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Meituan, a leading Chinese technology and retail platform, has made significant investments in the research, development, and deployment of digital humans, positioning them as a strategic asset across its service ecosystem. The company has integrated AI-driven digital humans into various operational and consumer-facing roles, particularly targeting the service retail sector. At the 2025 Service Retail Industry Conference, Meituan officially launched its first cohort of AI digital employees, including virtual customer service agents, operations specialists, scheduling assistants, and business managers. These virtual roles are designed to streamline business operations for small and medium-sized merchants by automating customer interactions, improving scheduling accuracy, generating promotional content, and providing diagnostic insights into store performance. Early deployments in sectors such as education, home services, and events have shown strong performance improvements, including over 40% increases in lead retention and more than 20% sales boosts through 24/7 digital assistance.
The technical foundation of Meituan’s digital human initiatives is led by its Visual Intelligence Department, which conducts cutting-edge research in computer vision and AIGC (AI-Generated Content). The department’s contributions to the CVPR 2024 conference featured innovations in digital human control, image-to-video generation, and audiovisual segmentation, developed independently and in collaboration with academic partners. These technologies enhance the realism and interactivity of digital avatars, enabling their use in real-time dialog systems, content marketing, and customer service environments. Meituan's work emphasizes scalability and performance optimization, such as GPU inference architecture improvements and deployment of high-efficiency models like YOLOv6 for real-time applications.
Additionally, Meituan’s internal AI labs, including the Shenzhen Meituan Robotics Research Institute (mri.meituan.com) and various subgroups within its technology teams, support R&D into AI agent behavior, voice interaction, and virtual character personalization. Recruitment posts and technical blogs confirm active hiring for roles specializing in digital human platforms, conversational AI, and multimodal learning. Meituan’s digital human technologies are deeply embedded in both back-end systems and consumer interfaces, with applications ranging from live-streaming product sales to AI-guided shopping and 3D avatar customization. The company’s strategic outlook projects that digitalization—powered by digital humans—will grow service retail’s digital share from 9% in 2024 to 25% by 2030, potentially enabling the rise of hundreds of new national-scale brands.
WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WIMI), headquartered in Beijing and accessible via wimiar.com, is a publicly listed Chinese technology company founded in 2015 that specializes in augmented reality (AR), holographic imaging, and computer vision cloud services. The company offers comprehensive AR solutions including holographic advertising, AR head-up display (HUD) software for automotive applications, real-time holographic communication, 5G-based solutions, and full-stack digital human technologies. WiMi operates a diversified holographic content library and is active in sectors such as media, education, entertainment, and metaverse infrastructure. It has developed technologies including real-time 3D modeling, brain-computer interfaces, eye-tracking systems, and AR bio-simulation. With over 100 employees and operations spanning China, Hong Kong, and international markets, WiMi has achieved notable revenue growth, completed an IPO on NASDAQ, and maintains an active investor relations platform offering annual financial disclosures and press updates. (MicroCloud Hologram Inc. is the current name of the company formerly known as WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc., which rebranded in September 2022.)
miHoYo (now known globally as HoYoverse) is a leading Chinese video game company known for titles such as Genshin Impact and Honkai series. The company is increasingly integrating AI and digital human technologies into its offerings. Founder Cai Haoyu has launched a new AI-driven game titled Whispers From The Star, which uses large language models to enable real-time, personalized interactions with AI characters, marking a strategic move toward immersive storytelling and digital companionship. miHoYo has also collaborated with NVIDIA and other tech firms to develop AI digital humans through platforms like NVIDIA ACE. The company’s virtual character "Luming" exemplifies its ambitions in AI-generated avatars. Additionally, miHoYo has launched internal AI hiring initiatives and supports open-source frameworks like Fay for digital human development. The company envisions building a virtual world for one billion people by 2030, blending gaming, artificial intelligence, and digital culture into a unified metaverse experience.
Mingtu Technology (mingtu.com) is a Chengdu-based AI company specializing in the development and deployment of digital human systems across various sectors, with a focus on government and enterprise applications. At the core of its offerings is the WorkBrain model, a proprietary AI framework that supports intelligent dialogue, workflow automation, and multimodal interaction. Mingtu’s digital human ecosystem includes platforms such as WorkChat, Zhixiaotu (workbrain.cn), and WorkDigitalHuman (workhi.cn), which deliver services like real-time Q&A, document writing, virtual livestreaming, short video generation, knowledge management, and brand-oriented avatar customization.
