2026 年，AI 正从模型竞争走向产业重构。
如果说过去三年，AI行业的重心在基础设施，模型、算力、数据中心，比的是谁建得更快、规模更大，在今年，应用端的爆发开始接棒，AI 在生物医药等领域陆续拿出此前难以想象的成果，智能第一次以产业结果，而非单一技术指标的方式证明自己。与此同时，行业用来命名“智能”的词也在更换，从AI到SI，围绕新概念的争论本身，说明智能的形态与边界正在被重新定义。安全与治理议题的权重，也在这一年显著上升。这些变化都指向同一个方向，智能正在从一项被单独评估的技术，变为产业流程中的一环，迁移的不止是技术本身，AI 落地产业的范式在变，人才与组织在重组，资本的流向在改道，连价值评估的方式也在跟着迁移。
12 月 6-8 日，2026 T-EDGE 创新大会将首次以北京-硅谷双城联动的形式举办，讨论在「智能大迁移」——The Intelligence Shift的背景下，全球会共同面对的十个问题。于此同时，钛媒体集团正式开启「2026 EDGE AWARDS 全球创新评选」，重新校准评估价值的标尺，邀请您一同参与和见证 2026 年的创新力量。
EDGE AWARDS 创新评选始终以「潜在价值」为核心，着眼于世界前沿科技，是具有权威性、先锋性和敏锐挖掘力的全球创新榜单。今年，技术创新从评价的对象变为评价的前提之一，评审依据相应转向可验证的产业结果，体现在三个维度：
从「能力」移到「结果」，参数、演示与融资叙事不再构成充分证据。评审关注的是闭环是否真正跑通；智能体能否跨系统调用工具并产出可归因的结果；机器人能否经受投产稳定性与投资回报率的考验；医疗技术能否拿出经得起第三方检验的临床价值；企业服务能否从提供工具转向按效果交付。衡量能否交付，比衡量演示效果更重要。
从「单点」移到「系统」，不仅看峰值算力，更看集群效率、能效比、软件栈兼容性与供应链韧性；不仅看单一产品的表现，更看它能否打通业务链路、破除信息孤岛，带动整个产业集群协同成长，成果能否持续，路径能否被同业直接参照，是新增的判断标准。
从「本地」移到「全球」，智能的迁移不只发生在技术栈里，也发生在市场版图上，中国 AI 能力正在成建制地走向海外，“把中国 AI 带到全球市场”成为新的评选维度，考察海外收入占比、海外用户规模与增速、全球合规与数据治理能力，以及与国际主流技术生态的兼容与卡位能力。
我们将以这套新的标尺，复盘这一年技术与产业的迁移，致敬那些重新定义价值的企业、产品与人物。
年度创新 AI 榜
人工智能的价值，正在从技术能力本身，转向它被嵌入的产业环节与商业流程。年度创新 AI 榜关注那些在技术研发、商业落地与产业协同上均取得实质性进展的企业与产品。获奖者不仅在模型能力、算力底座、硬件载体与场景应用等层面拓展了智能的边界，也通过可复制的落地实践，推动人工智能从技术命题转变为生产力命题。
最佳 AI 智能硬件——表彰在 2026 年将 AI 能力真正嵌入硬件肌理、以场景定义产品的标杆。它们不炫耀参数，而以无感交互与可靠服务，让 AI 从「可用」变为「必用」，重新划定智能硬件的价值边界。
AIGC 技术先驱——表彰在 AIGC 领域实现关键技术突破，并成功推动技术商业化落地的卓越企业。获奖者不仅是技术的领航者，更是生态的构建者，通过创新的技术应用与前瞻的产业布局，显著拓展了 AIGC 的能力边界，为内容创作、人机交互乃至多个行业的数字化转型注入了全新动力，切实重构了生产力模式，是当之无愧的行业标杆。
最佳 AI 产业公司——表彰在人工智能技术研发、商业落地与产业协同方面取得突破性进展，并引领行业标准、推动生态共赢的标杆企业。
最佳 AI 创新应用——表彰以智能体（Agent）重构业务执行链路与价值闭环、兼具技术创新性与落地实用价值的杰出AI应用与实践方案。重点关注真实产业痛点的锚定、落地场景的深耕，以及在任务自主完成、跨系统协同和业务提效上的实质突破。通过自主规划、稳定可控的运行能力，将前沿智能体技术转化为可量化的业务价值，拓展人工智能在实体产业与数字场景的落地边界。
