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一 | 京冀携手推动仓储物流产业数字化智能化转型给仓库装上“火眼金睛”近日，位于石家庄市东信数字经济产业园的清瞳观界科技有限公司（以下简称“清瞳观界公司”）迎来新客户——BIGBUY中国公司总经理孙晓波。 Editor's Note:
In an era of profound global shifts and increasingly complex regional dynamics, a proper understanding of the world must be rooted in "grounded experience" and localized insights. Global Times English edition, in collaboration with the Academy of International and Regional Communication Studies, Communication University of China, is proud to launch "Local Insights," an English-language column dedicated to original, field-based observations.
We invite Chinese scholars and professionals who are studying, conducting exchanges, or working outside China, as well as international students and friends living and studying in China who are familiar with the social contexts of their home countries or third countries, to begin from first-hand field experience and engage with social, cultural, and contemporary issues beyond China. The fourth article in this column, through the author's on-site experience, unpacks Singapore's distinctive national identity via its deliberate independence, structured multicultural integration policies and forward-looking urban and digital development plans.
For many years, Singapore has been a favored destination for tourists and a highly sought-after place for education and employment. But when we talk about Singapore, what exactly do we mean? Is it the cityscape dominated by the Merlion and Marina Bay Sands? Is it a global standard for effective governance and economic success? Or is it a nation with a Chinese majority that is nonetheless founded on the principles of multiracial, multireligious, and multicultural nation-building?
In late May, as part of a media delegation from China invited by Singapore's Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI), I had the opportunity to explore the country in depth. Following a narrative journey through the past, the present, and the future, I discovered a Singapore far more complex than its well-known global image suggests.
The birth of a nation: A deliberate choice
To truly understand Singapore, one must first understand its origins. For a long time, the prevailing story portrayed Singapore's independence on August 9, 1965 as a sudden break - Lee Kuan Yew's emotional announcement of separation from Malaysia, often seen as a forced expulsion. However, materials displayed at the National Library Board and MDDI's The Albatross File exhibition provide a more intricate picture.
The exhibition, which makes confidential documents from founding leaders like Goh Keng Swee and oral histories from Lee Kuan Yew and Kwa Geok Choo available, reveals a strategic, negotiated process behind the separation. These documents suggest that both parties - Singapore and Malaysia - increasingly recognized that given the circumstances, long-term stability was unattainable. Independence then emerged as a deliberate political choice, the result of calculated negotiations and a growing belief that a new nation based on equality beyond ethnicity was the only viable path forward.
The significance of The Albatross File lies not only in the historical details it unveils but in the shift in narrative from "forced survival" to "chosen destiny." The exhibition itself is equally revealing. Historical documents, immersive installations, AI-enabled experiences, and digital interfaces allow visitors not just to observe history, but to question and participate in its interpretation.
Leaving the exhibition, I gained more than just a deeper understanding of Singapore's founding; I became aware of how Singapore actively constructs its own historical narrative. In this young nation, history is about both the past and the shaping of future generations' understanding of what "Singapore" means.
While the archive tells the story of Singapore's birth, the city itself shows how a society of diverse ethnicities, languages, religions, and immigrant backgrounds has been transformed into a shared national identity.
Walking through Telok Ayer, Little India, and Kampong Glam, one experiences the reality of a society molded by Chinese, Malay, Indian, and global migrant communities. Temples, mosques, and churches stand close to each other. Thian Hock Keng, Al-Abrar Mosque, Nagore Dargah, and Christian churches coexist as part of a long-standing arrangement of pluralism.
This is not passive coexistence but a carefully cultivated social order shaped by decades of governance and policy design.
In 1991, Singapore's Parliament issued the Shared Values White Paper, outlining five core principles: Nation before community and society above self; Family as the basic unit of society; Regard and community support for the individual; Consensus instead of contention; Racial and religious harmony. In a young nation without a single dominant ethnicity, religion, or shared historical tradition, this value system serves as an ideological anchor that transcends differences.
At the Harmony in Diversity Gallery, key concepts like "mutual respect," "mutual understanding," and "finding common ground" are consistently highlighted. From "Many Faiths, One People" to "We, the Citizens of Singapore," the narrative repeatedly circles back to a central idea: Differences may persist, but a shared community must be maintained.
This idea of collective identity takes on another dimension at the SingapoREN exhibition at the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre. Rather than focusing solely on preserving Chinese cultural heritage, the exhibition follows the transformation of migrants from temporary residents to citizens - from those who once saw themselves as transient to those who now fully identify as Singaporeans. It's not just a story of cultural preservation but one of identity transformation.
