On September 9, 2026, the 11th Belt and Road Summit officially opened at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. During the Summit, Zhejiang DKE Holdings Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 01770.HK, hereinafter referred to as “DKE”) and Ant Blockchain Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Ant Digital Technologies”) formally signed a strategic cooperation agreement.

The agreement was signed by Zhou Aijun, Chairman of DKE, and Wang Bo, Vice President of Overseas Strategic Business at Ant Digital Technologies, on behalf of their respective companies. The signing ceremony was attended and witnessed by Philip Yung, Director-General of the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government; Nicholas Ho, Commissioner for Belt and Road of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government; Liu Lingge, Head of Capital Markets at DKE; and Luo Yuanyuan, Head of Strategic Cooperation at Ant Digital Technologies.

Co-organized by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the Belt and Road Summit has marked a decade of development since its inaugural edition in 2016. Over the years, it has attracted more than 45,000 government and business representatives from over 120 countries and regions and showcased more than 2,800 cross-border cooperation projects. The Summit has become a key platform connecting mainland Chinese enterprises with overseas markets and facilitating international investment in China. The 11th Belt and Road Summit in 2026, themed “Advancing High-Quality Development, Embarking on a New Journey Together,” aims to advance Belt and Road cooperation to a higher level.

At this year’s Summit, the strategic partnership between DKE and Ant Digital Technologies represents not only a forward-looking initiative by both companies in response to the global wave of digital transformation, but also an in-depth cross-industry integration of the e-paper and digital technology sectors under the Belt and Road framework, with a shared focus on digitalization, intelligence, and sustainability. It also represents an important step for both parties to seize opportunities arising from the global digital economy and actively contribute to the development of the Digital Silk Road, marking a new stage in the deep integration of e-paper display technology and cutting-edge digital technologies.

As a global leader in e-paper display solutions for the intelligent Internet of Things (IoT), DKE has long been dedicated to the e-paper display industry, specializing in the R&D, design, manufacturing, and sales of a wide range of e-paper display modules. DKE’s products are widely used across diverse applications, including smart retail, smart office, smart education, smart logistics, smart transportation, e-readers, and emerging applications. The company provides professional e-paper display products and one-stop solutions to customers worldwide.

As a leading global digital technology platform, Ant Digital Technologies continues to drive innovation and the application of digital technologies. With deep technological expertise, extensive real-world application experience, and strong operational capabilities in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain, Ant Digital Technologies is accelerating the large-scale deployment of its core technologies across industries, helping enterprises worldwide transition into the AI era.

Through this cross-industry partnership, DKE and Ant Digital Technologies will pursue in-depth collaborative innovation across multiple dimensions, comprehensively exploring new pathways for the digital, sustainable, and intelligent development of the e-paper industry. The partnership aims to enhance collaboration and efficiency across the upstream and downstream industrial chain while providing new momentum for the transformation and upgrading of the entire e-paper ecosystem.

First, in the areas of blockchain-enabled trusted data networks across the industrial ecosystem and full product lifecycle traceability, the two parties will leverage their respective strengths in industrial manufacturing and digital technology to jointly establish an end-to-end trusted data network for the e-paper industry. This will enable information throughout the entire product lifecycle—from raw materials to final delivery—to be traceable and verifiable, significantly enhancing the authenticity, transparency, and collaborative efficiency of ecosystem management.

Second, in the area of trusted terminal hardware, the two parties will integrate DKE’s industrial manufacturing capabilities in flexible e-paper with Ant Digital Technologies’ core blockchain technologies to jointly explore a new generation of lightweight, highly secure, and trusted hardware terminals. This collaboration will further promote the application of e-paper display technology in areas such as digital finance and digital identity.

Third, in the areas of trusted ESG data and green industrial ecosystems, the two parties will jointly establish a trusted ESG data framework for the e-paper industry. Focusing on carbon emissions, low-carbon manufacturing, green display technologies, material sourcing, and supply chain compliance, the framework will enable ESG data to be securely recorded and verified on the blockchain. The two parties will also provide trusted ESG data services and standardized reports to global customers and regulatory authorities, further advancing the sustainable and digital development of the e-paper industry.

Finally, in the areas of AI agent ecosystems and industrial-grade intelligent IoT, the two parties will jointly explore the deep integration of AI agents and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) into e-paper manufacturing. By tightly integrating AI algorithms with hardware terminals, the partnership aims to advance intelligent manufacturing from conventional automation toward an intelligent industrial system characterized by “self-perception, autonomous decision-making, and self-optimization,” comprehensively strengthening the e-paper industry’s core competitiveness in industrialization, intelligent transformation, and globalization.

This strategic partnership represents a key milestone in DKE’s transformation and upgrading. By leveraging Ant Digital Technologies’ advanced digital technologies and resources in AI, blockchain, and related fields, DKE will accelerate its strategic transformation toward greater digital intelligence, sustainability, and high-end development. Taking this agreement as an important starting point, DKE will further deepen comprehensive collaboration in joint technology R&D, innovative product commercialization, smart manufacturing capacity upgrades, and ecosystem development. The company will also actively explore the deeper application of AI technologies in e-paper manufacturing and intelligent terminal scenarios, delivering higher-value display solutions to customers, strengthening its competitiveness in the digital economy, and creating greater value for customers and partners worldwide.

Looking ahead, DKE and Ant Digital Technologies will use this strategic partnership as a foundation to continuously deepen technological collaboration, product innovation, and ecosystem development. By driving industrial transformation through technological integration and empowering industry upgrades through ecosystem collaboration, the two parties aim to embed digital technologies into the core processes of the e-paper industry and unlock the greater potential of AI-powered e-paper applications amid the global wave of digitalization, injecting sustained new momentum into the industry’s high-quality development.