最佳具身智能企业——「年度十大具身智能公司」聚焦人工智能与物理实体深度融合的时代浪潮，遴选出在核心技术攻关、产品创新、商业化落地及行业影响力等方面表现最为突出的十家企业。它们是具身智能从实验室走向千行百业的先行者，以硬核技术重新定义机器人与世界的交互方式，引领智能体产业迈向规模化、平民化的新阶段。
最佳 AI 算力与国产芯片——2026 年国产算力实现了跨越，从单芯片算力，到超节点技术，在实现百花齐放的过程中，国产算力也跑出了各自不同的差异化优势，「最佳 AI 算力与国产芯片」奖项，聚焦 AI 时代的算力底座与国产芯片突破。评选不只看峰值算力，更关注集群效率、能效比、软件栈兼容性、供应链韧性与真实场景规模化落地。
年度大健康产业榜
健康产业的创新，既要回应未被满足的临床需求，也要经得起长期经营与社会价值的检验。年度大健康产业榜关注那些在医疗技术突破、产业经营与生态协同上具备综合实力的企业与机构。获奖者不仅在诊疗范式、产品服务与产业链条上取得实质进展，也推动健康供给以更高的效率对接真实的社会需求。
最佳健康产业公司——面向大健康赛道兼具经营韧性与社会价值的标杆企业，重点关注企业如何平衡商业回报与民生需求，兼顾产品服务落地成效、供应链运营实力以及合规管理水平，评估其面向普通大众与医疗机构所输出的实际价值，真正将健康供给对接真实社会需求，探索出可长期发展的经营路径。
最佳医疗技术突破——重点关注年度内于医疗健康领域实现关键技术突破、重塑诊疗范式或填补临床空白的创新力量，以及技术从实验室走向临床、真实改善患者预后的落地能力。以硬核技术回应未被满足的临床需求，为医疗进步与生命健康注入新的可能。
最佳健康产业生态企业——表彰跳出单点产品竞争、致力于串联大健康全链条的生态构建者。本奖项重点关注依托平台能力联动上下游各方参与者，打通业务链路、赋能产业伙伴、破除行业信息孤岛，推动多方协同协作，最终带动整个大健康产业集群协同成长的企业。
年度企业服务榜
企业服务的价值标尺，正在从所提供的功能与工具，转向它最终交付的业务结果。年度企业服务榜关注那些在智能技术与核心业务流融合上率先完成切换的企业与场景实践。获奖者不仅在智能体应用与数字化场景的结合上形成可归因、可复制的闭环，也推动企业运营的交付逻辑与评价体系随之升级。
最佳企业服务创新公司——在 2026 年 Agent 规模化进入企业核心业务流的拐点上，这个奖表彰的是率先完成交付逻辑切换的少数派，企业把 AI 从「嵌入软件的功能」重构为「驱动企业运营的新入口」，敢于从卖工具转向卖可计量的业务结果，并以按效果付费、产品化 Agent 基础设施和可审计的人机权责架构，重新定义了企业服务的价值标尺。评选不以营收规模论英雄，而以创新浓度为核心标尺。
最具创新力数字化场景——在概念验证遍地、核心业务闭环寥寥的 2026 年，这个奖考察的是，AI 在真实业务流中是否完成了从指令到任务闭环的自主执行，场景中的 Agent 能否跨系统调用工具、操作系统、产出可归因的结果，且这套路径能被同行直接参照复制。它证明的不是技术有多前沿，而是一个闭环可以在真实的采购、生产、交付链条中跑通。表彰将数字技术落到真实业务场景中、产生可量化价值且具备复制潜力的标杆实践。
年度消费品牌榜
年度消费品牌榜关注那些在品牌建设、产品创新与经营质量上持续抬升行业天花板的品牌。获奖者不仅在各自赛道树立了新的标杆，也通过在产品中融入 AI 能力、推进绿色低碳转型等方向，拓展了消费产业的创新空间。
最佳消费品牌——表彰在消费领域潜心深耕的品牌，不断拓展创新边界，发挥行业基石作用，在发展规模、行业影响力等维度持续抬高行业天花板，助推中国品牌影响力。
最佳本土化创新品牌——表彰在中国市场深入本土化阶段，洞察消费趋势，创新本土化商品、在地化叙事，穿越周期持续增长，为本土化创新提供专业方法论的品牌。
最佳行业突破品牌——表彰高于行业平均发展势能，不断更新用户体验，在品牌价值、行业评价、消费者口碑方面建立树立新标杆，自身发展获得阶段性突破的优秀品牌。
最佳 AI 消费创新品牌——表彰积极探索 AI 技术在消费领域创新应用的品牌，不断拓展消费级 AI 产品边界，创造全新的产品体验与消费价值，推动 AI 技术融入日常生活，为消费行业创新发展开辟新空间。
