Liuzhou Steel Group, Huawei, and China Mobile Launch the Xuantie Steel Model

[Nanning, China, April 1, 2026] On March 31, the Xuantie Model, Guangxi's first AI large model for the steel industry, was commercially launched by Guangxi Liuzhou Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. (Liuzhou Steel Group for short), Huawei, and China Mobile Guangxi Branch in Nanning. The launch event also unveiled innovative AI applications for the manufacturing industry and the Liuzhou Steel AI Research and Innovation Center. These developments reflect the AI-powered intelligent transformation of Guangxi's steel industry, a key pillar of the economy.

Launch of the Xuantie Steel Model

The steel industry is a "ballast stone" for China's economy, playing a crucial role in stable industry growth. The innovations launched at the event are part of the efforts of Liuzhou Steel Group and Huawei to boost Guangxi's economic development and enable new forms of productivity for the steel industry. They facilitate the unique development model in which R&D outcomes from Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou are integrated in Guangxi and applied in ASEAN countries, and set a benchmark for the transformation towards high-end, intelligent, and green manufacturing.

Li Bin, Chairman of Liuzhou Steel Group, stated at the event that the Xuantie Steel Model is a key achievement of the Group's digital and intelligent transformation strategy. Pre-trained on Huawei's Pangu models, the Xuantie Steel Model focuses on three key areas: AI + people, AI + data, and AI + manufacturing. A 20+N scenario-based model system covering the six key areas of pre-smelting, steelmaking, steel rolling, logistics, environmental protection, and safety has been established.

Li emphasized that Liuzhou Steel Group will seize this opportunity to accelerate the transition from single-point intelligence to comprehensive intelligence. The Group will proactively serve as a leader in the industry value chain to support Guangxi's efforts to develop a modern industry system and promote AI applications in Southwestern China and ASEAN countries.

Speech by Li Bin, Chairman of Liuzhou Steel Group

Jiang Wangcheng, Huawei's Corporate Vice President and CEO of the Oil, Gas & Mining BU, stated that Huawei used its technical strengths in AI, computing, and connectivity, and worked closely with Liuzhou Steel Group to create a proprietary, innovative technological foundation for the Xuantie Steel Model. Moving forward, Huawei will continue working with Liuzhou Steel Group, China Mobile Guangxi, and other industry partners to enhance the model's capabilities and enrich the application ecosystem. Together, they will make AI a key driver of production and operations, and deploy large models throughout the steel production process, providing end-to-end technical support for the intelligent transformation of the steel industry.

Speech by Jiang Wangcheng, Huawei's Corporate Vice President and CEO of the Oil, Gas & Mining BU

The launch event also unveiled the Liuzhou Steel AI Research and Innovation Center. Through this center, Liuzhou Steel Group will use the Xuantie Steel Model as the foundation and make its core capabilities available to ecosystem partners to create high-value industry applications. The Group also signed an agreement on deepened collaboration with Huawei.

Shen Min, Vice President of Liuzhou Steel Group, described the AI applications the Group developed. The 5G-powered intelligent molten iron transportation system realizes end-to-end intelligence. In the steelmaking process, 33 AI models have been deployed, including an intelligent scheduling model that improves collaboration between different processes and increases productivity by 8.5%. The AI models for basic oxygen furnaces and ladle argon blowing have improved product quality, reduced raw material consumption, and lowered the cost of crude steel production by 5 CNY (approx.0.73 USD). per metric ton.

Regarding intelligent refining, a solution that integrates mechanistic models, AI prediction, and parameter optimization is propelling automated steelmaking, and has reduced the comprehensive cost of steel by 2 CNY (approx.0.29 USD) per metric ton. Regarding plate and plywood assembly, AI algorithms have increased the yield of plates by 1% to 2% by optimizing production plans. AI has also enabled the automatic matching of over 90% of contracts, alleviating inventory pressure.

Shen Min, Vice President of Liuzhou Steel Group, describing AI applications

Shu Mingen, Vice President of China Mobile Guangxi, delivered a keynote speech titled 5G as the Arm and AI as the Brain—China Mobile's Practices in Using 5G and AI to Empowering Industry. Shi Mao, CEO of Huawei's Steel & Non-ferrous BU, gave a keynote speech titled The Future of Intelligent Manufacturing: Accelerating Industry Digitalization Through Human-Machine Trust, Multi-Machine Collaboration, and Autonomous Synergy. These speeches provided insights into cutting-edge technologies and industry trends.

Shi Mao stated that, in an era where AI is rapidly growing, the Xuantie Steel Model and industry partner development system developed by Liuzhou Steel Group and Huawei can help the Group handle the uncertainties created by rapid AI development and enhance its competitiveness to enable high-quality development.

Speech by Shi Mao, CEO of Huawei's Steel & Non-ferrous BU

Using the Xuantie Steel Model, Huawei and Liuzhou Steel Group will focus on common industry needs and make their technological foundations and toolchains available for ecosystem partners. They plan to develop over 10 high-level industrial agents for production lines and business domains, and create over 30 high-quality industrial datasets. These efforts will help Liuzhou Steel Group establish nationwide leading intelligent factories, accelerate the development of AI industry clusters, and make Guangxi an AI industry hub for the ASEAN market.