工信部发文，事关人工智能赋能中小企业

Core Viewpoint - The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued a notice to solicit typical application scenarios of artificial intelligence (AI) for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for the year 2025, focusing on innovation in products and services as well as optimization of business processes [1][2] Group 1: AI Empowering SMEs for Innovation - The notice emphasizes the need for SMEs to leverage AI technology to achieve breakthrough innovations, developing forward-looking new products and services [1] - It encourages a fundamental upgrade of business models driven by technology, aiming to create new commercial spaces [1] Group 2: AI Empowering SMEs for Business Process Optimization - The notice outlines that SMEs should apply AI technology in specific areas such as research and design, production control, quality inspection, equipment maintenance, procurement, sales, and management to achieve significant optimization of business processes [2] - The goal is to enhance quality, reduce costs, and improve efficiency, thereby significantly increasing the resilience of enterprise development [2] - Additionally, applicants are encouraged to summarize and extract other paths and models for innovative development using AI technology based on their own situations [2]