Focusing on the 2025 Global Digital Economy Conference: IBI Wins "National Digital Economy Benchmark Enterprise" and Other Honors
From July 2nd to 5th, the 2025 Global Digital Economy Conference was grandly held in Beijing. As a key platform for the development of the global digital economy, this conference was guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It actively implemented the important deployments of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee regarding accelerating the establishment of institutional mechanisms to promote the development of the digital economy and advancing high-level opening up. The conference focused on the pulse of digital economic development, strengthening Beijing's role as a hub in global digital innovation cooperation, and effectively promoting the co-creation, sharing, and co-existence of the global digital economy. As a pioneer and deep practitioner in the industrial internet field, IBI was invited to attend multiple forums during the conference to share its innovative practices, actively participate in the construction of the Digital Economy International Cooperation Alliance, and was successfully selected for several authoritative industry lists with multiple benchmark cases, collectively demonstrating the company's leading role in empowering the digital transformation of the real economy.
"National Digital Economy Benchmark Enterprise," Exploring a New Path for Industrial Internet Development
On July 2nd, the 2025 Industrial Internet Innovation and Development Forum and the Digital Economy Benchmark Enterprise Evaluation Report Release Event, a special forum of the 2025 Global Digital Economy Conference, was successfully held. The event was hosted by the conference's main committee and organized by the Beijing Software and Information Service Association. The forum brought together over 200 renowned experts and corporate representatives from government, industry, academia, research, and application sectors to deeply discuss new paths, scenarios, and ecosystems for the industrial internet to empower various industries. IBI was invited to attend and was selected as a "2024 Digital Economy Benchmark Enterprise," becoming one of seven enterprises, including Douyin and Kuaishou, to be recognized as a "National Benchmark" for digital platforms.
Zhang Meifu, Vice President and CTO of IBI, delivered a keynote speech titled "The Industrial Internet Development Strategy and Business Practices Based on Platform, Technology, and Data." He systematically explained the company's practical achievements in developing three major business growth curves—industrial e-commerce platforms, industrial digitalization, and cross-border e-commerce platforms for industrial belts—in vertical industries, highlighting the crucial role of industrial internet platforms in reshaping industrial ecosystems and improving total factor productivity.
"Beijing Digital Economy Innovation Application Case," Assisting Coordinated Development in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei
On July 3rd, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Digital Economy Collaborative Innovation and Integrated Development Forum was successfully held, hosted by the Global Digital Economy Conference Organizing Committee and jointly organized by the Beijing Collaborative Development Service Promotion Association, the Beijing Software and Information Service Association, and the Zhongguancun Space Information Industry Technology Alliance. The forum released the "Beijing Digital Economy Innovation Application Cases," which covered key areas such as intelligent manufacturing, digital healthcare, smart energy, smart ecology, and the application of large AI models. The report promoted Beijing's leading digital technology solutions by focusing on core technologies, application scenarios, and successful case studies. This initiative aims to radiate the experience of Beijing as a global digital economy benchmark city to the entire region, providing a model for building a digital Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and promoting industrial digital transformation and the co-construction of a smart ecosystem. IBI, leveraging its exemplary role as a leading enterprise in the industrial chain, successfully made the list of "Beijing Digital Economy Innovation Application Cases" by strengthening industrial clusters with industrial e-commerce, consolidating industrial chains with the industrial internet, and empowering them with industrial big data. This provides a valuable application example for the coordinated development of the digital economy in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
"First Batch of Member Units of the Digital Economy International Cooperation Alliance," Building a New Cross-Border Collaborative Ecosystem Together
On July 3rd, IBI was invited to attend one of the main forums of the 2025 Global Digital Economy Conference—the Digital Economy International Cooperation Forum. As a core part of the conference, the forum focused for the first time on the theme of digital economy globalization and international cooperation. It established an international exchange platform, promoted innovative project collaboration, built industry cooperation hubs, explored unique service models for digital economy enterprises going global, and led the promotion of international innovation cooperation. At the forum, IBI, along with 24 domestic and international business associations and representatives of Fortune 500 companies such as the China-Europe Enterprise Federation and the Export-Import Bank of China, officially joined the Digital Economy International Cooperation Alliance as its first batch of members. In the future, with the mission of "co-building a new digital ecosystem for going global and empowering the globalization of enterprises," the alliance will work together to weave a dense network of international cooperation for the digital economy.
During the forum, IBI was also invited to participate in a special event—the Europe-focused enterprise supply and demand matching exchange session. Xu Jian, Executive President of IBI’s CNAUTO, had in-depth discussions with relevant European institutions and corporate representatives on topics such as market opportunities in China and Europe, cross-border cooperation models, and supply chain optimization, laying a foundation for future deepening of China-Europe industrial cooperation.
On July 4th, Shao Zhaojun, Senior Vice President of IBI’s Toodudu, was invited to attend the Southeast Asia-focused enterprise supply and demand matching exchange session, where he engaged in discussions with government agencies, chambers of commerce, and business representatives from countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The parties had an in-depth discussion on the characteristics of industrial chain layouts, resource advantages, and digital upgrade needs in Southeast Asia. They explored effective paths for deepening regional digital economic and trade cooperation, aiming to build a new paradigm for digital cross-border cooperation in the Southeast Asian chemical industry.
Sailing with digital intelligence. IBI's deep involvement in the 2025 Global Digital Economy Conference resulted in multiple innovative achievements. From being selected as a national benchmark enterprise for digital platforms and being recognized with the Beijing Digital Economy Innovation Application Case, to becoming one of the first members of the Digital Economy International Cooperation Alliance and actively participating in international exchanges, the company, centered on its core strategy of "platform, technology, and data," actively empowers industrial digital transformation, promotes regional coordinated development, and explores a new ecosystem for cross-border cooperation, activating new momentum for the digital economy through industrial internet practices.