最佳营销创新品牌——表彰以创新性营销脱颖而出的品牌，在构建独特营销场景，传递品牌价值，占领用户心智，驱动品牌增长方向，为品牌营销创新树立了实践标杆。
最佳可持续发展品牌——表彰在消费品牌经营中实质性推进绿色低碳与循环转型，并取得可验证环境效益、具备行业示范价值的品牌。可持续真正进入产品设计、供应链与零售运营，而不是停在年度报告和绿色营销；改变可具象为可衡量的碳减排、能耗下降或资源循环利用率提升；经验能被不同规模和品类的消费企业复用。
最佳趋势消费产品——表彰在产品设计、功能突破、用户体验等方面持续创新，在情绪价值、品类价值、引领行业发展等层面带来示范效应的产品及品牌。
年度全球化公司榜
全球化的能力，正在从把产品带到海外，转向在海外市场建立完整的经营体系。年度全球化公司榜关注那些在国际市场取得突破性成绩的企业、品牌与服务机构。获奖者不仅在海外收入、用户规模与本地化程度上表现突出，也在合规经营、数据治理与全球服务网络上建立起可持续的能力。其中「全球化 AI 先锋」的设立，则对应中国AI 能力成建制出海这一变化。
全球化品牌先锋——颁发给在复杂变化的国际形势下，仍坚定出海、并在海外市场取得突破性成绩的全球化企业和品牌。评选维度包括但不限于：海外收入规模及其在总营收中的占比与增速；本地化程度（海外组织架构、产品适配、渠道与服务网络）；品牌心智与用户口碑；以及合规经营、汇率与地缘风险的抵御能力。实体消费类公司与提供数字化产品和服务的企业均在范围内。
全球化 AI 先锋——颁发给把中国 AI 能力带到全球市场的企业，包括但不限于模型、智能体、应用、硬件等类型。评选维度包括但不限于：面向海外客户的 AI 产品与服务的成熟度及收入占比；海外用户/客户规模与增速；全球合规与数据治理能力（属地化部署、隐私保护、行业准入）；与国际主流技术生态的兼容或卡位能力。
出海全球化服务标杆——当前出海全球化不再是单打独斗，而是携手共同出海，品牌与服务企业一起落地中国企业在海外市场的本地化。该榜单颁发给那些以可靠的海外服务网络、稳定的全球服务体系，为出海中企提供高质量、高效率、可靠服务的企业，包括但不限于合规、物流、金融、营销、人才、技术等多个服务类型。
年度科技产品榜
年度科技产品榜表彰那些在功能设计、技术应用、用户体验和市场表现上均取得突出成果的产品，其中，AI 能力的融入深度正成为衡量产品价值的重要维度。获奖产品通过解决行业痛点、优化使用体验或开拓新场景，不仅树立了市场标杆，也推动相关产业的发展方向和创新水平。
最佳技术突破品牌——该奖项将颁给 2026 年度中，在核心技术研发、关键技术攻关或技术应用落地方面取得显著突破的品牌，其不仅将前沿技术转化为实际应用价值，更为产业升级与行业技术进步提供重要推动力。
最佳新锐创新产品——该奖项旨在表彰在产品理念、功能设计、技术应用或用户体验等方面展现出突出创新潜力的新锐产品。凭借独特的创新思路、鲜明的产品特色与扎实的实践探索，突破传统产品边界，为用户带来全新价值，展现新兴产品的创新活力与成长潜力，为行业发展开辟新的可能。
最佳技术创新手机——该奖项旨在表彰在核心技术、创新应用与产品体验等方面实现突出突破的智能手机产品。通过关键技术的持续探索与创新成果的落地应用，在影像、性能、AI 交互、通信技术或底层架构等领域形成差异化优势，以技术创新驱动产品体验升级，展现智能手机行业的技术进步与创新方向。
最佳智能家居产品——表彰从「指令响应」跃迁至「意图驱动」的智能家居产品。它们以 AI 感知预判需求、以空间智能协同设备，让家不再是设备的集合，而成为主动理解人的居住体。
最佳智能驾驶——聚焦汽车智能驾驶技术的创新与实际应用，综合考量智能驾驶系统的技术先进性、场景覆盖能力、安全可靠性及用户体验，评选在智能驾驶技术研发、规模化应用和用户价值提升方面表现突出的企业或产品。
最佳智能座舱——关注汽车智能座舱领域的技术创新与体验升级，重点考察人机交互、AI 大模型应用、生态融合及个性化服务能力，评选在智能化体验、交互效率和场景创新方面具有突出表现的企业或产品。
