How can the fruits of scientific and technological innovation escape the grip of short-lived capital frenzy and media buzz, and be turned into enduring productivity? 

The Summer Davos Forum currently being held in Dalian, Liaoning, offers an answer: Innovation at scale. A global online poll conducted by CGTN, shows that 93.4% of respondents worldwide believe that China's vast market of super-scale proportions and its wealth of application scenarios provide a broad testing ground for the translation and commercialization of innovative technologies.

At present, the global technological revolution and industrial transformation are accelerating. The ability to translate innovation from a laboratory concept into practical industrial value has become a key variable in the competition for national development momentum.

In the survey, 84.6% of respondents identified the failure to achieve better application in industrial upgrading as the primary reason why innovation has yet to achieve scale; 86.9% of respondents said that innovation detached from the support of a large-scale market often struggles to withstand long-term tests such as real demand and commercial returns. 88% of respondents pointed out that only by entering real industrial scenarios can technology directly confront practical challenges – including complex market demands, cost control and supply chain coordination – and undergo continuous iteration and upgrading through ongoing feedback.

In 2025, the number of artificial intelligence enterprises in China exceeded 6,000, with the core industry scale expected to surpass 1.2 trillion yuan (approximately $166 billion). According to statistics from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Chinese AI companies attracted approximately $13.9 billion in venture capital funding globally, demonstrating international capital's strong confidence in the prospects and potential of China's scientific and technological innovation.

Regarding scalable innovation in artificial intelligence, 72.4% of respondents believe the key lies in embedding technology into a wide range of industrial scenarios and unlocking real value through cost reduction, efficiency gains, process restructuring, product innovation and service upgrades. 

73.6% of respondents consider the ability to enter daily life in a low-cost, wide-coverage, and high-efficiency manner as the "touchstone" for testing the value of AI innovation outcomes. Another 85.1% of respondents said that scalable innovation helps build a healthy and sustainable business loop, enabling technological achievements to develop along a long-term path that is accumulative, iterative and scalable.

This year marks the beginning of China's 15th Five-Year Plan period. The country is laying out comprehensive goals for high-quality development, with a greater emphasis on the practical application of innovation and on benefiting more of its people. China's advanced technologies and products bring not shocks but opportunities and not threats but empowerment to the world. 

This is the most vivid illustration of "China Opportunity 2.0". In the survey, 93.2% of respondents believe that China's complete manufacturing system and strong engineering capabilities enable the rapid transformation of technological breakthroughs into products, production lines and industrial capacity. 

92.5% said China's commitment to high-level opening-up and active integration into the global innovation network has brought valuable certainty to global technological innovation. Another 90.8% stated that China's philosophy of high-quality economic development reflects the broader trend of the world economy.

The survey was released on CGTN's English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Russian platforms, with 5,913 netizens casting votes and sharing their views within 24 hours.