Perhaps the most tangible mechanism sustaining this multicultural cohesion is Singapore's public housing system, planned and developed by the Housing & Development Board (HDB). The apartments built by HDB are home to close to 80 percent of Singapore's resident population, of whom about 90 percent own their home. To promote racial integration and harmony, HDB introduced the Ethnic Integration Policy in 1989, which sets limits on the proportion of households from each ethnic group in housing blocks and neighborhoods to ensure a balanced mix of various ethnic communities in HDB towns.
Across HDB towns, public housing projects continue to evolve in response to demographic shifts and the rising aspirations of residents.
For example, Harmony Village @ Bukit Batok is an assisted living resident community jointly developed by HDB, Singapore's Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Health to expand the continuum of public housing options for seniors. Known as community care apartments, Harmony Village @ Bukit Batok is Singapore's first public housing development that integrates senior-friendly housing with care services that can be scaled according to care needs, as well as social activities to support seniors to live independently within the community.
Meanwhile, Punggol Point Cove is a public housing project situated along the shoreline of Singapore's north-eastern coastline. This waterfront development features wave-like architecture inspired by its location and the town of Punggol's heritage as a fishing village. Residents enjoy panoramic sea views and easy access to Punggol Promenade. It is also located near the Punggol Digital District, Singapore's first smart business district, where residents can benefit from job opportunities and new amenities near their home. Hawker centers further embody multiculturalism in everyday life. Dietary restrictions shaped by religion are managed through regulated food environments, allowing people of different ethnicities and income levels to share the same dining spaces. Whether it's Hainanese chicken rice, Indian roti prata, Malay nasi lemak, or Teochew fish ball noodles, cultural diversity is transformed from an abstract concept into daily practice.
Through shared space, shared consumption, and shared routines, Singaporeans, despite their varied ancestries, languages, and beliefs, become woven into a single social fabric. It is within this daily negotiation of differences that a true sense of national community emerges.
The future is already here: from planning to execution
At Gardens by the Bay, many visitors see a picturesque landmark. For Singapore, however, it is a model for future urbanism. Built on reclaimed land, the Gardens showcase how ecological design and engineering innovation can create a functioning ecosystem within an urban environment to support diverse flora and fauna. It reflects a belief that even within environmental constraints, human design can create new ecological possibilities.
If Gardens by the Bay represents the future of human-nature relationships, the Punggol Digital District embodies Singapore's vision for the future economy and society. As the country's first integrated smart district, it brings together industries of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and robotics within a unified urban space. The Singapore Institute of Technology is directly embedded within the district, ensuring that research outcomes translate into real-world urban solutions rather than remaining confined to academic publication.
The district's Open Digital Platform (ODP) aggregates data from more than 20,000 sensors in the district and connects various systems in real time, enabling deep integration among data systems, algorithms, and physical urban space.
This forward-thinking approach extends to national digital governance. In 2026, Singapore set out 10 refreshed priorities for the next round of AI development, including boosting AI transformation across strategic sectors, and nurturing 100,000 AI bilingual talents with domain expertise and AI capabilities who can apply AI meaningfully in their domains.
At the same time, the country actively tackles emerging risks such as deepfakes and cyberbullying, through a mix of legislation, platform accountability, digital literacy education, and community coordination.
From the existential survival concerns of its early years of independence to contemporary challenges like AI disruption and climate change, Singapore consistently demonstrates a strong focus on the future. It anticipates risks early, designs policies preemptively, and seeks solutions before crises fully emerge.
Looking back on this journey, the question I began with now has a different answer.
Singapore is more than an economic success story or a model of efficient governance. It is a nation born of political choice, held together by institutions that cultivate inclusion across diversity, and sustained by a continual capacity to adapt and reinvent itself.
Perhaps this is what we mean when we talk about Singapore.