最佳创新智能车型——综合评价汽车产品的智能化水平，围绕智能驾驶、智能座舱、软硬件协同及整车智能化体验等维度进行综合评估，评选在智能方面创新和实际用户体验方面具有行业代表性的车型。
最佳新锐突破车型——该奖项旨在表彰在产品理念、核心技术、功能体验或市场应用等方面实现突破性进展的新锐车型。凭借差异化的创新思路与敢于突破的产品实践，打破既有产品形态或行业惯性，在关键领域实现新的探索与进阶，展现出突出的创新实力、成长潜力与行业价值，为产业发展带来新的活力与可能。
年度创业投资榜
十大投资人——该奖项旨在颁发给在 2026 年度中，带领所在机构在募投管退四个维度表现卓越，并始终站在行业一线，引领行业前行，提振行业信心，对整个创投行业带来积极影响的投资人。
年度上市公司价值榜
年度上市公司价值榜关注那些在社会责任、公司治理、投资价值与投资者关系等方面表现卓越的上市公司与个人。获奖者不仅以规范运营与良性沟通维护了资本市场秩序，也为股东价值与投资者利益的保护提供了示范。不仅评价当期的经营质量与治理水平，还需评价它在产业格局与技术版图中所处的位置。
最具社会责任上市公司——企业社会责任是指企业承担的高于企业自己目标的社会义务，是企业管理道德的要求。具有社会责任的企业在经营上合法合规，在利益分配上，会维护消费者权益、维护职工权益，对供应商和销售商诚实守信，保护公共环境；在道义上，会积极回馈社会，节约资源，热心慈善。
最佳董事会秘书——董事会秘书对外是上市公司与公众沟通的桥梁。对内有广泛地涉及公司内部运作程序的职权。优秀的董秘能合法合规的进行信披、与投资者保持良性互动、推动公司治理水平提升、参与投融资及产业发展，从而提升上市公司在投资者心目的形象。
最具投资价值上市公司——投资价值是指资产对于具有明确投资目的投资者所具有的价值。具有投资价值的公司通常是所在行业处于爆发期、商业模式清晰、技术上或政策上已取得重大突破，行业竞争格局处于「增速高、份额散」状态。
最佳投资者关系管理上市公司——投资者关系是指上市公司股东，债权人和潜在投资者之间的关系。良好的投资者关系能规范资本市场运作、实现外部对公司经营约束的激励机制、实现股东价值最大化和保护投资者利益。
年度创作者榜
内容生产的门槛正被技术重塑，而原创、深耕与独到洞察的价值愈发凸显。年度创作者榜关注「钛度号」生态中持续输出优秀图文与视频作品的创作者。获奖者不仅以专业判断记录了行业的变化，也在信息丰沛的环境中保持了内容的稀缺性与影响力。
最具影响力图文创作者——该奖项旨在颁发给 2026 年度坚持原创、深耕行业并具备独到洞察、持续输出优秀图文作品的「钛度号」优秀创作者。
最具影响力视频创作者——该奖项旨在颁发给 2026 年度坚持原创、深耕行业并具备独到洞察、持续输出优秀视频作品的「钛度号」优秀创作者。
年度人物榜
十大科技人物——科技人物的贡献，在于把前沿研究、产品创新与产业转化连接成一条通路。该榜单主要指向三类贡献者：把前沿研究推向产业界的科学家；以技术与产品定义新品类的创业者；以及在大型组织中主导技术落地与产业转化的管理者。在 2026 年，他们让 AI 从「会回答」走向「会干活」，把智能体真正嵌入业务流程；推动算力竞争从堆卡转向芯片、互联与软硬协同的系统级效率；让机器人告别展厅演示，在工厂与仓库里接受投产稳定性与投资回报率考验；让 AI 硬件成为新的随身入口，带动中国企业从供应链的执行者走向规则的定义者。评选既看当期成果本身的分量，也看它对整个行业的示范效应与带动作用。
评选流程及参与方式
10 月 26 日—11 月 26 日 项目征集、提名与自荐
11 月 27 日—12 月 5 日 专业评审委员会评选
12 月 8 日 EDGE AWARDS 发布（2026 T-EDGE 全球创新大会收官日）
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In 2026, AI was moving from model competition to industrial restructuring.
