Digital Intelligence Brain selected for national AI case collection

China is sharing its artificial intelligence practices and know-how with the rest of the world as shown in AI from China Benefits the World (2026), a national AI case collection released by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, among others.

Digital Intelligence Brain: Empowering Chile's Power Grid, a project developed by State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co Ltd, has been selected for inclusion in the AI from China Benefits the World (2026). It is the only project from State Grid Corp of China included in this year's collection, which was released at the main forum of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance last week.

This year's edition features 10 cases illustrating China's international cooperation in AI across a growing range of countries, regions, and "AI+" application scenarios.

Digital Intelligence Brain: Empowering Chile's Power Grid's inclusion represents national recognition of State Grid Zhejiang's innovative approach to international AI cooperation and demonstrates the company's contribution to advancing energy cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative through digital technologies.

Ye Wei, who is in charge of the project at State Grid Zhejiang, said in an interview with China Daily that the project is a key initiative to implement the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission's requirements for advancing the "AI+" campaign among centrally administered State-owned enterprises.

Designed to meet the needs of smart grid development and the global energy transition, the solution uses a collaborative multi-agent architecture to support the digital and intelligent transformation of Chile's Compania General de Electricidad.

The solution incorporates intelligent agents for meteorological monitoring and early warning, fieldwork verification, overdue payment management, customer complaint handling, and electricity theft detection. Together, these applications support key operations across the electricity value chain, from grid operation and maintenance to customer service and electricity-use management, contributing to the safe and stable operation of CGE's power grid, Ye said.

According to him, following deployment across CGE's operations, the five intelligent agents have delivered measurable results. For instance, the meteorological forecasting agent provides weather monitoring across all 345 municipalities and towns within CGE's service area, supporting 16-day trend forecasts and detailed forecasts for the following 72 hours. The agent helps shift grid operation and maintenance from manual data analysis toward automated risk identification and early intervention.

Meanwhile, the meter-reading verification agent automatically reviews more than 18,000 field photographs each month and supports closed-loop verification and follow-up.