Quan Jing Wang·2025-10-13 03:21Core Viewpoint - Haier Group and Ant Group have signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement to explore future smart living scenarios and experiences in areas such as digital payment, healthcare services, and vehicle-home connectivity [1] Group 1: Digital Payment Services - The collaboration will focus on enhancing digital payment services by integrating Ant Group's payment technology and risk control systems into Haier Group's digital cash register and offline retail channels, aiming to optimize user experience and overall efficiency [2] - Both companies will work on improving payment and repayment service experiences, including innovative payment options like Huabei installment services to meet the needs of a broader user base [2] Group 2: Smart Healthcare Services - Ant Group has developed AI health applications that serve over 140 million users, providing various AI services and connecting nearly one million real doctors and over 5,000 hospitals [3] - The partnership will leverage Haier Group's medical service resources to enhance patient experience through AI technology deployment in medical services, exploring smart specialty diagnosis, high-end medical insurance payments, and integrated health management solutions [3] Group 3: Vehicle-Home Connectivity - Ant Group's Alipay has served over 300 million car owners, covering nine travel scenarios and over 100 travel services, while Haier Group's Auto Home is a leading online service platform for car consumers in China [4] - The collaboration will explore innovative models for vehicle-home connectivity by leveraging both companies' strengths in traffic and content ecosystem cooperation, vehicle sales, and smart and green travel [4] Group 4: Empowering the Home Appliance Industry - The partnership will focus on integrating Ant Group's mobile intelligent products to support Haier's app development and AI exploration, enhancing risk control and marketing in Haier's consumer finance sector [5] - Both companies will expand their collaboration on OceanBase to meet Haier's key business system and global cross-cloud deployment needs, exploring the fusion of AI, databases, and multi-cloud infrastructure [5] - Haier Group's CEO emphasized the importance of integrating the advantages of the real economy and digital economy to create greater user and commercial value for high-quality industrial development [5]