On September 27, the OpenHarmony Technology Conference 2025 was held in Changsha.
This conference was organized by the Technical Steering Committee (TSC) of the OpenHarmony Project Group, hosted by Huawei, and supported by collaborating units including Shenkai Hong, Kaihong Zhigu, Honghu Wanlian, Runkai Hong, Jiulian Kaihong, China Software International, Chengmaikj, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhongke Honglue, China Southern Power Grid, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhengtong, and Guokaihong.
Changsha's Vice Mayor Peng Tao delivered a speech, stating that in terms of industry-university-enterprise cooperation, Hunan University, Central South University and other universities have established technical clubs with Huawei and contributed more than 20 core code patents; in terms of industry applications, companies such as Tuowei Information and Kaihong Zhigu have actively laid out, developing OS distributions for education, transportation, and other industries; in terms of enterprise cultivation, enterprises such as Jingjia Wei and Guoke Wei have completed deep compatibility and mass production commercialization of the OpenHarmony system and chips; in terms of R&D innovation, Changsha has built the fourth OpenHarmony ecological innovation center in the country, providing full-stack adaptation services for the industry.
Yu Chengdong, Executive Director of Huawei and Chairman of the Terminal BG, stated in his speech: "Over the past five years, under the incubation and operation of the Open Atoms Open Source Foundation, the research, industry, academia, and application sectors have worked together to build OpenHarmony, creating a miracle in the history of China's software development." According to the information, as of September 20 this year, the number of terminals based on OpenHarmony has exceeded 17 million, with over 30,000 OpenHarmony applications and meta-services listed.
Chen Haibo, Chairman of the Technical Steering Committee of the OpenHarmony Project Group, reviewed the journey of OpenHarmony over the past five years, released the OpenHarmony 6.0 Release version, and outlined the key technology innovation directions for future intelligent terminal operating systems, calling on experts present to focus on intelligent development and jointly draw up the technological blueprint for the next five years of OpenHarmony.
He pointed out that under the joint efforts of research, industry, academia, and application sectors, OpenHarmony has become one of the fastest-growing intelligent terminal operating systems. Looking ahead to the next five years, intelligence will be the main melody of the development of terminal operating systems, and it will also be a critical opportunity period for the rapid improvement of the value of the OpenHarmony ecosystem. The wisdom of the research, industry, academia, and application sectors is the most precious technical source for the continuous evolution and competitive advantage of OpenHarmony.
He called for more industry and academic professionals to work together to deepen the construction of the OpenHarmony industry-academia-research-application community.
Chen Haibo also mentioned that currently, the OpenHarmony community has gathered more than 9,200 contributors, with over 13 million lines of code, and industry distributions have exceeded 70. Soft and hardware products exceed 1,300, and are widely applied in key industries such as finance, transportation, education, energy, government affairs, industry, and aerospace. Moreover, many key industry terminal devices and applications not only replaced the open-source HarmonyOS, but more importantly, achieved an experience leap towards the era of everything intelligent.
Zhang Xiaofeng, Executive Chairman of the Working Committee of the OpenHarmony Project Group, said that the original intention of OpenHarmony has always been to realize the vision of "one system, one ecosystem", allowing developers to develop once and deploy on multiple terminals, and enabling consumers to enjoy a unified experience across different terminals.
He emphasized that the evolution of an operating system is not only about technological breakthroughs, but also about industrial structure and future development. OpenHarmony will continue to make efforts in cutting-edge fields such as edge-side AI, embodied intelligence, cross-platform frameworks, and interconnection standards, working with universities, industries, and global partners to explore more possibilities in the intelligent age. At a new historical node, he called on society to join the community and build and share a new world of OpenHarmony.
At the conference site, the OpenHarmony 6.0 Release version was officially launched, marking an important upgrade in OpenHarmony's technical capabilities.
The new version has made breakthroughs in several key technical areas: enhanced ArkUI component capabilities provide more flexible component layouts and optimize the development experience; upgraded window capabilities add support for text display processing, improving interaction convenience; at the application framework level, program framework services support developing intentions through decorators, helping existing functions quickly integrate into system entries. These technological innovations improve the overall performance of the system and bring practical values such as shortened development cycles, reduced development costs, and optimized user experiences to application manufacturers.
"OpenHarmony has basically maintained a fast iteration speed of one major version per year over the past five years. Each version upgrade represents a significant leap in OpenHarmony's technical capabilities. Version 6.0 can not only support complex terminal devices such as mobile phones, tablets, and computers, but its system capabilities have also been further enhanced, and the efficiency of application development and ecological adaptation has also been significantly improved. Version 6.0 embodies the outstanding contributions of many units such as Huawei, Shenkai Hong, Kaihong Zhigu, Runkai Hong, Softcom, China Software International, Dingqiao Communication, and Chengmaikj," Chen Haibo said.
He frankly admitted that OpenHarmony originated from China, but it is also for the world, striving to provide a new choice for the whole world. "We are actively conducting in-depth exchanges with overseas open-source communities in terms of technology and academia, and engaging in technical and academic exchanges with scholars and top international academic conferences."
The prosperity of the ecosystem relies on the deep collaboration and supporting forces of the research, industry, academia, and application sectors. The conference focused on several key aspects such as collaborative innovation, talent and technology foundation building, and appreciation and certification. Meanwhile, the launch ceremony of the OpenHarmony Cross-Platform Framework PMC (in preparation) and the Embodied Intelligence PMC (in preparation) also attracted attention: the Cross-Platform Framework PMC focuses on the technical evolution and ecological development of cross-platform frameworks and third-party libraries, solving the pain point of "adding a new ecosystem increases the investment by a factor of two"; the Embodied Intelligence PMC (in preparation) adopts a model-native operating system design approach, achieving ultra-performance reasoning of embodied intelligence models on robot bodies, completing the first set of full-size humanoid robots empowered by OpenHarmony and Ascend computing power.
In the session of the ecological partner theme report, representatives from enterprises and universities shared their practical achievements, vividly illustrating the industrial value of OpenHarmony. Zhu Hong, CTO of DingTalk, introduced DingTalk's practice of reconstructing the smart office experience using OpenHarmony and opening up a new way of AI work. Yao Dong, Vice President of金山办公, explained the optimization of document office scenarios based on the OpenHarmony base of WPS, as well as the features of large file opening in seconds and cross-device collaboration achieved through community joint innovation.
Additionally, Tang Fangxin, General Manager of the Marketing Center of Wansing Technology, Hu Jie, Vice President of Wu Kong Image, Zhao Xingui, Wireless R&D Director of Ctrip Group, and Lu Ji, R&D Director of Tencent Video, respectively discussed the core value of OpenHarmony in performance enhancement and experience optimization in scenarios such as creative software, image tools, travel services, and video software. Jiang Kaida, Deputy Director of the Office of Informationization Promotion and the Network Information Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, shared the exploration experience of the university mobile application "Jiaowa Ban", demonstrating the application potential of OpenHarmony in the field of educational informatization.
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