What Zhejiang Daily Digital Culture does

Zhejiang Daily Digital Culture Group Co., Ltd. (浙数文化, SSE: 600633) is a state-owned, Shanghai-listed digital culture conglomerate that operates as the technology and capital-market vehicle of Zhejiang Daily Newspaper Group. Founded in 1992 and listed via backdoor in September 2011, the company restructured in 2017 by divesting legacy newspaper assets and pivoting to a three-cluster digital portfolio: Digital Culture+ (数字文化+) centered on 边锋网络 gaming/esports platforms and cultural tourism; Intelligent Technology+ (数智技术+) covering AI models, urban digital infrastructure, and IT services; and Data Operations+ (数据运营+) anchored by the controlling stake in the Zhejiang Big Data Trading Center. The company serves Zhejiang provincial, municipal, and county governments as its primary customer base, delivering digital reform platforms, smart city systems (via Hangzhou City Brain), and AI-enabled services, while also operating consumer gaming and cultural platforms and offering healthcare AI through its Smart Network Hospital subsidiary.

The technology stack is built on multiple proprietary AI assets, including the AIGC传播大模型 (AIGC communication large model) and 浙浙大模型 (ZheZhe cultural tourism model), plus 7-8 deep synthesis algorithms covering poster generation, intelligent Q&A, route planning, and digital human content — all having passed national 网信办 filing. Notable subsidiaries include 传播大脑 (an AI media technology unit recognized as a 2025 Hangzhou near-unicorn and 2025 Wang Xuan Award winner), 富春云 (an internet data center partnered with Alibaba Cloud for domestic computing power), 浙数文旅 (cultural tourism), and 智慧网络医院 (internet hospital partnered with JD Health). The group controls over 20 products across gaming, AI, cultural tourism, healthcare, data trading, and cloud infrastructure, supported by 24 national high-tech or double-soft certified subsidiaries.

The business model combines B2G/B2B enterprise contracts (quotation-based pricing for government digital transformation and provincial/municipal platform deployments), consumer-facing digital entertainment (likely freemium/virtual goods models on gaming platforms), data trading marketplace revenue through the Zhejiang Big Data Trading Center, AI/algorithm licensing under regulatory filing, and managed services from cloud computing and data center operations. Go-to-market leverages the parent media group's government relationships (enterprise field sales) for B2G/B2B contracts, self-serve product-led distribution for consumer entertainment, and regulated deployment pathways for AI services. Revenue streams include subscription/recurring (Digital Culture+), data monetization (Data Operations+), professional services (Intelligent Technology+), and managed infrastructure (Computing Power).

Name

Zhejiang Daily Digital Culture

Legal name

浙报数字文化集团股份有限公司 (Zhejiang Daily Digital Culture Group Co., Ltd.)

Website

https://600633.cn

Company type

Public

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Zhejiang Daily Digital Culture is a Shanghai-listed state-owned digital culture conglomerate operating gaming, AI, data trading, and smart city platforms, primarily serving Zhejiang provincial and municipal governments with secondary consumer entertainment and healthcare AI verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Culture and Technology Services

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210), Software Publishers (51321)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Multimodal Generation (Text-Image-Video-Audio) & Creative Toolchains (HDAAACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Smart Cities & Urban Innovation Programs (Digital Planning, Civic Tech for Cities) (BPAIANAJ), Digital Trade & E-Commerce Development (BPADAMAL), Digital Goods, Subscriptions & Gift Card Marketplaces (BPAMAGAG)

Keywords

• Digital culture services
• Media technology platforms
• Data trading services
• Government digital transformation
• Cloud computing infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Hangzhou

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Digital Culture+ (数字文化+): Revenue from digital entertainment platforms (边锋网络) covering gaming and chess/card games, digital cultural tourism services (浙数文旅), and art industry digitalization (浙报艺术产业集团). The segment integrates technology with culture across esports, sports, and the '棋擎书画' (chess, digital reading, calligraphy, painting) ecosystem.
2. Data Operations+ (数据运营+): Revenue from 浙江大数据交易中心 data trading platform and data services. The company holds over 50% equity in the center following a 2024 restructuring. Includes data asset monetization and building a '数商生态' (data merchant ecosystem).
3. Intelligent Technology+ (数智技术+): Revenue from AI model services, algorithm licensing, technology development services, and IT services supporting government digital transformation projects (浙江省数字化改革). Includes professional services for building and operating provincial/municipal applications.
4. Computing Power Infrastructure: Revenue from data center operations (富春云) and AI computing power services. Collaborations with Alibaba Cloud for building domestic computing power infrastructure.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Zhejiang Daily Digital Culture is a publicly listed digital culture and technology group that builds and operates AI platforms, data trading infrastructure, smart city systems, digital entertainment platforms, and cloud computing services. Its core offerings span three business clusters: Digital Culture+ (digital entertainment, cultural tourism, art industry digitalization via subsidiaries like 边锋网络, 战旗网络, 浙报艺术产业集团), Smart Technology+ (vertical AI models, algorithm licensing, IT services for government digital reform), and Data Operations+ (data trading via 浙江大数据交易中心, cloud computing via 富春云). The company develops proprietary generative AI models and deep synthesis algorithms that have passed China's national regulatory filing (国家网信办备案).

