2025 Virtual Beings Group China Timeline

2025 Virtual Beings Group China Timeline

• 2025, May – Bangyan Technology debuts the NuwaAI Intelligent Agent Digital Human Platform at GAIE Shenzhen, showcasing dual-brain architecture and winning a “Most Popular AI Product” award.

• 2025, May – China launches the 2025 Metaverse Digital Human Design Competition, encouraging AI + humanoid robotics digital human projects nationwide.

• 2025, May – Beijing Summer Palace deploys AI digital human assistant “Xiao Yi” for smart tourism, providing voice-based itineraries and real-time visitor interaction.

• 2025, May – Grand Canal Museum (Beijing) demonstrates AI digital tour guide during International Museum Day 2025, offering personalized, interactive exhibition narration.

• 2025, May – Tianshui Museum introduces AI digital human guides developed with China Telecom subsidiary CEWAVE, featuring high-fidelity virtual staff clones.

• 2025, May – Guangzhou launches AI legal-education digital humans (“Xiao Peng” and “Xiao Luo”) for public law education in Mandarin and Cantonese.

• 2025, May – Rural China pilots 24/7 AI digital human livestream hosts to support village e-commerce and local economic development.

• 2025, May – Fujian Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital deploys AI digital human for patient triage, registration, and medical guidance.

• 2025, May – “Iceland Lab” opens in Beijing as an AI-powered retail and supply-chain hub using daily digital-human livestreaming.

• 2025, May – “Xiaowen” mobile embodied digital human unveiled during China’s National Intellectual Property Publicity Week in Beijing.

• 2025, May – Chinese museums and heritage sites increasingly adopt AI digital humans for cultural interpretation and visitor engagement.

• 2025, April – China announces its first AI digital-human data IP protection case, establishing governance and ownership rules for digital human datasets.

• 2025, April – Heilongjiang Agricultural Development Bank launches digital human banker “Nong Xiaofa” for financial services.

• 2025, April – Digital human governance assistants expand across Chinese municipalities, including Beijing Changping District.

• 2025, April – Baidu files patent for AI-based digital human reconstruction using Gaussian and computer-vision methods.

• 2025, April – CCTV International Network files patent for automated digital human narration of PPT-based video content.

• 2025, April – Beijing Zhongying Niannian secures patent for AIGC-based digital human holographic display systems.

• 2025, April – Beijing Jingpaidang applies for patent covering full-stack virtual digital human generation systems.

• 2025, April – Luster3DS (Beijing) profiled as a core digital human infrastructure provider using 3D vision and motion capture.

• 2025, April – Qianyu Intelligent (Hangzhou) expands AI digital human livestreaming services via joint venture with Silicon Intelligence.

• 2025, April – Zhipu AI and BYOND ASIA launch Hong Kong’s first interactive celebrity digital avatar (AI Eric Tsang).

• 2025, April – ByteDance highlighted as a major AI infrastructure and digital human ecosystem driver.

• 2025, April – Nanjing startup promotes “digital resurrection” services using AI digital humans to simulate deceased individuals.

• 2025, April – Shanxi cultural events debut historical digital humans (e.g., Hua Mulan) for education and tourism.

• 2025, March – Tencent releases Hunyuan3D 2.0, enabling high-resolution 3D digital human and asset generation.

• 2025, March – Chinese video reviews compare free digital human tools including HeyGem, LatentSync 1.5, and Sonic.

• 2025, March – METAVANCE (Beijing) showcases one-stop AI digital human generation and livestreaming systems.

• 2025, March – Hangzhou-based AI firm files patent for digital-human-assisted classroom behavior feedback systems.

• 2025, February – Beijing Jizhi Hexin partners with Alibaba Cloud under the Panxi Digital Human initiative.

• 2025, February – Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Dongfang Hospital deploys Huawei-powered digital human guides.

• 2025, February – Zhejiang Wenhulian subsidiary partners with Tencent Ads to roll out AI digital human advertising avatars.

• 2025, February – Baidu granted patent for virtual avatar driving and behavior generation methods.

• 2025, February – AI-powered dating simulation games (“virtual boyfriends”) surge in China, reflecting emotional AI demand.

• 2025, January – China Film Year files patent for cross-platform AIGC digital human behavior synchronization.

• 2025, January – NewOne (Beijing) patents emotionally aware full-duplex Q&A digital humans.

• 2025, January – China Unicom files patent for real-time virtual digital human video calling systems.

• 2025, January – China Postal Consumer Finance launches digital human employee “You Xiaobao”.

• 2025, January – Beijing Lixin Tongzhi granted patent for speech-driven 3D digital human motion generation.

• 2025, January – Sinopec launches China’s first AI digital fueling assistant nationwide.

• 2025, January – Xinjiang Karamay introduces AI digital police officer “Officer Xiao Ke”.

• 2025, January – Datong Museum deploys AI digital human guide for interactive historical exhibitions.

• 2025, January – Beijing hosts Digital Human Innovation events at the Zhongguancun Internet 3.0 competition.

• 2025, January – “Yuan Laoshi” virtual teacher runs cross-city cultural heritage education programs in the Greater Bay Area.

• 2025, January – QuickMagic highlights web-based AI motion capture services for digital human animation pipelines.