If the focus of the AI industry over the past three years has been on infrastructure, models, algorithms, data centres, which are faster and larger than they are built, this year, the application-end eruptions began to improve, AI produced previously unimaginable results in such areas as biomedicine, and intelligence proved itself for the first time in the form of industry results, not a single technical indicator. At the same time, the word industry uses to name “intellectual” has been changed, from AI to SI, and the debate surrounding the new concept itself suggests that the shape and boundaries of intelligence are being redefined. The weight of security and governance issues also increased significantly during the year. These changes point in the same direction, where intelligence is moving from a technology that is being assessed separately to a link in industrial processes, where more than technology itself is migrating, where AI's paradigm is changing, where talent and organization are being reorganized, where capital flows are shifting, and where value assessments are moving.
On 6-8 December, the 2026 T-EDGE Innovation Congress was held for the first time in the form of the Beijing-Silica Valley Twin Cities Campaign to discuss 10 issues that the global community is facing in the context of the "Intelligence Shift." At the same time, the titanium Media Group officially launched the 2026 EDGE AWARDS Global Innovation Selection, re-calibrating the ruler of value assessment and inviting you to join in and witness the power of innovation in 2026.
The EDGE AwARDS innovation competition, which has always been centred on "potential values", focuses on the world's cutting edge of technology and is an authoritative, pioneering and sensitive global innovation list. This year, technological innovation moved from being the subject of evaluation to being one of the prerequisites for evaluation, based on a corresponding shift to verifiable industry results, with three dimensions:
The move from "capacity" to "outcome" no longer constitutes sufficient evidence. The review focused on whether closed rings were truly running; whether AI agent was able to move across the system and produce outcomes that could be attributed to them; whether robots were tested for productivity stability and return on investment; whether medical technology offered clinical value that could be tested by third parties; and whether business services could shift from the provision of tools to results-based delivery. Measuring delivery is more important than measuring demonstration effects.
Moving from a "single point" to a "system" depends not only on peaks, but also on cluster efficiency, energy efficiency ratio, software warehouse compatibility and supply chain resilience; and not only on the performance of a single product, but also on its ability to establish business links, de-intelligence islands, and bring together industry clusters, sustainability of results, and direct cross-references to pathways, which are new criteria.
From “local” to “global”, intelligent migration takes place not only in a technology warehouse, but also on a market map. China’s AI capabilities are moving abroad in an organized manner, “to bring China AI to the global market” becoming a new rating dimension, examining the share of overseas revenues, the size and speed of overseas users, global compliance and data governance capabilities, and the compatibility with the international mainstream technological ecology.
With this new set of indicators, we will revisit the year's migration of technology and industry and pay tribute to the businesses, products and figures whose values have been redefined.
Annual Innovation AI List
The value of artificial intelligence is shifting from technological capability itself to embedded industrial links and business processes. Annual Innovation AI focuses on enterprises and products that have made substantial progress in technology research and development, business landings and industry synergies. Not only did the winners expand the boundaries of intelligence at the level of modelling capacity, computational bottoms, hardware carriers and scenario applications, but they also promoted the transformation of artificial intelligence from a technical to a productivity proposition through replicable landings.
Optimal AI smart hardware - recognition of the actual embedding of AI capabilities in hardware muscles in 2026, defining the frame of the product in a scene. Instead of showing out the parameters, they interact with reliable services without feeling the need to change AI from "available" to "necessary" and redefine the value boundaries of smart hardware.
AIGC technology pioneers - recognition of the key technological breakthroughs in the AIGC field and the successful promotion of excellence in the commercialization of technology. The winners were not only technology navigators, but also eco-builders, who, through innovative technology applications and forward-looking industrial layouts, significantly expanded the capacity boundaries of AIGC, injected a whole new dynamic into content creation, human interaction and, indeed, the digital transformation of many industries, effectively reshaping the productivity model, which is a worthy industry.
Best AI industry company - Recognition of breakthroughs in the development of artificial intelligence technologies, commercial landings and industrial synergies, and leading industry standards and promoting eco-winners.
Optimal AI Innovative Application - Recognition of Outstanding AI Application and Practice Programs Reconstructing Business Implementation Chains and Values in AI agent (Agent), with Technology Innovative and Landscape Practical Values. Focus on the anchoring of real estate pain spots, deep tillage of landed landscapes, and substantive breakthroughs in the autonomous completion of tasks, cross-system synergies and operational effectiveness. By autonomously planning and stabilizing controlled operational capabilities, the front-line AI agent technology has been transformed into business value that can be quantization, expanding the boundaries of artificial intelligence in the physical industry and digital scenes.