Product overview

浙数文化 operates as a diversified digital culture group with three main business clusters: '数字文化+' (Digital Culture Plus), '数智技术+' (Smart Technology Plus), and '数据运营+' (Data Operations Plus). The portfolio includes over 20 products across digital entertainment (边锋网络), AI-powered urban exploration (45度平台), media AI (AIGC传播大模型, 传播大脑), cultural tourism AI (浙浙大模型), healthcare (智慧网络医院), data services (浙江大数据交易中心), and cloud infrastructure (富春云). The company leverages large language models and generative AI for content creation, recommendation, and autonomous agent applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 45度: AI+ urban roaming platform co-developed with Tongyi, providing personalized cultural and tourism services including route generation and city exploration recommendations.
• 富春云
• 传播大脑
• 边锋网络
• 浙江大数据交易中心

Products and services

• 45度平台 (45 Du Platform) AI-enabled urban exploration platform that generates personalized half-day or full-day cultural tourism itineraries based on user preferences, real-time location, available time, past preferences, and weather conditions. Uses the '45-degree Cognitive Science Dynamic Interest Graph Generation Algorithm' to interpret vague expressions like 'finding a quiet place to walk'. Targets individual consumers and cultural tourists.
• AIGC传播大模型 (AIGC Communication Large Model) Large-scale generative AI model for communication and media applications, developed by subsidiary 传播大脑科技 (Chuanbo Danao). Powers content creation, virtual anchors, and AI-generated media dissemination. Won first prize (一等奖) at the 2025 Wang Xuan News Science and Technology Award — the highest media technology award in China. Targets media organizations, content creators, and government communications.
• 浙浙大模型 (ZheZhe Large Model) Vertical domain large language model for cultural tourism, developed by subsidiary 浙数文旅发展（浙江）有限公司. Passed national generative AI service filing (国家生成式人工智能服务备案). Targets cultural tourism enterprises and government cultural tourism agencies.
• 边锋网络 (Bianfeng Network) Digital entertainment platform providing chess, card games, and esports services to consumers via subsidiary 浙报边锋控股有限公司. Core component of the Digital Culture+ business cluster. Operates on product-led growth and community-driven model with self-serve onboarding.
• 战旗网络 (Zhanqi Network) Digital entertainment and esports technology platform operated via subsidiary 杭州战旗网络科技有限公司. Collaborated with Alibaba Cloud's Tongyi LLM to develop the 45-degree outdoor route generation algorithm. Targets gamers and esports participants.
• 富春云 (Fuchun Cloud) Internet data center and cloud computing infrastructure services operated via subsidiary 杭州富春云科技有限公司. Partnered with Alibaba Cloud to build domestic computing power infrastructure. Provides managed computing power services for AI workloads.
• 浙江大数据交易中心 (Zhejiang Big Data Trading Center) Provincial-level big data trading platform that facilitates data asset monetization and builds a data merchant (数商) ecosystem. The company holds over 50% equity following October 2024 restructuring. Targets enterprises and institutions seeking data trading and data services.
• 智慧网络医院 (Smart Network Hospital) Internet hospital platform operated via subsidiary 浙江智慧网络医院管理有限公司, providing AI-powered healthcare services. Partners with JD Health to promote high-quality public internet hospital development. The 'Smart Network Hospital Generative Algorithm' passed national deep synthesis service algorithm filing.
• 传播大脑 (Chuanbo Danao) AI and embodied intelligence technology company (subsidiary 传播大脑科技（浙江）股份有限公司, 100% owned) that develops media AI products including the AIGC传播大模型, 数智人内容创作引擎, poster generation algorithm, and intelligent Q&A algorithm. Won 2025 Wang Xuan News Science and Technology Award. Listed as 2025 Hangzhou '准独角兽' (near-unicorn) enterprise.
• 杭州城市大脑 (Hangzhou City Brain) Smart city digital platform providing urban governance and digital city operations, co-built with the Hangzhou municipal government. Operated through majority-owned subsidiary 杭州城市大脑有限公司. The company deeply participates in Hangzhou's smart city and digital governance initiatives.
• 浙数文旅 (Zheshu Cultural Tourism) Digital cultural tourism services platform operated via subsidiary 浙数文旅发展（浙江）有限公司. Develops cultural tourism digitalization solutions and the 浙浙大模型 vertical LLM for cultural tourism applications.
• 浙报艺术产业集团 (Zhebao Art Industry Group) Art industry digitalization subsidiary providing digital transformation services for the art sector, including the '棋擎书画' (chess, digital reading, calligraphy, painting) ecosystem. Targets art enterprises and cultural institutions.
• 数智人内容创作引擎 (Digital Human Content Creation Engine) AI-powered digital human avatar creation engine for content generation (virtual anchors and AI-generated media content), developed by 传播大脑. Won third prize at the 2025 Wang Xuan News Science and Technology Award. Targets media organizations and content creators.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10 consecutive years of Shanghai Stock Exchange information disclosure A-level rating
