Cao Yalian, Chairman of SIXUNITED, talks with Phoenix TV, decoding the path for Chinese AI companies to break through globally!_Shanghai Sixunited Intelligent Technology Co,Ltd

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Cao Yalian, Chairman of SIXUNITED, talks with Phoenix TV, decoding the path for Chinese AI companies to break through globally!

Release time:

2025-08-04

On August 1st, He Liangliang, a commentator from Phoenix Television, and Xia Tingting, director of the overseas business department of Phoenix Weekly, visited SIXUNITED and conducted an in-depth interview with Cao Yalian, chairman of SIXUNITED. This exchange, themed "Enterprise Strategy in the AI Era," not only revealed the growth code of SIXUNITED's transformation from "follower" to "leader," but also showcased the strategic determination and innovative wisdom of Chinese technology companies in the wave of intelligence.

Accompanied by Shen Jinzhong, deputy general manager of SIXUNITED, Yu Haiying, deputy general manager of industry sales at the marketing center, Zhang Xiaojun, deputy general manager of the R&D center, and Wen Bin, director of the marketing department, commentator He Liangliang and Ms. Xia Tingting conducted an in-depth visit to the core areas of SIXUNITED, including the product showroom, R&D center, and sales center. Zhang Xiaojun, deputy general manager of the R&D center of SIXUNITED, focused on introducing the AI product matrix and its wide application in various industries, winning high praise from the guests and fully demonstrating the hard-core strength of SIXUNITED as a full-stack AI solution provider.

Fourteen years, three strategic leaps

Writing a new paradigm for Chinese technology going global

As a benchmark enterprise for Chinese technology going global, SIXUNITED has attracted industry attention with 70% of its business overseas and continuously doubling its performance growth. Faced with the complex and changing international situation, Chairman Cao Yalian revealed three key turning points in the company's 14-year development history: The first round of reforms began with the strategic layout of moving south from Shanghai to Shenzhen, relying on the "two-hour traffic circle" of the Greater Bay Area to integrate resources from electronic components to complete machines, and jointly building the CTE ecosystem with Intel; the second reform focused on global strategic upgrading, using regional sales strategies and local BD service models to refine the needs of more than 1,000 global customers; the third reform was to go all in on the AI wave, launching a full-stack, integrated hardware and software AI solution that allows customers to achieve "out-of-the-box" intelligent transformation. These three strategic leaps have not only created growth miracles, but have also become a vivid footnote for Chinese technology companies in breaking through bottlenecks and establishing standards in the AI era.

▲He Liangliang (right), commentator from Phoenix Television; Xia Tingting (left), director of the overseas business department of Phoenix Weekly

Integrated hardware and software
Bridging the "last mile" of AI implementation

Faced with the industrial restructuring caused by AI technology, Chairman Cao Yalian stated that AI is the fourth industrial revolution, and the advent of the AI era has brought new needs to customers. SIXUNITED took the lead in building a software and hardware integrated solution. On the hardware side, it has created a full range of AI product matrix including laptops, tablets, mini PCs, servers, and workstations; on the software side, it has independently developed AI assistants and the EAM enterprise management platform, deeply integrating the DeepSeek 671B large model, RAG and Agent technology to achieve knowledge accumulation, accurate retrieval, and intelligent assistant functions. Currently, this solution has been implemented on a large scale in the legal, medical, and education fields, winning market recognition with its low-cost and high-efficiency service model, truly bridging the "last mile" from AI technology to application scenarios.

Dual-track supply chain
Building a global technology collaboration bridge

In response to the challenges of the supply chain in the context of trade competition, SIXUNITED adopts a "dual-track parallel" strategy: On the one hand, it maintains in-depth technical cooperation with international companies such as Intel and AMD, consolidating its hardware leading edge; on the other hand, it deepens cooperation with domestic chip companies such as Loongson, Zhaoxin, and Phytium, leveraging China's advantages in industrial chain integration and application innovation. Chairman Cao Yalian uses intelligent driving as an analogy: "The precise process of international chip companies is like a powerful engine, while the ecological application capabilities of Chinese companies are the intelligent navigation system. The combination of the two can drive industrial upgrading." This open attitude not only ensures supply chain stability, but also promotes the company to become an important link in global technology exchange.

▲Cao Yalian (center), chairman of SIXUNITED; Shen Jinzhong (right), deputy general manager of SIXUNITED; Zhang Xiaojun (left), deputy general manager of the R&D center of SIXUNITED

Organizational evolution
Veterans steering the ship, newcomers breaking waves, ecological synergy

In the context of global market "involution," how can enterprises maintain strong execution and differentiated advantages? Chairman Cao Yalian pointed out: "Team and talent are the only support for the development of SIXUNITED." For more than ten years, the company has adhered to the daily global executive morning meeting system, with all VPs, including the chairman, reporting progress, unifying thinking, and promoting execution. This "daily settlement" management model ensures the efficient implementation of strategies. At the same time, it boldly employs post-90s and post-00s in management positions, giving young teams full autonomy in cutting-edge fields such as AI algorithms, allowing technology enthusiasts to lead technology, forming a unique organizational ecosystem of "veterans steering the ship, newcomers breaking waves." In addition, SIXUNITED holds industry exchange activities every quarter with Intel CTE ecosystem companies, building a collaborative mechanism for positive interaction and differentiated competition among peers. Chairman Cao Yalian emphasized: "Good competitors promote common progress, and the essence of Sino-US technology exchange is complementary advantages."

In sync with Shenzhen

Resonating to build a new role for AI infrastructure service providers

As a participant and beneficiary of Shenzhen's technology ecosystem, the growth trajectory of SIXUNITED resonates with the transformation of this innovative city. From a traditional hardware manufacturing center to today's global innovation hub, Shenzhen, relying on the city's innovative vitality, the advanced manufacturing capabilities of the Greater Bay Area, and the international financial hub of Hong Kong, has provided SIXUNITED with fertile ground for industrial chain integration and global expansion.

Regarding the strategic layout for the next five years, Chairman Cao Yalian stated that SIXUNITED will focus on AIPC, AI servers, and AI chips, and based on the new positioning of "AI infrastructure service provider," it will continue to export Chinese-style AI solutions to the world. As Chairman Cao Yalian said: "The mission of technology companies is to make AI truly land in everyone's work and life." SIXUNITED is using three transformations as a fulcrum to leverage the restructuring of the global technology ecosystem, writing a growth legend for Chinese enterprises in the fourth industrial revolution of artificial intelligence.

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