Huawei Unveils the 'ACT' Program for Industrial Intelligence
At the HUAWEI CONNECT 2025 conference, Huawei's Senior Vice President and President of Enterprise Sales, Leo Chen, introduced a transformative initiative aimed at revolutionizing industrial intelligence. Dubbed the 'ACT' program, this three-step approach is designed to effectively harness artificial intelligence (AI) across various sectors.
Key Insights into AI's Role in Industrial Transformation
During his keynote titled ‘Opening New Pathways to Industrial Intelligence,’ Chen shared vital insights about the rapid development of AI and its implications for businesses. He highlighted three critical questions that companies face in this evolving landscape:
1. How can businesses ensure their AI investments translate into tangible commercial value?
2. How can they leverage their own data to maintain competitive advantages?
3. How can they transition AI use cases from pilot phases to broad-scale applications?
To address these challenges, Huawei presented successful case studies demonstrating the practical applications of AI in diverse industries. For instance:
- - In the banking sector, Huawei's innovative master-agent architecture significantly enhanced workflow automation, resulting in increased revenue and risk management efficiency.
- - China Southern Power Grid utilized Huawei's Ascend computing platform to create a large-scale AI model, ‘MegaWatt,’ which drastically improved defect identification efficiency during inspections.
- - Runda Medical developed an AI-driven solution for medical data recording that reduced record generation times to around one second, greatly optimizing hospital operations.
Chen identified five key takeaways from these and other projects, emphasizing the importance of targeted implementation scenarios, high-quality sector-specific data, and the collaborative dynamics between humans and AI. Furthermore, systematic governance and risk management are becoming increasingly critical to ensure AI's safe and sustainable application.
The Three-Step ACT Program
Huawei's 'ACT' program consists of three steps designed to facilitate the widespread adoption of AI:
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Assess High-Value Scenarios: Utilizing the AI Scenario Assessment Framework, Huawei helps organizations identify high-value use cases, having already pinpointed over 1,000 actionable scenarios in various industries.
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Calibrate AI Models: The company provides a comprehensive toolkit and security framework that ensures businesses can adapt general AI models into specific applications tailored to their sector needs. This transformation relies heavily on vertical data to convert raw information into knowledge and actionable models.
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Transform Business Operations with Scalable AI Agents: The integration of scalable AI agents is supported by Huawei's Versatile platform, which automates the generation of agents and workflow tasks, thereby speeding up implementation times.
Moreover, Huawei offers a talent training program in AI, empowering professionals to develop and manage AI agents efficiently.
To support the ACT pathway, businesses require a robust AI-oriented ICT infrastructure encompassing all processes, from data handling to model training and inference. Chen asserted that Huawei remains committed to pioneering innovations in data storage, computing, and networking, leading to the development of integrated products that streamline these activities, such as high-reliability optical modules and AI Storage Solutions.
Launch of Nine Key Industrial Intelligence Solutions
In addition to the ACT roadmap, Huawei highlighted nine pivotal solutions co-developed with partners, aimed at enhancing industrial intelligence. These include:
- - City AI Center Foundation Model
- - Intelligent Computing Labs Solution
- - Medical Technology Digital and Intelligence 2.0
- - Banking AI and Foundation Model
- - Intelligent Manufacturing R&D
- - SMART Logistics Warehousing
- - Intelligent Distribution Solutions
- - Intelligent Exploration and Development for Oil and Gas
- - Steel Blast Furnace Temperature Prediction
Through the 'Huawei + Partners' collaborative ecosystem, Huawei aims to foster innovation by sharing experiences and replicating successful practices swiftly across industries. With over 6,300 Kunpeng partners and 2,700 Ascend partners, the initiative strives to build a comprehensive network for advancing industrial AI applications globally.
Huawei's proactive approach and extensive solutions position it as a leader in the domain of industrial intelligence, ultimately striving to set the standard for future technological advancements in the sector. As the journey toward AI integration continues, Huawei's commitment to supporting industries remains steadfast and impactful.