Editor's Note: Yangpu District Investment Promotion Office and Yangpu District Media Convergence Center jointly launched the "Innovation Development in Yangpu" column, focusing on high-quality enterprises in the region, showcasing more Yangpu stories in People's City Innovation Belt, and promoting investment attraction and resource gathering through enterprise scenario openness. In the "hottest fertile soil" of innovation development, the "warmest district" for business environment continues to upgrade.

Adhering to the development philosophy of "focusing on data and sharing value," Shanghai Athena Data Technology Co., Ltd. leverages data collection, analysis, and artificial intelligence application to serve as an assistant to departments at all levels and customers in the field of data technology, committed to becoming an expert in unleashing the value of artificial intelligence and data elements.

In 2016, Athena Data settled in Yangpu. In the following years, Yangpu and the enterprise embarked on a joint exploration in the field of big data.

Athena Data is a leading domestic national high-tech enterprise and professional service institution focused on research and development of data element and artificial intelligence application technology. Rooted in Yangpu, Athena Data has built a scientific and efficient intelligent data service system, achieving a development layout of "leading in Beijing and Shanghai, nationwide deployment, and grassroots foundation." Simultaneously, Athena Data utilizes its professional advantage to help Yangpu District create an innovation index, better quantifying and characterizing the level of regional innovation development.

Dr. Tan Jijun, Founder and CEO of Athena Data, stated that Yangpu, a vibrant hotspot, has a well-developed industrial ecosystem that promotes exchanges and innovation among enterprises; efficient government services and an open market atmosphere create an excellent business environment for enterprises; and rich university resources bring talent and scientific research strength. "Over the years, Athena Data's establishment and development in Yangpu District fully demonstrate the driving function of the deep integration of industrial ecosystem, business environment, and university talent on the big data industry under the People's City concept."

Excavating and Releasing Data Element Value

Innovating Government Service Model

How to maximize the empowerment of abundant data resources to economic and social development? As a government statistics and data service expert, Athena Data has been practicing and delving into large-scale census statistics and data application projects such as economic census and data application, population census and data application, comprehensive risk census of natural disasters and data application, soil census and data application, culture and tourism resources census and data application, agriculture and forestry census and data application.

Relying on a top-notch expert team, strong technological strength, and an unremitting enterprising spirit, Athena Data is committed to pushing the level and application capability of government data technology to new heights. As of now, Athena Data has established branches in more than 20 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country, with its business covering 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), serving over a thousand customers.

Taking Yangpu as an example, in recent years, the Yangpu Dual Innovation Index Report and its upgraded Yangpu Innovation Index Report have attracted much attention from entrepreneurs. The index assesses the quality and level of Yangpu's innovation development from four dimensions: innovation elements, innovation environment, innovation achievements, and innovation influence. From 2017 to 2022, Athena Data actively participated in creating the Yangpu Dual Innovation Index Report for six consecutive years, which was reposted by the Chinese government website. In 2023, the Athena Data research team upgraded the Yangpu Dual Innovation Index 1.0 to Yangpu Innovation Index 2.0, profoundly grasping the connotation and essence of Yangpu's innovation in the new era, and added indicators reflecting Yangpu's innovation source power and the effectiveness of digital economy industry development. "Viewing" Yangpu through big data not only intuitively presents the highlights, characteristics, and development trends of regional innovation but also helps Yangpu "diagnose" through data, assisting Yangpu in obtaining scientific decision-making basis and better achieving "innovation development restart."

The research results formed by enterprises in Yangpu District will also become beneficial experiences for the next step of business development. "The creation of Yangpu Innovation Index 2.0 provides a reference model for the research on the construction and effectiveness evaluation of dual innovation bases in the Yangtze River Delta and nationwide, as well as experience reference for the construction of dual innovation demonstration bases in other provinces and cities," said Gu Yingyu, Vice President of Athena Data. In late November this year, the 2024 Yangpu District Innovation Index 2.0 Report will also arrive as scheduled. Behind an index, it is not only the side-by-side progress of Yangpu and enterprises but also the concrete practice of continuously stimulating new drivers for People's City development.

Seizing the Opportunity of Artificial Intelligence Development

Exploring the Future Prospect of AI Large Models

In recent years, artificial intelligence has become an important driving force for a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation. In July this year, the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and AI Global Governance High-Level Meeting were held in Shanghai. Yangpu District, in collaboration with universities and park enterprises in the district, created the "Digital Yangpu" themed exhibition area to jointly depict the future landscape of artificial intelligence. As a focused artificial intelligence enterprise in Yangpu District, Athena Data was invited and brought its research achievement "ADAS Large Model Product and Service System" to the event.

Currently, the ADAS Large Model Product and Service System covers fields such as emergency management, economic statistics, population, agriculture and rural areas, housing and municipal administration, natural resources, culture and tourism. "We believe that the emergence of generative AI is a true technological revolution. Similarly, we will actively embrace the development of the times and research new technology applications," introduced Tan Jijun. Through the empowerment of AI technology, traditional work modes will be profoundly reshaped—first, automation will bring a significant increase in work efficiency, with many repetitive tasks being replaced by AI large models; second, intelligent-assisted decision-making support, through the analysis and prediction of massive data to reduce human intuitive judgment and improve decision-making quality. Simultaneously, AI technology can also achieve precision in data analysis and processing, quickly completing data processing, statistical analysis, visualization, and other tasks. Moreover, in product and service design, AI technology will promote enterprises to achieve innovation, helping enterprises develop new products and services.

In the ADAS Large Model products, the statistical large model promotes the intelligent revolution of statistical work through a series of products such as statistical experts constructed by multi-intelligent agent collaboration, intelligent statistical reporting services, combined with digital human interaction methods, accelerating data processing and providing strong support for statistical prediction analysis. Another example is the large model in the emergency field. The construction of four scenario-based intelligent agents: emergency Q&A, plan formulation, drill simulation, and command and dispatch, not only optimizes the emergency response process but also enhances the decision-making ability to deal with emergencies, demonstrating the cutting-edge and innovative nature of emergency management work exploration. In many fields familiar to people, the addition of large models makes product interaction more user-friendly. Users can quickly realize the required functions through simple conversations. Commonly seen AI-driven chatbots and automatic customer service systems can provide round-the-clock "companionship" and quickly respond to inquiries, improving service efficiency.

The digital economy has become an important driving force for Yangpu District to promote economic growth. The former "Yangshupu" is transforming into the innovative and creative "Digital Yangpu." On the Yangpu Innovation Belt, the industrial cluster led by the digital economy and science and technology innovation R&D continuously injects new impetus into the economic development of Shanghai and even the whole country. The development story of Athena Data is a vivid chapter of "Digital Yangpu." In the future, big data will give the urban area the wings of wisdom, helping various industries to "multiply and rise" and rush to the future.

Athena Data has established a development model centered on statistical census and government data application, with data intelligent construction as the backbone, providing "full process, one-stop" professional services including data collection, data governance, data quality assessment and control, data intelligent solutions, data application scenario mining, data modeling analysis, data research reports, data informatization system construction for departments and customers at all levels.

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