The author is a PhD candidate in International Communication, and research fellow at the Academy of International and Regional Communication Studies, Communication University of China
。他此行的目的是深入了解智能视觉解决方案，进一步提升仓库管理效率。“我们已经与仓储物流领域多家国内外知名企业建立了合作关系。”清瞳观界公司总经理牛辉说，按照“北京研发、石家庄转化、全国应用”思路，企业将持续深耕机器视觉前沿领域，加速仓储物流产业数字化智能化转型进程。让仓库的“眼睛”更明亮智能盘点机器人在货架中穿行，整托盘点、散托盘点都能轻松应对，遇到黑灯、缠膜、污损、褶皱等难题还能提供一站式解决方案；识货宝机器人可实现多标签、多条码识别，能够做到同时识别上千个标签和条码，条码识别准确率高达99%，未识别部分可实时提醒作业人员按货物坐标复核处理……对孙晓波的到访，牛辉早有准备，他一边演示、一边介绍公司智能仓储领域系列产品的强大功能。BIGBUY是欧洲知名的B2B跨境电商平台，其仓储体系以自动化、分布式布局及供应链全链路可视化为核心特征。“入驻BIGBUY平台的品牌超8000个，平台可提供超40万种产品。”孙晓波说，现代化标准仓储普遍采用整托、散托混合存储模式，常态化盘点作业工况复杂，清瞳观界公司的产品，对提高智能仓库运营管理效率具有促进作用。在仓储物流领域，商品盘点一直是个难题，存在货物到仓才临时找库位、账上有货架上无货、账上无货架上有货、出库错发率偏高等痛点。其本质是传统仓储存在“看不见、算不准、反应慢”短板。在真实的仓库管理中，追求绝对的、理论上的“零误差”成本极高，几乎难以实现。
二 | 清瞳观界公司是北京清瞳时代科技有限公司子公司。作为清华大学计算机视觉实验室成果转化平台，北京清瞳时代科技有限公司构建“视觉算法+智能硬件+场景数据”三位一体自研技术方案，做到了在复杂堆叠、缺陷标签、极端光照等70%以上特殊场景下保持行业领先识别率，在最大程度上实时掌握库存动态，帮助仓储物流企业打破效率瓶颈、降低运营成本。以智能盘点机器人为例，该产品运用清华大学计算机视觉技术，深度融合感知、边缘计算与AI决策能力，已在全国多个城市的大型仓库中得到应用。“产品的生产在石家庄，产品的质量验证、提升也在石家庄。
三 | ”牛辉介绍，在智能盘点机器人生产和质量验证过程中，智能相机和搬运履带历经多次升级，才达到满意效果。能够做到业内领先的识别率，清瞳观界公司智能仓储系列产品上都搭载了自研的智能相机。牛辉介绍，清瞳智能相机可实现一站式2D+3D全信息采集，一次性完成“身份识别—几何测量—空间定位”的全维度信息采集，无缝覆盖仓库“收—存—盘—拣—装”全业务流程，提供唯一、可信、实时的数据源。“通过升级智能相机，我们的智能仓储系列产品，能够让仓库的‘眼睛’更明亮。”牛辉说。
四 | 在医药仓储等领域进行应用拓展位于石家庄市的普睿机器人（）有限公司，在其码垛机器人项目中，设备需在复杂工况下精准识别货物、完成拣选与码垛。
五 | 清瞳观界公司提供的视觉识别技术，助力该公司码垛机器人作业实现全程精准高效、稳定可靠。
六 | 码垛机器人是仓储物流自动化体系中的关键核心装备。规整的物流环境下，货物大小一样，行走路线固定，码垛机器人干活得心应手。如果遇到各式各样的杂件货物，尺寸大小参差不齐，货物没有统一规格，工况杂乱多变，普通的码垛机器人就很难胜任，要依靠更高水平的智能技术才能处理。
七 | 为应对物流场景中标准化需求与复杂问题并存的挑战，北京清瞳时代科技有限公司创新性构建“通用视觉大模型+专用场景模型库”的双层技术架构。该架构既具备通用大模型的强大泛化能力，又通过专用模型库实现针对特定场景的深度优化，实现标准化与个性化相统一。“在这套架构的基础上，又基于超过2000万条真实生产数据和20多万份高质量标注数据集，北京清瞳时代自主研发了箱体计数、标签内容识别、条码识别三大仓储物流专属视觉大模型。”牛辉介绍，利用三种大模型，公司已成功研发智能盘点机器人及视觉自动收发货机器人等系列仓储视觉类产品，解决复杂工况下识别、拣选、码垛等难题。
八 | 现实场景中，仓库流水线、码垛机器人、分拣设备往往一刻不停，把算力部署在仓库现场设备上，是自动化流水线稳定运行的基础。
九 | 未来3年，清瞳观界公司计划把智能盘点机器人等设备推广到国内30个核心物流城市，同时持续优化算法模型库，拓展机器人应用场景。石家庄生物医药产业基础雄厚、优势突出。医药仓储区别于普通物流，涉及GSP（药品经营质量管理规范）合规、药品追溯码、温湿度分级管控、先进先出/近效期优先、防混批、问题药品快速召回等多个关键问题。“我们的视觉解决方案在医药仓储领域应用前景很广。”牛辉介绍，清瞳观界公司的技术方案，可帮助医药企业实现出入库扫码全覆盖，能够大幅缩减人工、降低仓储改造成本，既满足药品追溯要求，又减少药品损耗。目前，清瞳观界公司正与石家庄市相关医药企业就开展合作进行接触。
十 | “如合作成功，既能促进药企仓储运转效率提升，也会让我们的视觉大模型更‘聪明’。”牛辉说。（马彦铭 任学光）。
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