Underlining cloud and AI as strategic priorities, Dr Peter Zhou, CEO of Huawei Cloud, opened the event reaffirming the company’s commitment to sustained R&D investment and ecosystem growth.

Over the past year, Huawei Cloud has accelerated its global expansion, and in 2026 the focus remains squarely on delivering secure, reliable cloud services that create measurable value for customers and partners. With a tight integration of hardware and software capabilities, Huawei Cloud is positioning itself as a key enabler of enterprise innovation in the AI era.

From compute to efficiency: The industry AI foundry

A central theme of the summit was the shift in enterprise AI from raw compute horsepower to practical efficiency gains. In his keynote, Tim Tao, President of Huawei Cloud Solution Sales, described cloud computing as evolving into the “public power grid” of the AI era, a foundational utility that underpins agile innovation.

To this end, Huawei Cloud unveiled its Industry AI Foundry, a strategic framework designed to help organisations across sectors tackle real‑world challenges with AI.

The Foundry brings together AI infrastructure, domain‑specific models, agent platforms and applications, offering end‑to‑end capabilities that organisations can adapt to their unique needs. A key milestone highlighted at the summit was the launch of China’s first smart medical zone, showcasing the practical application of AI in healthcare.

New platforms: HCF and CodeArts

Two major product announcements drew significant attention: Huawei Cloud Foundation (HCF) and CodeArts. Both are slated for global availability in the second half of 2026.

HCF represents a next‑generation hybrid cloud platform aimed at public sector and enterprise users navigating complex IT environments. Built for openness, simplicity and resilience, HCF blends agile operations with robust security, and aims to accelerate AI adoption by providing a flexible foundation for digital transformation at scale.

CodeArts, meanwhile, targets the software development lifecycle. It combines advanced code models with an integrated development environment and autonomous development tools to boost developer productivity. Key features include AI‑assisted code generation, R&D knowledge chat, automated unit test creation, expert‑level guidance, codebase indexing and support for spec‑driven development. CodeArts integrates leading open source models such as GLM‑5 and DeepSeek‑V3.2 alongside Huawei’s own models, promising a smarter end‑to‑end coding experience.

Collaboration and global reach

The summit also brought together industry leaders and partners from IDC, KoçSistem, SMSA, Serpro and Nextcloud, who shared insights on navigating AI adoption and highlighted joint innovations powered by Huawei Cloud.

With a footprint that now spans 101 availability zones across 34 regions and services delivered to customers in more than 170 countries, Huawei Cloud reported 941 consecutive days of stable, secure operations. Its platform underpins digital transformation across government, financial services, internet and automotive sectors, supported by a developer ecosystem counting tens of millions and more than 50,000 partners.

Looking ahead, Huawei Cloud says it will continue to deepen industry‑tailored AI solutions and partnerships, accelerating the practical deployment of AI to address complex business problems.

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