Mingtu’s digital humans function as role-based AI assistants trained on private, organization-specific datasets, enabling them to perform specialized tasks such as legal advising, public service consulting, policy interpretation, and data visualization. These avatars can be deployed across a wide range of devices and interfaces, including mobile apps, kiosk-style terminals, robots, and visual dashboards. The company supports the creation of fully customized digital human IPs for both internal use and public engagement, with applications spanning education, media, tourism, industrial parks, agriculture, law, and healthcare.
Mingtu positions itself as a leading Chinese provider of vertically integrated AI digital human services. It has been recognized as a “Little Giant” enterprise for technological innovation and maintains partnerships with major AI firms like iFlytek and Baidu. Its platforms enable customers to build metaverse-style environments and immersive showrooms, promoting interactive AI use cases within the broader trend of digital transformation in both public and private sectors. The company’s branded digital humans, such as “Xiaochuang” at Chengdu Ecological Innovation Island, exemplify its approach to embedding AI avatars as functional digital employees.
Mobvoi Inc. is a Chinese AI company that has developed a comprehensive suite of digital human solutions—including the WetaAvatar series and the "Wonderful Yuan" platform—integrating voice cloning, multimodal modeling (2D, 2.5D, 3D), and AI video generation. Powered by its proprietary large language model "Sequence Monkey" (openapi.mobvoi.com), Mobvoi supports diverse industries with interactive AI avatars for live streaming, virtual hosting, and enterprise applications. The company offers end-to-end tools for digital human creation and deployment, and was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2024 as the first publicly traded AIGC firm.
Xmov, officially known as MoFa (Shanghai) Information Technology Co., Ltd., is a Chinese AI technology company founded in 2018 that specializes in the creation of hyper-realistic 3D digital humans. It combines computer graphics, computer vision, and AIGC (Artificial Intelligence Generated Content) to offer a full-stack platform for virtual human generation, animation, and deployment. Its offerings include over 3,000 customizable 3D avatars, voice synthesis, motion capture, and AI-driven interaction systems for enterprise clients. Xmov’s tools are used across industries including entertainment, marketing, customer service, education, and tourism, with notable products such as the “Youyan” platform for automatic 3D video creation from text. The company’s flagship AI digital human platform supports developers and businesses in building embodied AI agents that can perform realistic actions, hold conversations, and participate in live broadcasts. Xmov has been featured in Gartner reports and has launched influential digital human characters like Ada and Ling. Its infrastructure includes the XMOV Studio with full facilities for digital human production, and the company has raised significant funding to support its position as a metaverse infrastructure provider.
MoreFun Studios (aka Fantasy Dimension Studio, aka Magic Cube Studio) is a game development division under Tencent Games, established in 2010. It operates several globally recognized intellectual property (IP) titles, including Naruto Mobile, Arena Breakout, The Outcast, Ace Force, Qin's Moon World, and Roco Kingdom. The studio focuses on developing high-quality mobile and online games and has become known for combining strong storytelling with popular anime and cultural franchises. It is part of Tencent's broader gaming ecosystem and is frequently featured in Tencent’s game showcases and industry events. Its brand slogan "JUST MOREFUN" reflects its emphasis on immersive and engaging gaming experiences.
EightPointEight Digital, officially known as Nanjing EightPointEight Digital Technology Co., Ltd., is a Chinese company specializing in 3D digital human technology and virtual human solutions. Established in 2014, the company offers a full-stack, all-in-one platform for AI-generated virtual human creation, cloud rendering, and real-time interaction. Its core product is XMEN.AI, a proprietary AI engine supporting high-precision digital human generation and real-time applications across cultural tourism, government services, education, and finance. The company holds core patents in the digital human domain and provides services through its official website.
Guiji, officially known as Nanjing Guiji Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., is a Chinese AI company specializing in digital human technologies and intelligent interaction platforms. Founded in 2017 and based in Nanjing, Guiji has developed a suite of AI-powered tools and platforms including DUIX, an open-source digital human interaction engine. Its offerings cover AI-generated virtual presenters, real-time digital human livestreaming, and rapid cloning of digital avatars from short videos. The company provides services across sectors like education, marketing, and enterprise communication, with platforms like GUIJI.CN aimed at enabling low-cost, fast adoption of AI by content creators and students. With support for multi-modal models, emotion recognition, and multilingual video generation, Guiji positions itself as a leader in the commercialization of AI digital humans in China.
The Jiaxing High-tech Zone Industrial Fund, a government-led investment initiative aimed at supporting high-technology enterprises in China, recently participated in a Series D financing round for Nanjing Silicon-based Intelligent Technology Group Co., Ltd. (Silicon Intelligence), contributing hundreds of millions of RMB. This funding will be used to advance research and development, expand product offerings, and accelerate commercialization, reflecting the fund’s strategic focus on promoting AI innovation and driving the growth of digital human technologies in China’s technology ecosystem.