From left: Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz, MyEG managing director TS Wong, Beitou IT Innovation Group chairman Lai Shuiping and Governor of Guangxi Government Lan Tianli.
KUALA LUMPUR: My E.G. Services Bhd
(MYEG) has signed an agreement with Guangxi-based Beitou IT Innovation Technology Investment Group Co Ltd to set up the Malaysia-China Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation and Cooperation Centre as the Flagship China-ASEAN AI Lab.
In a statement today, MYEG said the agreement represents an effort to realise the vision of the governments of Malaysia and China to collaborate on AI.
In conjunction with the signing of a Government-to-Government Memorandum of Understanding between China and Malaysia on AI development, MYEG and Beitou IT Innovation, a wholly-owned state-owned enterprise of the Guangxi Autonomous Region Government, have been selected to jointly establish a one-of-a-kind G2G lab.
The lab will bring together leading AI companies from China and ASEAN to jointly develop localised AI products and to power cross-border applications.
Spearheaded by MYEG, the AI Lab will also see the participation of leaders in their respective fields such as China's Deepseek, robotics and drone companies DJI and Leju Robot, Huawei Technologies, as well as Malaysian IT services provider Heitech Padu Bhd, among others.
"Located at Zetrix Tower in Petaling Jaya, the AI Lab will focus on the convergence of blockchain, generative AI, and robotics technologies with emphasis on cross-border applications and customisation of AI services according to local culture and values,” it said.
MYEG said the first service to be introduced will be the mutual recognition of national Digital IDs from Malaysia and China starting with Guangxi Province.
It noted that the service enables citizens from Malaysia to use their MyDigital ID for various identity verification requirements in Guangxi Province, especially for ‘know your customer’ (KYC) requirements at financial institutions and various tourist attractions.
"At the same time, the digital ID of Chinese nationals will be similarly accepted for identity verification in Malaysia,” said MYEG.
The exchange of agreement was officially witnessed by Governor of Guangxi Government Lan Tianli and Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz. - Bernama
