A complete industrial infrastructure for intelligent agent business is taking shape. On August 17th, the first ecological partner conference focusing on the practical application of intelligent agent business was held in Hangzhou. Alipay revealed that its super service intelligent agent "Abao" has completed AI integration for more than 10,000 services, with cross-platform support for five major phone brands and 16 major car manufacturers. At the same time, it launched the first full-stack intelligent agent business foundation and a multi-intelligent agent cross-platform AHA protocol system, collaborating with Qwen, Huawei, OPPO, BYD, Geely, and more than 20 companies to build an intelligent agent interconnection ecosystem.

This is Alipay's first AI ecosystem conference, and also the one with the most diverse participants. Following mobile payments and service digitization, Alipay is building a new intelligent agent ecosystem through "Abao", marking the transition of intelligent agent business from conceptual verification to large-scale implementation.

Wang Xin Yi, CEO of Ant Group, stated that the intelligent agent business will see a surge in the next 6-12 months, with intelligent agents becoming the "new medium" between hundreds of millions of users and millions of merchants, opening up a new commercial ecosystem centered around intent. Alipay will assist in building a new AI commercial service through trust, connection, and an open ecosystem, promoting the development of the new commercial ecosystem.

Launch of the First Full-Stack Intelligent Agent Business Foundation

Helping Merchants Break Through from 0 to 1 in Intelligent Operations

As AI competition shifts from model demonstration to scenario implementation, how to meet users' frequent, fragmented, and instant real-world needs becomes key to unlocking the value of intelligent agents.

Alipay released the country's first full-stack intelligent agent business product foundation, primarily solving the transformation of merchants from digital operations to intelligent operations.

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(The country's first full-stack intelligent agent business foundation)

The foundation includes multiple independent intelligent operation components, adapting to the differentiated needs of merchants. For merchants who have digitalization but lack AI capabilities, Alipay's AI Open Platform offers a one-stop intelligent management solution, converting pages, products, and service processes into Skills, MCP, and standardized intelligent agent units that can be called by intelligent agents, achieving AI-enabled service access with low barriers.

Merchants who have already achieved AI transformation of their services and wish to operate with intelligent agents can use Alipay's AI Open Platform to create intelligent agents, arrange skills, execute tasks, and manage operations, implementing intelligent operational capabilities such as user insights, product recommendations, and membership operations, achieving autonomous intelligence. The Agentar Eco version provided by Ant Data offers over 200 professional skill packages tailored to merchants' frequent scenarios and digital expert agents, supporting template-based customization and one-click integration into the "Abao" ecosystem. For more advanced and complex needs, the platform's A2A (Agent to Agent) multi-agent collaboration capability can connect multiple merchant agents for combined service delivery and collaborative fulfillment.

Li Jun, President of Alipay's Business Group, believes that a new wave of interface transformation is coming. With the acceleration of various intelligent terminals' popularity, smart services are showing trends of comprehensive coverage, scenario-based, and real-time interaction. Multi-device and multi-intelligent agent interoperability will make interfaces omnipresent.

Based on this trend, the new Alipay foundation includes cross-platform connectivity capabilities, allowing merchants to distribute services via "Abao" to smartphones, car systems, AI glasses, IoT, and large model applications with a single adaptation, reducing repetitive investments. It also integrates core capabilities such as AI payment, trusted identity, privacy risk control, and service fulfillment, forming a complete commercial closed-loop of "intelligent upgrade, multi-terminal distribution, trustworthy fulfillment, and all-scenario reuse."

Launch of the First Intelligent Agent Cross-Platform AHA Protocol System

Co-building with Qwen, Huawei, OPPO, vivo, Honor, BYD, Geely Auto, etc.

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(Alipay Launches the First Intelligent Agent Cross-Platform AHA Protocol System)

At the event, Alipay officially launched the country's first AHA (Agent Hub Access) multi-intelligent agent cross-platform interoperability protocol system. This system includes the Smart Interaction Protocol (Skills Interface Standards), the Intelligent Agent Interconnection Protocol (Agent Hub Access), and the Device Perception and Execution Protocol (X User Interface), aiming to solve pain points such as difficult cross-industry, cross-entity, and cross-manufacturer service adaptation and unsafe collaboration, enabling users to complete the entire service process of "cross-intelligent agent collaboration - secure fulfillment - transaction completion" with just "one sentence of demand."

This protocol system supports efficient "handshakes" among different manufacturers' intelligent agents, ensuring each party operates within its trusted boundaries through domain authorization and data isolation mechanisms, enabling efficient collaboration and fulfillment. This is also the core technical foundation for Alipay's previous cross-platform collaborative service implementation with OPPO and Jieyuez星辰.

To accelerate the large-scale implementation of intelligent services across all scenarios, Alipay has partnered with more than 20 terminal manufacturers, car companies, and large model providers including Qwen, Huawei, OPPO, vivo, Xiaomi, Honor, BYD, Geely Auto, Li Auto, NIO, Dongfeng Auto, Shenlan Auto, SAIC Passenger Vehicles, FAW Bestune, Jieyuez星辰, and Rokid to launch a multi-intelligent agent interconnection and collaboration ecosystem initiative, continuously empowering industrial development and benefiting more users.

"Abao" Cross-Platform Services Support Five Major Smartphone Brands, 16 Major Car Manufacturers

Intelligent agent business is moving from concept to real-world scenarios. Since the open testing of Alipay's super service intelligent agent "Abao" at the beginning of June, it has completed AI adaptation of more than 10,000 services, covering eight core scenarios such as travel, dining, culture and tourism, and government affairs. Users can now complete tasks with just one sentence. Currently, top brands such as McDonald's, Manner Coffee, Luckin Coffee, Gaode Taxi, and Didi, as well as local lifestyle service providers like Deppon Express, YTO Express, and Fengchao, have gradually joined in.

The conference also announced the progress of "Abao" cross-platform connectivity: the smartphone side has established cross-platform collaborative task capabilities with five major smartphone manufacturers, with a market share of the partner manufacturers exceeding 70%, providing an industry reference path for the task capabilities of intelligent agents on smartphones; car-side services cover 16 major car brands and have reached cooperation with more than 60 car manufacturers; emerging terminals such as smart glasses, smartwatches, and large model apps have also been implemented simultaneously.

In July, OPPO and Alipay achieved intelligent agent cross-platform connectivity, with "Xiaobu" integrating nearly 200 services into "Abao." OPPO stated that the Agent collaboration between both parties allows OPPO users to access multiple intelligent services at once, and also brought an increase of over 2 million active users on Alipay on OPPO phones.

Li Jun revealed that since the launch of Alipay's AI development platform in July, merchants have shown strong interest in joining, with some development demands already scheduled until next year.

At the exhibition area of the event, the achievements of Abao and its ecosystem partners were concentratedly displayed. On-site users could experience ordering coffee, booking flights and hotels, and drawing blind boxes with just one sentence to Abao; they could also directly call Abao through smartphone agents, car system agents, and smart glasses, experiencing Abao's cross-platform task capabilities.

Launch of the First Intelligent Operation Incentive Policy

57 Atomic Operation Capabilities Free to Open

To allow individual developers and merchants to enter the AI ecosystem at a low cost, Alipay launched the first intelligent operation incentive plan. It includes free token computing power for 100 million people, payment fee reductions, and real transaction token subsidies, as well as 57 unique atomic operation capabilities such as member systems, merchant coupons, Zhi Fu Xin Yong, and rental, which are freely opened and available for use.