Ruijie Networks: Injecting new momentum into digital development with AI

Securities Times (Wang Luo): At present, the domestic ICT (Information and Communication Technology) industry is entering a stage of ubiquitous AI transformation, and accelerating the development and application innovation of artificial intelligence technology is an important entry point to enhance core competitive advantages. As a leading domestic ICT infrastructure and AI application solution provider, Fujian Star-net Ruijie Communication Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Star-net Ruijie”) has demonstrated strong strength and vision in the technical accumulation and industry layout of the AI industry.

Increased digital base innovation paves the way for the development of AI technology

The innovative investment and innovation capability of Ruijie Networks have performed outstandingly in the industry. According to the company’s annual report data, the company’s R&D investment has always accounted for more than 10% of its sales revenue. The 2023 annual report shows that Ruijie Networks’ R&D investment reached 2.785 billion yuan, accounting for 17.51% of its operating income. In recent years, the company has continuously strengthened its network communication infrastructure represented by data center switches and optical communication equipment, and has made innovative investments in AI application solutions represented by the digital creative industry, digital entertainment, smart space, and intelligent manufacturing, and has achieved certain leading advantages.

For example, in the field of communication infrastructure where Xingwang Ruijie has been deeply cultivating for 20 years, the company closely follows the development direction of optical communication market, extensively deploys in the field of optical communication, and has a complete full optical coverage solution from home to community and park. After years of continuous innovation and technological iteration, the solution has been commercially deployed in over 50 million households, millions of hotel rooms, and over 300,000 government and enterprise units. In recent years, the company has vigorously promoted the upgrade of optical communication strategy, continuously increased industrial investment, accelerated the technological evolution and strategic upgrade from access network to core network; in April 2023, the company released a new generation of high-quality full optical communication solutions such as optical terminals, optical networks, and optical access, paving the way for the digitization and intelligence upgrade of parks, and laying the foundation for the landing of AI applications. Xingwang Ruijie solidifies the digital foundation continuously to serve the development of the AI industry.

Focusing on industry applications to empower industrial upgrading with AI technology

Xingwang Ruijie believes that only by landing AI technology in industry applications can it more directly and effectively promote the transformation and upgrading of the industry. Therefore, the company fully utilizes multi-modal small models that perform better in training speed, operating costs, data localization, and specific content processing, to help AI land in segmented fields, and the market performance is outstanding.

In the 2023 annual report and 2024 semi-annual report of Xingwang Ruijie, it is mentioned that it will vigorously deploy emerging industries such as the metaverse. At present, the company is researching the integrated application of the metaverse immersive entertainment space and multi-modal digital human, and the AIGC key technology research and development and platform application projects in the field of digital audio and video, aiming to build a converged reality metaverse entertainment space based on virtual scenes and digital humans through key technologies such as automatic generation of digital humans, construction of panoramic immersive space, intelligent human-computer interaction based on multi-modality, MV storyboard generation of Wensheng diagrams, and automatic generation of mural playback. At present, the company has launched the “AI Immersive Light and Shadow Space Solution”, which has been implemented in Wyndham Chengdu Hotel.

In terms of smart manufacturing, Ruijie Networks has independently developed AI machine vision-based automated equipment and smart production lines. It has successively established two professional subsidiaries in Fuzhou and Ningbo for smart manufacturing. After years of development, it has accumulated certain market resources in high-end equipment manufacturing industries such as 3C, new energy, environmental protection, and aerospace.

In the field of smart space, Ruijie Networks focuses on the reshaping and upgrading of the construction and home intelligent industry, continuously building a whole-house intelligent interactive experience based on AI, and actively exploring the application of ChatGPT models in the smart home scene. Currently, the company has reached strategic cooperation with half of the TOP50 real estate enterprises, cooperated with half of the TOP20 real estate enterprises in smart home projects, and connected more than 15 million IoT devices. It will become the smart home system partner of the Hangzhou Asian Games Village in 2022.

Ruijie Networks is also accelerating the landing of AI application solutions through industrial cooperation. Recently, the company announced a strategic cooperation with Tencent Cloud and jointly established a joint laboratory. The two parties will focus on applying AI vision, voice, digital smart people, digital parks, and metaverse technologies to various fields such as smart homes, enterprises, and social governance, jointly promoting technological innovation in the AI+ industry, and injecting new momentum into the digital transformation and upgrading of the industry.

(Article Source: China Securities Journal · China Securities Network)

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Author: China Securities Journal · CS.com