At a June 22 forum the Central University of Finance and Economics and Zhaoqi
Supply Chain open-sourced WorkMate, a 'super AI' workplace assistant. Commercial
rollout will focus on the plastics sector — annual trading in plastics exceeds 2
tln yuan and involves about 300,000 upstream and downstream firms — using
open-source trials, feedback and co-development to establish industry standards.
The partners plan horizontal expansion into non-ferrous metals, agricultural
commodities and building materials.