Funding: Own budget (45), Public broadcaster / state media (30)
Three AI studios + 'Paisheng Wanwu' (派生万物) open AI platform — The Paper launched three dedicated AI application studios: (1) AI Office Studio — text writing tools (polish, shorten, expand, summarize, tag analysis); (2) AI Visual Studio — image generation with face detection, hand processing, poster templates, object removal and clarity enhancement; (3) AI Video Studio — article-to-video conversion and…
China's first AIGC Application Research Lab and Industry Incubation Centre in the broadcast sector — formally launched March 7, 2024 as part of Henan Radio & Television's commercial operations arm; architecture: 'AI research/application talent development + investment incubation + industry project cultivation' (1+1+N framework); application domains: new media dissemination, AI industry academy, emergency safety…
Launch of first dedicated AI channel on Yangshipin (央视频) digital platform alongside China's first fully AI-generated miniseries 'Chinese Mythology' (中国神话) — launched March 22, 2024; the miniseries: six episodes covering classic Chinese mythology (Patching the Sky / Nüwa, Chasing the Sun / Kuafu, Flying to the Moon / Chang'e, Filling the Sea / Jingwei, Tasting a Hundred Herbs / Shennong, Controlling the Floods /…
爱芒 (Aimang) — China's first AI director, serving as assistant director on Mango TV variety show 我们仨 (The Three of Us) with celebrities Guo Qilin, Mao Buyi and Wei Daxun. Appearance synthesised from portraits of Hunan/Mango TV producers; voice from young staff directors. Functions: real-time voice interaction with cast, independent short video editing from footage, animation production, promotional copywriting…
AI Super Platform (AI超级平台) and 'AI Intelligent Media Navigation Plan' (AI智媒引航计划) — group-wide AI transformation strategy; launched at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in July 2025; AI technology integrated across the full content production chain: creative planning, content production, distribution, data analysis and commercial operations; subsidiaries developed dedicated vertical AI…
'彩编助手' (Caiybian Assistant) Intelligent Production Engine — AI-powered unified editorial production system integrating 227 functions across the full news production workflow; key capabilities: content verification (内容核查助手), hotspot discovery and trending topic detection (热点发现), multimodal content generation (text, image, video, audio), key point extraction and AI title generation, intelligent archive search,…