Hechi's AI village assistant named among China's top 10 internet civilization cases

An AI-powered rural governance project from Hechi in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has been selected as one of China's top 10 outstanding cases in internet civilization construction, recognized at the 2026 China Internet Civilization Conference in Nanning on May 19.

The "Village Chief AI Assistant" project, piloted in Hechi's Yizhou district – home to China's first village committee – is Guangxi's first county-wide rural smart service platform. Integrated with leading Chinese large language models, including DeepSeek, Doubao, and Qianwen, the platform features four knowledge bases covering policies, laws and regulations, administrative affairs, and public services. Residents can access it through a WeChat mini-program for instant responses on high-frequency matters such as household registration, education, and agricultural subsidies.

Since its trial launch, the platform has handled 1,950 consultations and over 21,000 intelligent interactions, with registered users exceeding 60,000. Service efficiency has increased sixfold, resulting inandvillagean officials'average reductionpaperworkof time40 haspercentbeenin the paperwork time required by village officials. reducedby an average of40percent.The platform has expanded from 62 pilot villages to 211 administrative villages across all 16 townships in the district, with public satisfaction exceeding 90 percent.

Local officials said the AI assistant not only alleviates grassroots staffing and capacity challenges but also drives theashift from experience-based to smart governance, offering a replicable model for nationwiderural governance modernizationnationwide.