On September 7, 2026, Zhang Li, President of Grouphorse Group, and Jiang Feng, Assistant to the President, visited the Lin-gang Special Area Administration of  China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, where they held a special discussion with Chen Huangchao, Deputy Director of the Data Division of the Administration, together with Jiao Min, Xu Zhen, Wang Tianmin, Jiang Xiaotong and other officials. Against the backdrop of the broader trends in digital economy development, the two sides exchanged in-depth views on strategic topics such as artificial intelligence (AI) industrial collaboration and the efficient and orderly flow of data elements, jointly exploring a new chapter of cooperative development.

At the exchange meeting, Grouphorse gave a systematic account of its strategic thinking and overall layout in the field of AI data services. As a key link in the AI industry chain, Grouphorse has always upheld professionalism and quality as its foundations, building specialized service capabilities covering diverse application scenarios and providing solid support for AI technology innovation and industrial development. In response to the new trend of an accelerating global digital economy and the increasingly prominent value of data elements, Grouphorse has proactively leveraged the institutional opening-up policy advantages of the Lin-gang Special Area, including cross-border data flows, cross-border data processing services and enterprises going global, and proposed an innovative cooperation approach centered on technology empowerment and policy synergy, committed to providing strong support for enterprises’ globalization development.

The Data Division of the Lin-gang Special Area Administration spoke highly of  Group’s strategic vision, professional expertise and innovative practices. Deputy Director Chen Huangchao noted that the Lin-gang Special Area is accelerating the development of an International Data Port, focusing on pioneering initiatives in frontier areas such as the secure and orderly cross-border flow of data and the development of offshore data centers. Grouphorse’s development direction is highly aligned with the region’s strategic positioning, and the two sides have broad space and promising prospects for cooperation. The two sides reached a preliminary consensus on deepening cooperation and will uphold the principles of complementary advantages, mutual benefit and win-win outcomes, strengthen strategic synergy across broader fields and at deeper levels, jointly promote the integrated development of the AI industry and the data elements market, and contribute to the broader endeavor of building a Digital China.

This exchange marks a solid step forward in cooperation between Grouphorse and the Lin-gang Special Area in the field of the digital economy. Looking ahead, Grouphorse will leverage the institutional innovation strengths of the Lin-gang Special Area and its own professional service capabilities, use data elements as a link, and build an open, collaborative and mutually beneficial development ecosystem, injecting a steady stream of new momentum into Shanghai’s efforts to become a globally influential science and technology innovation center and into the high-quality development of the digital economy.