Notes:
As of 2025, Guizhou Province in China is rapidly integrating digital human technology across tourism, governance, education, retail, and industry as part of its broader digital economy strategy. The most notable example is the AI digital human “Huang Xiaoxi,” developed by the Guizhou Department of Culture and Tourism and China Kweichow Moutai Culture & Tourism Co., Ltd. Based on the province’s large tourism AI model, Huang Xiaoxi offers intelligent travel services such as itinerary planning, one-click booking, guided tours, and travel diary generation, and is embedded into the official “Yima You Guizhou” platform. Guizhou has also built a metaverse-based digital human production base and launched initiatives using AI digital humans in sports betting training, tourism promotion, government policy interpretation, rural e-commerce livestreaming, and digital museum guides. Local companies, including Guizhou Silbased Digital Human Technology and Guizhou Ai Bing AI Technology, play active roles in these developments.
In the provincial capital Guiyang, digital human technology has become deeply integrated into local initiatives across entertainment, education, culture, tourism, business, and governance. The city has embraced high-fidelity virtual avatars created via multi-camera setups, used them in media productions, live broadcasts, cultural storytelling, smart tourism (including digital tour guides), and even classroom teaching. Institutions like Guiyang Information Science and Technology College employ digital human instructors, while government projects use avatars to promote urban culture and public services. The local economy has supported the development of AI-driven digital human tools through public-private partnerships, startup incubations, and events such as the China International Big Data Industry Expo hosted in Guiyang. Digital humans have also been deployed in marketing, VR/AR experiences, digital twin factories, and televised news broadcasts, with AI-powered hosts cloned from real anchors.
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2025
- August 9, 2025: Digital humanities meet large language models with AI digital human tour guides being used in libraries and museums for personalized explanations based on visitor interests.
- July 29, 2025: Tsinghua University’s “Zhihui Qian Cheng” practice team visited Guiyang to explore big data innovation practices, including experiencing AI digital humans at Huawei Cloud data center.
- July 28, 2025: Bangyan Technology released digital human platform Nuwaai as part of broader digital technology developments.
- July 22, 2025: Ruixing Chain digital culture ecological summit was held at Guizhou Penglai Xian Hotel, featuring digital human interaction scenarios.
- July 7, 2025: RAICOM robot development competition in Guizhou involved over 2000 teachers and students competing in digital human (virtual interactive design) categories, organized by Guizhou Minzu Museum and Guizhou Qiannan University of Science and Technology.
- June 11, 2025: Guiyang Marathon introduced digital humans as part of the “Future is Here” concept to enhance the race experience with smart technology.
- May 18, 2025: Moutai Cultural Tourism carried Guizhou IP “Huang Xiaxi” at T² Music and Art Festival in Guiyang Duocai Guizhou City, combining virtual and real experiences to bring the digital human from online to offline.
- May 16, 2025: Digital technology transformed “historical artifacts” into “dynamic narratives” at museums, with digital humans, virtual tourism, and digital twin applications being showcased at Guizhou Provincial Geological Museum in Guiyang.
- April 17, 2025: The 19th Guizhou Tourism Development Conference featured landscape-city integrated development, releasing Guizhou cultural tourism digital human and “Duocai Guizhou Cultural Tourism” recommender “Huang Xiaxi.”
- April 11, 2025: Guizhou cultural tourism digital human “Huang Xiaxi” was officially released at the opening ceremony, appearing on the big screen wearing traditional Guizhou ethnic attire.
- April 10, 2025: “Yima You Guizhou 3.0” platform officially launched AI intelligent agent “Huang Xiaxi,” refreshing tourism experiences with Guizhou cultural tourism digital human services.
- April 10, 2025: AI intelligent agent “Huang Xiaxi” was launched to provide comprehensive Guizhou tourism scenario services, powered by advanced Unreal Engine technology.
- March 28, 2025: Guizhou Niusiling Smart Grazing Cloud Platform created “Wu Guobang AI Digital Human” and virtual IP, integrating technology with warmth to create immersive experiences.
- March 28, 2025: China Information Association Digital Governance Professional Committee’s fifth member representative meeting featured a digital human created with advanced voice synthesis and driving technology.
- February 28, 2025: Baidu Marketing assisted Guizhou local business innovation growth, featuring digital human Guizhou tourism image ambassador “Yao Mei Dai Ni You Guizhou” providing personalized services.
- February 19, 2025: Rural areas in Guizhou introduced digital humans, with Zunyi City using Baidu e-commerce digital human live streaming that helped sell nearly 10,000 pounds of “Pink Crystal Honey Pomelo” in just one month.
- January 20, 2025: China’s first “Mulan 3D ultra-realistic digital human” was released, representing classic Chinese traditional cultural figures in digital form.
2024
- December 21, 2024: Baidu E-commerce collaborated with Zunyi Supply and Marketing E-commerce to adopt Baidu’s “Huibo Star” digital human live-streaming platform for revolutionizing agricultural product sales in Guizhou.
- September 18, 2024: China launched its first AI digital human livestreaming studio dedicated to the agricultural sector in Qingdao, marking integration of digital technology with rural industries (mentioned in context of broader Chinese rural commerce transformation that includes Guizhou).
- April 2, 2024: Digital transformation and cultural innovation through virtual personas featured Wang Yangming as a virtual persona sharing philosophical insights through digital human medium in China’s flourishing digital era.
2023
- November 15, 2023: A virtual “digital person” dressed in minority ethnic attire was showcased at the New Generation Information Technology exhibition in Shenzhen’s Convention Center, introducing Guizhou’s tourist attractions and local products.
- July 7, 2023: Beijing Qingping Tianyi Technology Co., Ltd. established its subsidiary Guizhou Qingping Joy Culture Media Co., Ltd. as a sales-focused marketing company specializing in AI virtual human live broadcasting services.