2026 ZGC Forum: What tech exchange do global guests care about?

At the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum, global guests are engaging on a diverse range of topics, from food science and sleep technology to the future of AI and digital privacy. CGTN's Liu Jiaxin collects these conversations that reflect a shared global interest in technology that serves humanity.

SAMUEL GODEFROY, President & COO, Global Food Regulatory Science Society "We consider in fact that health starts with food. It's not with medicines. And probably the best medicine is in our food and there is a tremendous wealth of experience, knowledge, but also of ingredients that we can harness in Chinese traditions and potentially that could inform the future of development of food products in China and in other parts of the world."

RENATA REDONDO BONALDI, SleepUp Technology "I think we are living now in a very dynamic world where we are sleeping less. So we see a lot of industries, companies and healthcare providers looking for solutions that would diagnose and treat sleep disorder in a more accessible, affordable, cheaper way at home, so people don't need to go to hospitals. We see big opportunities to apply our technology in the industry and we are very excited and looking forward to finding industry partners and customers."

YUAN JINYUN, Academician, Brazilian Academy of Sciences "I'm in the field of mathematics. Nowadays, artificial intelligence is developing rapidly in various industries, especially in the medical field. I'm very excited about it and I hope to learn some new things."

Reporter: You are a mathematician? What do you expect the next step in the AI development to be?

Yuan: It's hard to say because AI is developing so fast. In the future, it's possible that artificial intelligence will guide itself. I have a pessimistic view that we will all eventually become the pets of robots.

JEAN ZIMMERMANN, General Manager, JCDecaux Airport "I'm very curious to hear what the participants will be sharing about privacy. I'm actually very, very cautious about everything that's cloud, that's online. I personally share nothing on my social media because I think that many people don't really grasp yet that everything that you share will be there forever. I'm French. In France we say to live happy, you need to live in hiding. So I think in general protection of privacy is a key topic."