On October 8, the Party Secretary of Guangdong Province, Huang Kunming, visited Tencent's headquarters in Shenzhen for research, focusing on the company's R&D innovation and industrial layout in the direction of artificial intelligence. During a subsequent symposium, Ma Huateng, founder and chairman of the board and CEO of Tencent, sat next to Yao Shunyu, chief AI scientist of Tencent and head of the AI Infra and large language model departments. This rare arrangement drew widespread attention from the technology industry.

During the research, the relevant leaders observed demonstrations of Tencent's core product applications and gained an in-depth understanding of the company's latest progress in digital science and technology innovation and its efforts to empower multiple fields. As a leading figure in Tencent's core AI R&D, Yao Shunyu, who was born in 1998, appearing on stage with Ma Huateng not only broke Ma's recent habit of rarely making public appearances, but also concretely demonstrated Tencent's firm determination to fully commit to the AI strategy and accelerate the construction of underlying large models and infrastructure.

Industry analysts believe that in the face of deep competition in the era of large models, internet giants are accelerating their transformation toward fundamental research and core technologies. The appearance of the senior executives together clearly signals that Tencent is mobilizing the entire company to invest more in AI infrastructure and young technical teams, reflecting the strategic shift of Chinese tech companies in building a technological moat in the second half of the AI era.