The best smart business - the "Ten Great Smart Companies of the Year" - focused on the wave of deep integration of artificial intelligence with physical entities, selecting the 10 enterprises that are most prominent in core technological challenges, product innovation, commercialization and industry influence. They are pioneers with the intelligence to move from a laboratory to a business of a thousand, redefining robotic interaction with the world in the form of hard-tech technology, leading the AI agent industry to a new phase of scale and civilianization.
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Annual Great Health Industry List
Innovations in the health industry need to respond to unmet clinical needs and to be tested for long-term business and social values. The annual Great Health Industry List focuses on enterprises and institutions that have combined capabilities in terms of health technology breakthroughs, business and ecological synergies. The winners not only make substantial progress in the medical paradigm, product services and industrial chain, but also promote a more efficient supply of health to match real social needs.
The best health industry company — a leading firm for both business resilience and social values — focuses on how enterprises balance business returns with people's needs, the effectiveness of product services, supply chain performance and compliance management, assessing the real value of its output to the general public and health-care institutions, effectively matching health supplies to real social needs and exploring business paths that can be developed over the long term.
BAT breakthroughs — focusing on the innovative power to achieve critical technological breakthroughs in the field of medical health, to reshape the clinical paradigm or to fill clinical gaps during the year, and to move technology from laboratory to clinical and to genuinely improve patient pre-positioning. Responding to unmet clinical needs with hard nuclear technology injects new possibilities for medical progress and life health.
Best Health Industry Eco-Enterprise — Recognition of eco-builders who have jumped out of single-point product competition and committed themselves to the whole chain of health at the General Assembly. The Award focuses on building on the Platform ' s capacity to connect participants upstream and downstream, linking business links, enabling industry partners, breaking down industry information islands, and promoting multi-stakeholder synergies that will eventually bring together enterprises that grow across the larger health industry cluster.
Annual Corporate Service List
The value scale of the enterprise ' s services is shifting from the functions and tools provided to the business results it ultimately delivers. The annual Corporate Service List focuses on those firms and scenes that are leading the way in integrating smart technologies with core business streams. The winners not only form a causal, replicable loop in the combination of AI agent applications and digital scenes, but also promote the upgrading of the delivery logic and evaluation systems of business operations.
Optimal Enterprise Services Innovation Corporation - At the 2026 point of transition to the core business stream of the enterprise where Agent was scaled up, the award was paid to the first minority to complete the logical transition of delivery, and the enterprise recast AI from its "embedded software functionality" as a "new portal to drive business operations", dared to move from selling tools to selling measurable business results, and redefined the value of its services with results-based paid, product-based Agent infrastructure and auditable human rights and accountability structures. The selection was not based on the size of the harvest, but on the innovation concentration as a core rule.
The most innovative digital scene - in 2026, when concepts were validated and core business closed, the award looked at whether AI had been able to implement autonomously in real business flows, from command to mission closed, and whether Agent in the scene was able to access tools, operating systems, output attributions across systems, and the path could be copied directly by peers. It proves not how far the technology goes, but a closed loop that runs through the real chain of procurement, production and delivery. In recognition of the practice of bringing digital technology into the real business scene, producing a potential for replication with quantization values.
Annual consumption brand
Annual consumer brands focus on brands that continue to raise the ceiling of the industry in terms of branding, product innovation and business quality. The winners not only set new poles on their tracks, but also expanded the creative space of the consumer industry by integrating AI capabilities in their products and advancing the green low-carbon transformation.
Best consumer brands — Recognition of subliminal farming brands in the consumer field, expanding innovation boundaries, playing the role of the industry's cornerstone, continuously raising industry ceilings on the scale of development, industry influence, etc., and boosting Chinese brand influence.
Optimal indigenous innovation brands — recognition of brands that provide professional methodology for indigenous innovation during the deep indigenousization phase of the Chinese market, insight into consumption trends, innovation of indigenousized goods, localization, continuous growth across cycles.
The best industries break through the brand — recognizing a higher than average industry development potential, constantly updating the user experience, building new poles in brand values, industry evaluations, and consumer reputations, and self-developing high-quality brands with a phased breakthrough.
Optimal AI Consumer Innovation Brand - Recognition of the brand that actively explores the innovative application of AI technology in the consumer field, expanding consumer-level AI product boundaries, creating new product experiences and consumer values, promoting the integration of AI technology into daily life, and opening new spaces for innovation development in the consumer sector.