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• 通义 (Tongyi / Alibaba Cloud's LLM)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025浙数文化's 战旗网络 collaborated with Alibaba Cloud's Tongyi LLM to jointly develop the 45度 outdoor route generation algorithm, which passed national deep synthesis algorithm filing. The 45度 platform represents the first 'AI+' city exploration platform in China, built on Tongyi's foundational model capabilities.
• 浙版传媒 (Zhejiang Publishing Media / 浙江出版联合集团)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 September 2024浙数文化 announced a strategic investment in 浙版传媒 (stock 601921, SH), planning to become its second largest shareholder. On the same day, both parties signed a strategic cooperation agreement at the 浙数文化 Science and Technology Park to deepen integration of culture and technology, building an open collaborative industrial ecosystem for Zhejiang's high-quality cultural industry development.
• 阿里云 (Alibaba Cloud / 阿里云飞天(杭州)云计算技术有限公司)coreTechnology or Integration · 25 September 2024富春云 (a subsidiary of 浙数文化) partnered with Alibaba Cloud at the 4th Global Digital Trade Fair to jointly build a domestic computing power center. The partnership aims to build a self-controllable domestic computing power foundation, combining 富春云's data center infrastructure with Alibaba Cloud's cloud and AI technology capabilities.
• 京东健康 (JD Health / 京东互联网医院)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024浙江智慧网络医院管理有限公司 (a subsidiary of 浙数文化) deepened its partnership with JD Health to jointly promote high-quality development of public internet hospitals. The partnership combines 浙数文化's medical internet hospital platform with JD Health's healthcare ecosystem.
• 杭州市政府 (Hangzhou Municipal Government)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022浙数文化 holds a controlling stake in 杭州城市大脑有限公司 and built the Hangzhou Urban Brain platform, deeply participating in Hangzhou's smart city and digital governance initiatives.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SenseTime (商汤科技): Major Chinese AI company with multimodal generation (text/image/video) capabilities that align closely with the company's AIGC Communication Model and Digital Human Content Creation Engine products; competes for similar B2G smart-city and digital-human contracts.
• Xinhua Net (新华网): State-affiliated national news network that has invested heavily in AI-generated media, digital anchors, and smart content platforms. Comparable as a state-owned media-tech convergence player, though operating nationally rather than provincially.
• People.cn (人民网): The digital arm of People's Daily — the most prominent state-owned party media platform. Comparable in business model as a digital content and AI-enabled news/media platform with state-media backing, but at much larger national scale.
• Hikvision (海康威视): Dominant Chinese smart-city and government-facing technology supplier. Comparable as a peer in the Hangzhou smart-city / urban-brain ecosystem and as a provider of AI-enabled city digital infrastructure to Zhejiang provincial authorities, though at vastly larger scale.
• iFlytek (科大讯飞): China's leading conversational AI and vertical LLM player, with deep vertical large models across education, healthcare, and government — directly comparable to Zhejiang Daily Digital Culture's vertical LLM strategy (AIGC Communication Model, ZheZhe, 45°), though at far larger scale.

Direct peers

• Mango Excellent Media (芒果超媒): Hunan Broadcasting System's listed entity, combining licensed video streaming, content production, and AI-driven media services. Direct peer in the 'state-affiliated media group going digital/AI' archetype with similar diversified content + technology model.
• Zhejiang Publishing Media (浙版传媒): Strategic partner and target of a planned second-largest-shareholder investment by Zhejiang Daily Digital Culture; both are state-affiliated Zhejiang cultural-media listed companies pursuing 'culture + technology' integration, making them the closest operating peer.
• Perfect World (完美世界): Listed Chinese gaming and digital entertainment company; comparable via the Bianfeng Network esports/chess/card gaming segment and parallel state-sector-courting digital entertainment portfolios.

Regional players

• Zhejiang Culture & Entertainment (浙文互联): Another Zhejiang-based state-affiliated cultural media listed company focused on digital marketing, content, and advertising technology. Comparable as a regional state-media peer with overlapping content/distribution/AI adjacencies.
• Visual China Group (视觉中国): Chinese visual content marketplace and licensing platform with AI-powered content tools. Comparable through the digital content/media asset distribution and AIGC content monetization model, though focused on visual stock rather than gaming.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments9 records

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