On September 9, the 11th Belt and Road Summit opened at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. During the event, Zhejiang DKE Electronics Co., Ltd. (stock code: 01770.HK, hereinafter "DKE") and Ant Blockchain Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "Ant Digital Technologies") formally signed a strategic cooperation agreement.
DKE Chairman Zhou Aijun and Ant Digital Technologies Vice President of Overseas Strategic Business Wang Bo signed the MoU on behalf of their respective companies. The ceremony was witnessed by Ren Jingxin, Director of the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises of the Hong Kong SAR Government; Ho Lit-chi, Commissioner for Belt and Road of the Hong Kong SAR Government; Liu Lingge, DKE capital markets head; and Luo Yuanyuan, Ant Digital Technologies strategic cooperation lead.
Hosted by the Hong Kong SAR Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the Belt and Road Summit has, since its inaugural edition in 2016, attracted more than 45,000 government and business representatives from over 120 countries and regions and showcased more than 2,800 cross-border cooperation projects. It has become a core hub linking mainland enterprises with overseas markets and global capital with the Chinese market. The 2026 11th Summit, themed "Advancing High-Quality Development, Embarking on a New Journey," aims to push Belt and Road cooperation to a higher level.
The strategic partnership between DKE and Ant Digital Technologies is not only a forward-looking move by both companies amid the global digital wave, but also a deep cross-industry practice integrating the ePaper industry with digital technology in digitalization, intelligence and green development under the Belt and Road framework. It is also an important step for both sides to seize opportunities in the global digital economy and jointly contribute to the building of a "Digital Silk Road," signaling that the deep integration of ePaper display technology and cutting-edge digital technology has entered a new stage.
As a global leader in smart IoT ePaper display solutions, DKE has long focused on the research, development, design, production and sales of ePaper display modules. Its products are widely used in smart retail, smart offices, smart education, smart logistics, smart transportation, e-readers and other emerging applications, providing customers worldwide with professional ePaper display products and one-stop solutions.
As a world-leading digital technology platform, Ant Digital Technologies continues to drive innovation and application of digital technologies, with profound expertise in AI and blockchain, mature scenario experience and extensive operations know-how. The company is accelerating the large-scale deployment of core technologies across industries to help global enterprises move into the AI era.
Through this cross-industry collaboration, the two parties will carry out in-depth synergistic innovation across multiple dimensions, fully exploring new paths for digital, green and intelligent development of the ePaper industry and improving collaboration efficiency across the upstream and downstream industry chain, injecting core momentum into the upgrade of the entire ePaper industry.
Blockchain-based trusted data network and full lifecycle traceability. The two sides will leverage their respective strengths in manufacturing and digital technology to build a full-chain trusted data network for the ePaper industry, enabling end-to-end traceability and verification of product information from raw materials to delivery, and significantly improving the authenticity, transparency and collaboration efficiency of ecosystem management.
Trusted terminal hardware. The two sides will deeply integrate DKE's manufacturing capability in flexible ePaper with Ant Digital Technologies' core blockchain technologies to jointly explore a new generation of lightweight, highly secure trusted hardware terminals, promoting wider application of ePaper display technology in digital finance, digital identity and other scenarios.
Trusted ESG data and green ecosystem. The two sides will jointly establish a trusted ESG data system for the ePaper industry, covering carbon emissions, low-carbon manufacturing, green displays, material sourcing and supply chain compliance. Data will be stored and verified on-chain, while trusted ESG data services and standardized reports will be provided to global customers and regulators, promoting green and digital development of the ePaper industry.
AI agent ecosystem and industrial holographic intelligent IoT. The two sides will jointly explore the deep application of AI agents and industrial IoT in ePaper manufacturing scenarios. Through the deep coupling of AI algorithms and hardware terminals, smart manufacturing will evolve from automation to a self-aware, self-decision-making and self-optimizing intelligent industrial system, comprehensively enhancing the industrial, intelligent and global competitiveness of the ePaper industry.
This strategic partnership is a key milestone in DKE's transformation and upgrading. Backed by Ant Digital Technologies' world-leading digital technologies and resources in AI and blockchain, DKE will accelerate its strategic upgrade toward digital intelligence, green development and high-end positioning. DKE will take this signing as an important starting point to further strengthen all-round, in-depth collaboration in joint R&D, innovative product deployment, smart manufacturing capacity upgrading and ecosystem co-building, actively exploring the deep application of AI in ePaper manufacturing and smart terminal scenarios, providing customers with more valuable display solutions, enhancing competitiveness in the digital economy era, and creating greater value for global customers and partners.
Looking ahead, both parties will take this signing as an opportunity to continuously deepen technology synergy, product innovation and ecosystem co-building, drive industrial transformation through technology integration and empower industry upgrading through ecosystem collaboration. They will integrate digital technology into the core links of the ePaper industry, unleash greater potential of the ePaper industry in the digital wave through AI empowerment, and inject a steady stream of new momentum into high-quality industrial development.
