The Chinese digital twin industry has reached a milestone. Recently, Beijing May First Vision Digital Twin Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as "May First Vision") was officially listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, becoming China's first "Physical AI" company to enter the capital market. With the vision of "Cloning Earth," the company is committed to dynamically replicating the real world in a virtual environment with high-precision digital twin technology, providing intelligent decision-making support for key areas such as urban governance, energy scheduling, and industrial operations.

 "Cloning Earth": From Concept to Commercialization

May First Vision was the first to propose the concept of "Cloning Earth." Its core is not static modeling, but building a real-time, dynamic, computable, and simulative digital mirror of the Earth. Relying on its self-developed 51Aes platform, the company provides customers with one-stop digital twin development and application services, covering more than ten industries including cities, parks, rural areas, water conservancy, water supply, industry, energy, real estate, healthcare, and education.

For example:

- In smart cities, simulating traffic flow to optimize traffic light timing;

- In the energy sector, dynamically simulating power grid load and new energy access plans;

- In industrial parks, achieving full lifecycle monitoring and predictive maintenance of equipment.

According to a report by Frost & Sullivan, in 2024, May First Vision became the largest digital twin solution provider in China, and is the only top-tier company offering end-to-end one-stop services.

 Physical AI: Deep Integration of AI and the Real World

Different from traditional large models that focus on text and images, the "Physical AI" represented by May First Vision emphasizes the deep integration of AI with physical world rules, real-time data, and engineering systems. Its technology stack combines 3D modeling, IoT sensing, simulation engines, AI reasoning, and visualization, enabling virtual models not only to "see" the real world, but also to "understand" and "interact" with it.

This capability is particularly critical under the national strategy of "AI plus" — when AI moves from "information processing" to "physical execution," digital twin becomes the core bridge connecting bits and atoms.

 AIbase Observation: Digital Twins Enter a New Stage of Value Realization

May First Vision's successful listing marks that the digital twin industry is moving from "technical demonstration" to "scaled commercial monetization." Under policy drivers such as refined urban governance, new industrialization, and carbon neutrality goals, digital twins have become an essential option rather than an optional choice.

Beneath the grand narrative of "Cloning Earth" lies countless implementable, chargeable, and reusable industry solutions. When a city, a power plant, or a river can be accurately simulated and optimized in the virtual world, AI truly becomes the underlying engine driving the leap in social productivity.