Optimal marketing innovation brands — recognizing brands that emerge from innovative marketing, building unique marketing scenes, transmitting brand values, taking over user minds, driving brand growth directions, and setting practice markers for brand marketing innovation.
Best sustainable development brands - Recognition of the substantial promotion of green low-carbon and circular transformation in consumer brand operations and the acquisition of environmentally sound and industry-proven brands. Sustainable and genuine access to product design, supply chain and retail operations, rather than stopping in annual reports and green marketing; changes that can be seen as measurable carbon emission reductions, reduced energy consumption or increased resource cycle utilization; and experience being reused by consumer firms of different sizes and categories.
Best Trends Consumer Products - Recognition of products and brands that continue to innovate in product design, functional breakthroughs, user experience, and have demonstrated effects at the level of emotional value, class value, leading industry development, etc.
Annual Globalizing Corporate List
The ability to globalize is shifting from bringing products overseas to establishing a complete business system in overseas markets. The annual Globalisation Corporate List focuses on firms, brands and service providers that achieve breakthroughs in international markets. The winners are not only prominent in overseas income, user size and localization, but also build sustainable capacity in compliance, data governance and global service networks. The creation of the "globalization AI Pioneer" corresponds to a change in China's AI capability to be integrated into the sea.
The leading brand leader in globalization — awarded to globalized enterprises and brands that remain firmly offshore in a complex and changing international context and that achieve breakthroughs in overseas markets. The assessment dimensions include, but are not limited to: the size of overseas revenues and their share in and the rate of increase in total revenue; localization (Overseas organizational structures, product suitability, channels and service networks); brand intelligence and user reputations; and resilience to compliance, exchange rates and geo-risks. Both entity consumer companies and enterprises providing digitized products and services are covered.
Globalization AI Pioneer — awarded to enterprises that bring China's AI capabilities to global markets, including but not limited to models, AI agent, applications, hardware, etc. The selection dimensions include, but are not limited to, the maturity and revenue ratio of AI products and services to overseas clients; the size and speed of overseas users/clients; global compliance and data governance capabilities (localization deployment, privacy protection, industry access); and compatibility with or ranking of international mainstream technological ecology.
Sea-going globalization services poles – The current sea-going globalization is no longer one-on-one, but rather one-on-one, with brands and service firms landing in localized Chinese firms in overseas markets. The list is issued to enterprises with reliable offshore service networks and stable global service systems that provide high-quality, efficient and reliable services to offshore enterprises, including, but not limited to, multiple types of services such as compliance, logistics, finance, marketing, talent and technology.
List of annual science and technology products
The annual list of science and technology products recognizes products that have achieved significant results in terms of functional design, technology application, user experience and market performance, in which the depth of integration of AI capabilities is becoming an important dimension in measuring product value. The award-winning products not only create market poles but also promote the direction and level of innovation of the relevant industries by addressing trade pains, optimizing the use of experience or creating new scenarios.
Best Technology Breakout Brand - The Award will be awarded in 2026 to brands that have made significant breakthroughs in core technology R & D, critical technology barriers or technology deployments, not only transforming frontier technology into real application value, but also providing an important impetus for industrial upgrading and technological advancement in industry.
Best fresh and sharp innovation products - The award is intended to recognize new and sharp products that highlight the potential for innovation in terms of product ideas, functional design, technology application or user experience. Through unique innovative thinking, distinctive product characteristics and solid practice exploration, breaking across traditional product boundaries, bringing new values to users, demonstrating the innovative dynamism and growth potential of emerging products and opening new possibilities for industry development.
Best Technologies (BAT) is a beginner machine - the award is intended to recognize smartphone products that have achieved remarkable breakthroughs in core technology, innovative applications and product experiences. The continuous exploration through cleared technology and the landing of innovation results create differential advantages in areas such as image, performance, AI interaction, communication technology or bottom-up architecture, drive product experience upgrades with technological innovation and demonstrate the direction of technological progress and innovation in the smartphone industry.
Best smart home products - recognition of the leap from command response to smart home products driven by intent. They use AI to predict demand, space intelligence to synergize equipment, so that homes are no longer a collection of equipment, but rather a home for understanding people.
Best Smart Driving - Focusing on the Innovation and Practical Application of Smart Driving Technologies in Cars, taking into account the technological sophistication of smart driving systems, landscape coverage, safety reliability and user experience, and selecting enterprises or products that are prominent in the development of smart driving technologies, scale applications and user value enhancement.
