On the morning of January 28, the 5th Session of the 16th Xihu District People's Congress grandly opened. District People's Congress deputies gathered at the District Culture, Sports and Art Center to listen to the government work report delivered by Zhou Yang, District Chief. As a deputy to the Xihu District People's Congress and the Founder & CEO of QuVideo, Sam Han attended the session. Drawing on his company's practical experience in deepening AI and cultural export, he put forward suggestions, contributing an industrial perspective to Xihu District's efforts to build a highland of science, education, culture and creativity and develop a dynamic, high-quality urban area.
In his report, District Chief Zhou Yang reviewed that 2025, as the concluding year of the 14th Five-Year Plan and the planning year of the 15th Five-Year Plan, Xihu District further promoted the "Six-Six Initiative", strived to build "Two Highlands and Two Districts", successfully completed all annual targets and tasks, and won 121 honors at or above the provincial level.
The report clarified the development goals for the 15th Five-Year Plan period. Xihu District will fully build a model district for high-quality development and common prosperity, and comprehensively establish the brand of a dynamic, high-quality urban area and a highland of science, education, culture and creativity. This impressive performance record and clear development blueprint greatly inspired the participating enterprise representatives and strengthened the confidence of local technology enterprises in their development.
As an entrepreneur representative in the technology field, Sam Han was deeply impressed by the layout of new quality productive forces in the report. He stated that Xihu District's artificial intelligence industry had achieved an operating income exceeding 130 billion yuan, ranking first in the city, demonstrating the high level of the district's industrial positioning. The construction of the concept verification system and the service hub of Zhijiang Laboratory had opened up the "last mile" for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Moreover, the high-quality business environment, supported by rich application scenarios and data assets, had provided core impetus for enterprise development, enabling local technology enterprises to dare to invest and strive for in-depth development.
At the same time, based on the actual development of the AI industry, Sam Han put forward suggestions. He hoped to further strengthen the computing power subsidies for innovative AI enterprises, improve the data compliance guidelines for generative AI, and promote the in-depth integration of cultural export, short drama export and AI technology. With government guidance to pool resources, targeted policy support should be provided for cultural and technological enterprises.
At these Two Sessions, Sam Han brought forward the Proposal on Building a Characteristic Highland of the "New Trinity" of Cultural Export in Xihu District and Promoting the Integrated Development of Short Drama Export and Artificial Intelligence, offering suggestions for regional development from three aspects. First, with artificial intelligence as the core, promote the upgrading of short drama export towards high-quality and native content, and include innovative directions such as AI-native dramas into key support areas. Second, take government guidance as the key, build industry platforms and high-standard events in the fields of short drama export and AI audio-visual content, and enhance the regional industrial level. Third, focus on the district-level focus of the "New Trinity" cultural export, improve special support policies, coordinate various resources to connect the key links of content creation, technological research and development and overseas market docking, and form a Xihu characteristic support system for cultural export.
Having been deeply engaged in the export field for nearly 14 years, QuVideo has formed core competitiveness in the cultural and technological export track through AI technology. Its ToB business, Fireflyfusion, has further realized the efficiency improvement of AI-empowered short drama creation. Sam Han's suggestions as a deputy to the People's Congress not only reflect the industrial thinking based on the enterprise's own practice, but also embody the sense of responsibility of local technology enterprises to contribute to the development of Xihu District.
In the future, QuVideo will continue to take root in Xihu District, empower cultural export through AI technological innovation, help Xihu District establish the brand of science, education, culture and creativity, and inject more technological momentum into the district's construction of a model district for high-quality development and common prosperity.