Aiker World AI Co-Creation Base Officially Lands in Hainan Oriental to Build Long-Term AI Talent and Industry Ecosystem
On August 28, the finals of the Oriental Chuxin FC-OPC Next iCreate AI Native Content Creation Competition took place in Hainan Oriental. As an ecological partner of the Aiker World community, Oriental Chuxin has been deepening cooperation with Aiker World around AI talent, content ecosystems, and industrial scenarios, moving the partnership into offline bases and real-world applications.
Thirty youth creative teams gathered in Oriental to deliver on-site roadshows covering topics such as Chinese cultural dissemination, Hainan tourism and intangible heritage going global, free trade port cross-border digital economy, and AI content compliance. A series of AI innovation works combining local Oriental culture, tourism resources, and genuine industrial needs were showcased.
Leaders including Oriental Municipal Party Secretary Li Aihua, Hainan Provincial Tourism and Culture Radio Television and Sports Department Deputy Director Wang Zhongyun, Communist Youth League Hainan Provincial Committee Deputy Secretary Zhang Pu, and Oriental Municipal Deputy Secretary and Acting Mayor Gui Junling attended the event.
At the venue, the Oriental Chuxin OPC Community was officially unveiled, while the Aiker World community formally landed in Oriental in the form of an AI Co-Creation Base. This extends bilateral ecological cooperation from competitions, talent, and content into physical bases and authentic industrial scenes.
For Aiker World, the base provides more than physical space; it creates a long-term node for absorbing urban demands, organizing local talent, incubating AI projects, and connecting enterprise scenarios. The move marks a progression from online community to urban nodes, from talent connection to real project delivery, and from single events to sustained operations.
Winning teams received appointments as Oriental’s first batch of “Youth City Promotion Ambassadors.” First prize went to “New Friends from the Sea,” while second prizes included “Searching for Deer,” “Spreading Wings,” and “Intelligent Fishing Sentinel.” Third prizes covered works such as “Oriental Lion Dance · Guardian Chain,” “Hainan Li Brocade · Epic of Warp and Weft,” and “Digital Guide Xiao Hai: Free Trade Port AI Going Global Secrets.”
360 Group representative and Aiker World initiator Hu Xiaona shared insights on AI industry implementation. She noted the industry focus shifting from model intelligence to whether AI can enter enterprises and generate tangible results, emphasizing tools like Nami Work for research, planning, and content production alongside 360’s accumulated security capabilities.
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