Best-intellectual compartments - focussing on technological innovation and experience upgrading in the area of automobiles, focusing on human interaction, AI LLM applications, ecological integration and individualized service capabilities, and selecting enterprises or products that have a prominent expression in intelligent experience, interactive efficiency and landscape innovation.
Best Innovative Smart Cars - An integrated assessment of the level of intellectualization of automobile products, an integrated assessment of the dimensions of intelligent driving, smart cabins, soft and hardware synergy and whole-car intelligent experience, and an industry representative model of intellectual innovation and actual user experience.
The Best New Sharp Breakout Model - The Award is designed to recognize the new Sharp Drive that has made breakthroughs in product concepts, core technologies, functional experiences or market applications. Differentiated innovative thinking and bold product practices can bring new dynamism and possibilities to industrial development by breaking existing product patterns or industry inertia, achieving new explorations and advancements in key areas, and demonstrating outstanding innovation power, growth potential and industry values.
Annual Business Investment List
Ten major investors - the prize was awarded to investors who led their institutions in 2026 to perform well in the four dimensions of investment management and to remain at the industry's forefront, leading the industry forward, boosting industry confidence and having a positive impact on the whole industry.
Annual list of company values listed
The annual corporate value list focuses on listed companies and individuals that perform well in social responsibility, corporate governance, investment value and investor relations. The winners not only maintained the capital market order by regulating operations and good communication, but also provided a model for protecting shareholder values and investor interests. It is important to evaluate not only the quality of business and the level of governance in the current period, but also its place in industry patterns and technology maps.
The most socially responsible company - corporate social responsibility (CSR) - is the social obligation of the enterprise to take precedence over the enterprise's own objectives and is a requirement of the business management ethics. Socially responsible enterprises are legally compliant in their operations and, in the distribution of benefits, defend consumer, employee, honest suppliers and sellers, and protect the public environment; morally, they actively feed society, save resources, and care for charity.
The best board secretary - the board secretary - is the external bridge between listed companies and the public. There is a broad mandate for internal operating procedures of companies. Qualified executive secretaries can enhance the image of listed companies as investors through legal compliance, good interaction with investors, promotion of corporate governance, participation in investment financing and industrial development.
The company with the most investment value listed - the value of the investment is the value of the asset to an investor with a clear investment purpose. Often, firms of investment value have made major breakthroughs in their industries in a time of eruption, clear business models, technology or policy, and the pattern of industrial competition has been "high-growth and fragmented ".
The best investor-investor relationship is the relationship between the shareholders, creditors and potential investors of the listed company. Good investor relations regulate the functioning of capital markets, incentives to achieve external constraints on corporate operations, maximize shareholder value and protect investor interests.
List of annual creators
The threshold for content production is being re-engineered by technology, and the value of originality, deep cultivation and unique insight is becoming more pronounced. The annual creators' list focuses on the creators of the titanium ecology, who continue to export excellent graphics and videos. The winners not only documented industry changes in professional judgement, but also maintained the scarcity and impact of content in an informative environment.
One of the most influential creators of literature - the prize was awarded to the original, deep-farming industry in 2026, with the best creators of the titanium, who had a unique insight and continued to export excellent graphics.
The most influential video creator - the award was awarded to the original, deep-farming industry in 2026, and the best creator of the titanium, with a unique insight and continuous output of excellent video.
The annual character list.
The contribution of the 10 leading technology figures - technology figures - lies in linking frontier research, product innovation and industrial transformation. The list focuses on three categories of contributors: scientists who push forward research to industry; entrepreneurs who define new product categories in terms of technology and products; and managers who dominate technology landing and industrial transformation in large organizations. In 2026, they let AI move from "will answer" to "will work" and put AI agent really into business processes; promote system-level efficiency for computing competition from stack cards to chips, interconnections and soft and hard synergies; allow robots to demonstrate at the break-up hall that they will be tested for output stability and return on investment in factories and warehouses; and allow AI hardware to become a new walk-in entry that will lead Chinese enterprises from implementers of supply chains to the definition of rules. The selection will look at both the weight of the current outcome itself and its demonstration and driving effect on the industry as a whole.
Selection process and modalities of participation
26 October-26 November Project solicitation, nomination and voluntary submission
27 November - 5 December
8 December EDGE AWards publish (2026 T-EDGE Global Innovation Congress Day)
The declaration channel is open and can be submitted by `immediate self-advocacy' under the poster, or by accessing 2026 EDGE AWARDS official network submissions.
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