On September 20, the Tsinghua EEA “Shanghai Tour” — 2025 “Focusing on AI. Empowering Power” 2nd Alumni Forum was successfully held in Shanghai. The forum focused on the innovative applications and future development of artificial intelligence in the energy and power sector, bringing together nearly one hundred experts, scholars, and alumni representatives from universities, enterprises, and industry associations. The meeting was presided over by Yu Zhanqing, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Electronics (EEA) of Tsinghua University and Secretary-General of the Tsinghua Alumni Association EEA Chapter.

At the Event

Qin Weifang, President of the Tsinghua University Shanghai Alumni Association, remarked in her speech that EEA alumni have made important contributions to Shanghai’s economic and social development, especially in the intersecting fields of power, energy, and artificial intelligence. She pointed out that the competition for AI computing power is essentially a competition for power supply capacity. EEA alumni should seize the opportunities brought by Shanghai’s AI pilot industry development and continue to play a leading role in building new power systems and efficient computing infrastructure.

(Speech by Ms. Qin Weifang)

Professor Kang Chongqing, Dean of Tsinghua University EEA, stated in his speech that the department is actively responding to the university’s educational reform and fully integrating into the general education and interdisciplinary cultivation system of the “Ziqiang College.” He emphasized that AI is profoundly transforming research and engineering paradigms, and all practitioners should proactively embrace AI and deeply integrate it into key technologies in power systems. He also introduced EEA’s forward-looking plans in AI course development, intelligent teaching assistant development, and research integration, and announced that the EEA Northwest Regional Organization would be established in Xi’an in October to further expand the alumni network and industry-academia-research cooperation ecosystem.

(Speech by Professor Kang Chongqing)

Zhou Qing, Director of the Shanghai Alumni Association EEA Committee, mentioned that since its establishment two and a half years ago, the committee has formed a stable and active event mechanism. In the future, it will continue to promote cross-regional collaboration and plans to jointly organize thematic activities with the Zhejiang Alumni Association. He highlighted that the “Shanghai Visit” series provided insights into alumni needs and suggestions for services. Going forward, the committee will leverage EEA’s rich alumni resources and broad platform to build a normalized demand release and cooperation matching mechanism with alumni of different professional backgrounds, promoting resource integration and empowerment in Shanghai.

(Speech by Mr. Zhou Qing)

During the alumni sharing session, Wang Wei, a first-level staff member at State Grid Shanghai Electric Power Company and an alumnus admitted in 1985, reviewed his decades of experience in power system dispatching and safety management, emphasizing the importance of deep technical expertise and continuous learning. He shared reflections on grid safety operations, citing examples such as the “6.5 major blackout.” Targai, founder and CEO of Orange Dental for Kids (admitted in 1996), shared his unique journey from the power sector to medical entrepreneurship, using the “Dunning-Kruger effect” to illustrate the value of cognitive iteration and cross-disciplinary innovation.

(Alumni sharing: Wang Wei (left); Targai (right))

In the keynote session, multiple industry experts and alumni representatives gave excellent presentations on cutting-edge AI applications in power systems. Ren Tianting, founder of Kangfenwei Technology Co., Ltd., delivered a talk titled “Embodied Intelligence Applications in Industrial Automation”, illustrating the implementation of embodied intelligence in low-frequency multi-task operational scenarios through photovoltaic manufacturing and logistics sorting cases.

(Speaker: Ren Tianting, Founder of Kangfenwei Technology Co., Ltd.)

Zhao Bo, Director of Digital Energy Products and Solutions at Huawei Shanghai, shared “Digital Applications of Huawei Digital Energy in Energy and Power”, systematically introducing AI solutions in photovoltaic-storage integration, ultra-fast charging networks, and green data centers.

(Speaker: Zhao Bo, Director of Digital Energy Products and Solutions, Huawei Shanghai)

Gao Xiang, Director of Robot Solutions at Zhiyuan Innovation (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd., presented “Embodied Intelligence: Activating a New Engine for Industry Intelligent Transformation”, showcasing technological breakthroughs and commercialization of humanoid robots in power inspection and emergency response scenarios.

(Speaker: Gao Xiang, Director of Robot Solutions, Zhiyuan Innovation (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd.)

Lin Shuo, CEO of Jingzhi Embodied Intelligence Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., shared “Industry Practice of Embodied Intelligence”, highlighting practical solutions of embodied intelligence robots in power inspection and emergency security, as well as ecosystem collaboration with Zhiyuan robots.

(Speaker: Lin Shuo, CEO of Jingzhi Embodied Intelligence Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.)

Pang Haitian, co-founder and CEO of Nanjing Jiangxing Lianjia Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., reported on “Artificial Intelligence Empowering Power Inspection and Control”, focusing on intelligent substation inspection systems based on quadruped robots and virtual power plant intelligent prediction technology.

(Speaker: Pang Haitian, Co-founder and CEO of Nanjing Jiangxing Lianjia Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.)

Yang Hao, Deputy General Manager of Nanjing Tianfu Software Co., Ltd., elaborated on “Smart Power Plant Operation Optimization Based on Tianfu Industrial AI Platform”, sharing multimodal modeling and industrial intelligence platform applications in thermal and nuclear power.

(Speaker: Yang Hao, Deputy General Manager of Nanjing Tianfu Software Co., Ltd.)

The excellent presentations by all speakers sparked lively discussions, providing attendees with rich industry insights and technical inspiration. On September 21, selected participants visited Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd., the State Grid Shanghai Power Company Marketing Service Center Virtual Power Plant, and Zhiyuan Innovation (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd. Through these field visits, participants gained a deeper understanding of innovative AI applications and industrial practices in energy, power, smart manufacturing, and robotics, and experienced the latest results of industry-academia-research integration, providing valuable opportunities to promote industry exchange and cooperation.

(Visit snapshots)

Additionally, the forum sincerely thanks Shanghai Nanqiao Enterprise Management Co., Ltd. and alumni enterprise Nanjing Tianfu Software Co., Ltd. for their sponsorship, as well as colleagues from the Tsinghua University Shanghai Alumni Association and EEA Committee, and Shanghai-based EEA alumni for their support. The event provided a high-quality platform for alumni exchange, showcasing Tsinghua EEA alumni’s leading role in promoting energy-power transformation and AI-integrated innovation. In the future, EEA will further strengthen connections with alumni associations nationwide, gathering alumni wisdom and strength to jointly serve national strategic needs and industry innovation development.