincial Museum’s “Liao Xiaobo” (辽小博) AI virtual guide, as stated in a Liaoning provincial government report and reflected in a disclosed “辽小博” AI Q&A guided-tour software copyright jointly held with the museum.)
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2025
July 23, 2025: Shenyang Municipal Government – AI digital human interpretation of policy documents related to housing procurement efforts launched on government website.
July 11, 2025: Liaoning Mechatronics Vocational and Technical College – Tender announcement for AI digital image virtual reality training center construction including metaverse digital human models.
July 8, 2025: Shenyang Chengtai Technology Co., Ltd. – AI digital human team from Shenyang City Construction College visited Dalian University School of Architectural Engineering for smart teaching innovation applications.
June 10, 2025: Shenyang Special Event by Xingheyishixing Technology – AI empowerment training featuring digital human applications for enterprises, with many companies showing strong interest in intelligent customer service and digital human applications.
May 14, 2025: Shenyang Aerospace University – Digital human technology mentioned in connection with multimodal intelligent agent development and application in educational settings.
April 9, 2025: Ningshui Group – Artificial intelligence virtual digital human “Biao Shuai” launched on March 31st on smart education platform for interactive services.
March 31, 2025: Liaoning State-owned Assets “Embracing AI” Special Action – Digital human “Guozi Xiaozhi” officially launched as host for the initiative launch ceremony in Liaoning.
March 25, 2025: Liaoning State-owned Assets Research Institute – Digital human “Guozi Xiaozhi” made its debut at the launch ceremony held at Liaoning Friendship Hotel.
March 21, 2025: Liaoning Beidou Cloud Digital Technology Co., Ltd. – Company focusing on multi-modal digital human technology and immersive intelligent interactive experiences established in Shenyang Heping District.
March 7, 2025: Shenyang Heping District – AI government service intelligent agent “Xiao He” launched, featuring multi-modal digital human support and comprehensive AI technologies.
March 2, 2025: Shenyang – Northeast China’s first AI data industry service platform officially launched, marking Shenyang’s advancement in artificial intelligence with digital human talent development plans.
February 28, 2025: Aier Eye Hospital affiliated with Northeastern University in Liaoning – DeepSeek R1 empowers Aier digital human “Eyecho” for intelligent medical services, previously released in October 2024.
2024
September 18, 2024: China launched its first AI digital human livestreaming studio dedicated to the agricultural sector in Qingdao (note: this entry mentions China broadly but was included in your research context).
August 23, 2024: Chuan Guan News had their “digital human reporters in party media clients (Xiaoguan digital human)” application recognized as an innovative exemplary case at the China Newspaper New Media Development Conference in Shenyang.
2023
September 28, 2023: The 2023 Liaoning International Investment and Trade Fair opened in Shenyang with digital human technology demonstrations in the Dalian exhibition area.
August 29, 2023: Xiaoguan digital human reporter was showcased as a revolutionary new media communication tool during the China Newspaper New Media Conference in Shenyang.
2022
September 26, 2022: Forty-five companies from across the country gathered to demonstrate AI applications including customized car avatars and intelligent sign language “translators” powered by “Zidong Taichu” artificial intelligence technology.