SHANGHAI, July 21, 2026 — As the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) officially concludes today in Shanghai, the event has crystallized a defining industry consensus: the era of competing solely on model parameters is over. The focus has decisively shifted toward infrastructure maturity, Token cost-efficiency, and tangible business value. Against this backdrop, Marketingforce Management Ltd (HKEX: 2556.HK) has emerged as a critical enabler for enterprise AI adoption, with its "Full-Stack Token Factory" strategy directly addressing the industry's most pressing challenges.

 

Industry Consensus at WAIC: From "Model Power" to "Token Economics"

The conference highlighted that while large models provide the foundation, infrastructure determines productivity.

 

Key takeaways from WAIC 2026 include:

The Rise of Super-Nodes & TPU: With the debut of Huawei's Ascend 950 SuperPoD and the first domestic TPU cluster in East China, the industry is moving toward "system-level" computing power. The core metric for success is no longer just raw FLOPS, but Token cost-performance—delivering high-quality Tokens at sustainable costs.

Infrastructure as the New Moat: As model capabilities homogenize, the competitive edge lies in the underlying infrastructure. This validates Marketingforce's strategic pivot toward building a robust AI Agent Infrastructure (Infra).

Human-AI Symbiosis: Richard Sutton, the "Father of Reinforcement Learning," emphasized that humans should invest in themselves to thrive alongside smarter AI, reinforcing the need for tools that augment human capability rather than replace it.

 

Marketingforce's Strategic Response: Building the "Agent OS" for Enterprise

At the CAICT-hosted forum "From Large Models to Agents," Dr. Liang Zheng, Chief AI Scientist at Marketingforce, delivered a keynote that positioned the company at the forefront of this infra-driven transition. His insights directly address the industry's shift from "chatting" to "doing":

 

Solving the "Black Box" Problem with White-Box Observability

While the industry grapples with debugging complex agents, Marketingforce introduced a "White-Box" Native Observability framework. By tracing the full chain—Intent → Reasoning → Tool → Result—the company enables enterprises to audit and optimize agent behavior, turning the "black box" of LLMs into a transparent, manageable production system.

 

Redefining Development: From Code Orchestration to Intent Guidance

Dr. Liang highlighted a paradigm shift where IDEs evolve into chat interfaces. Through "Harness Engineering" and "Agent as Code" (YAML/JSON + Git), Marketingforce allows non-technical users to build agents via natural language while maintaining enterprise-grade version control and CI/CD pipelines. This lowers the barrier to entry while ensuring scalability.

 

Security & Stability: Zero-Trust Runtime

Addressing the critical concern of data leakage, Marketingforce's runtime infrastructure employs a Zero-Trust architecture. By dynamically injecting credentials (OAuth/API Keys) via secure proxies, agents never handle plaintext credentials. Coupled with multi-layered sandboxing (stateful for long-term tasks, stateless for high-concurrency compute), this ensures stability and security at scale.

 

Optimizing Token Economics

Aligning with WAIC's focus on cost-efficiency, Dr. Liang framed Agent Infra as an optimization problem modeled by the Bolza functional. The goal is to maximize task completion benefits while minimizing Token consumption costs through optimal Loop + Harness engineering. This mathematical approach to efficiency positions Marketingforce as a partner for enterprises seeking measurable ROI.

 

Market Context: Capital Confidence in AI Value Creation

The closing of WAIC coincides with a broader market signal of confidence in China's tech sector. On July 20, major insurers including Ping An, PICC, CPIC, and New China Life collectively announced increased allocations to equity assets, specifically targeting strategic emerging industries and new quality productive forces. This move by "patient capital" underscores a long-term bullish outlook on companies that are successfully commercializing AI and driving industrial upgrading—a narrative that strongly supports Marketingforce's trajectory.

 

As WAIC 2026 draws to a close, the message is clear: The next wave of AI growth will be led not by those who build the biggest models, but by those who build the best infrastructure to make them useful. With its comprehensive Agent Infra stack, deep integration of enterprise knowledge, and focus on Token economics, Marketingforce is well-positioned to capture the value of the "Agent Economy," bridging the gap between technological breakthroughs and real-world business outcomes.