China’s AI-driven financial transformation took another step forward at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), where Guotai Haitong Securities unveiled a series of AI-powered fintech products and outlined its long-term strategy to integrate artificial intelligence across the securities industry.
At its Guotai Haitong AI Investment and Financing Forum, themed “AI Foresight, Co-Creating the Future,” the brokerage gathered nearly 1,000 government officials, industry executives, investors, and AI experts to discuss the evolving role of AI in capital markets.
The event also served as a showcase for the company’s expanding “All in AI” strategy, which is reshaping everything from investment services to institutional operations while positioning AI as a core pillar of China’s financial technology ecosystem.
AI Financial LLM Headlines Product Launches
The centerpiece of Guotai Haitong’s announcements was the public debut of its AI-Ready financial large language model (LLM), developed specifically for financial services applications.
Alongside the LLM, the company introduced several upgraded AI platforms, including:
- Lingxi 3.0, the latest version of its AI-powered investment companion
- Vintex Enterprise, a comprehensive enterprise investment service platform
- AI solutions spanning the securities industry’s full value chain
Unlike general-purpose AI models, financial LLMs are designed to understand market data, financial regulations, investment research, and institutional workflows, making them better suited for regulated financial environments where accuracy and compliance are critical.
The launch reflects a broader trend across global financial institutions, many of which are developing proprietary AI models tailored to banking, wealth management, trading, and investment advisory services rather than relying solely on consumer-focused generative AI platforms.
AI Expands Across More Than 260 Business Scenarios
Guotai Haitong says its AI technologies have already moved beyond pilot deployments.
According to the company, its AI fintech solutions have been implemented across more than 260 operational scenarios covering six major institutional business categories, including:
- Investment banking
- Wealth management
- Institutional financial services
- Investment research
- Operational support
- Other securities-related business functions
Collectively, the company’s AI-powered platforms now support services for more than 400 million investors, highlighting the scale at which artificial intelligence is beginning to influence China’s financial sector.
That marks a notable shift from earlier years, when financial AI projects were largely experimental. Today, firms are increasingly integrating AI into production environments where it supports customer service, investment research, workflow automation, compliance, and decision support.
New Report Maps China’s AI IPO Landscape
Beyond product launches, Guotai Haitong used the forum to publish “A Panoramic View of Global AI Trends (2026),” a report examining the financing and public listing pathways available to China’s growing AI industry.
The report argues that high-quality AI companies should prepare for public listings during their growth stages, particularly through China’s innovation-focused exchanges such as the STAR Market and ChiNext.
These exchanges have become increasingly important funding channels for China’s technology sector, providing emerging companies with access to capital while supporting government efforts to strengthen domestic innovation.
As competition in artificial intelligence intensifies globally, access to capital is becoming just as important as technological breakthroughs, making capital markets a strategic component of national AI development.
AI and Capital Markets Becoming Increasingly Interconnected
Guotai Haitong remains optimistic about the long-term outlook for China’s capital markets, arguing that continued investment in AI-driven companies could generate both stronger corporate profitability and higher market valuations.
The company believes financial institutions have an increasingly important role to play—not only by adopting AI internally but also by helping AI companies secure the funding needed to scale through public markets.
That dual role reflects a broader evolution in fintech, where financial firms are no longer simply adopting emerging technologies but actively shaping the innovation ecosystem through investment, financing, and capital allocation.
Why It Matters
Financial institutions worldwide are racing to integrate generative AI into their operations, but the focus is rapidly shifting from consumer chatbots to specialized enterprise platforms capable of supporting regulated financial workflows.
Guotai Haitong’s latest announcements underscore this transition. By combining proprietary financial AI models, investment platforms, and capital market expertise under its “All in AI” strategy, the company is positioning itself as both a technology adopter and an enabler of China’s broader AI economy.
As enterprise AI adoption accelerates across global financial markets, firms that successfully combine proprietary AI capabilities with scalable financial services could gain a significant competitive advantage in the next generation of fintech.
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