China unveiled its "Tech Predictions and Future Visions 2049" report on Saturday at the Tengchong Scientists Forum, marking the country's first comprehensive effort to outline long-term technological prospects. The report focuses on key topics, including artificial intelligence (AI), digital health and sustainable development, and presents "Ten Technology Visions" that are expected to shape life in 2049.

Over the past year, leading scientists and industry experts from the Tengchong Scientists Forum Center, Huawei Strategic Research Institute, China Mobile Research Institute, Shanghai AI Laboratory, Tencent Research Institute, and State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) Innovation Center held extensive discussions to develop the report. Their goal is to imagine how scientific innovation will transform future society. The ten visions include:

Vision 1: AI surpassing the technological singularity and advancing toward artificial super intelligence, amplifying human cognition, creativity and complex decision-making through seamless brain–machine communication.

Vision 2: General-purpose robots becoming household and industrial companions across sectors.

Vision 3: Flying cars reshaping urban mobility under AI-managed intelligent transportation systems.

Vision 4: A deeply integrated "mirror world" where high-precision digital twins allow cities, industries and ecosystems to be simulated, predicted and optimized.

Vision 5: A hybrid computational era combining bit-based, brain-inspired and quantum computing, achieving universal quantum computing and "computational freedom."

Vision 6: The rise of the Internet of Agents, merging digital and physical worlds through intelligent agent-based infrastructure.

Vision 7: Breakthroughs in computational materials science leading to adaptive materials, programmable structures and progress toward room-temperature superconductivity.

Vision 8: Commercial-scale fusion energy, enabling households, vehicles and devices to act as miniature power stations and ushering in a carbon-neutral energy era.

Vision 9: Molecular medicine integrated with AI and synthetic biology, enabling "programmable health" and personalized prevention and treatment.

Vision 10: Humanity moving seamlessly between land, space and deep sea, entering a "multi-domain cohabitation" era.

Beyond these visions, the report also outlines ten future life scenarios across health, education, mobility, finance, manufacturing, energy and environmental protection.

Yang Yuliang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and former president of Fudan University, called the report "the first knock on the door of the future."

While many of the visions remain in early stages, he said they represent frontier directions with civilization-level impact. He expressed hope that global wisdom can be pooled to make detailed predictions for each technological field and contribute fresh ideas to human progress.

The Tengchong Scientists Forum is being held from December 5 to 7 in southwest China's Yunnan Province under the theme "Science and AI Changing the World." The three-day event aims to foster greater international cooperation and exchange in scientific innovation.