iFlytek is one of the darling jewels of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) The company, founded in 1999, has built its success on a simultaneous interpretation system. iFlytek has its headquarters in Hefei, the capital of Anhui province, which few outside of China will have heard of.

The Government of the Asian giant has rushed to organize a trip to this city of 12.5 million inhabitants, located in eastern China, because it considers it a model to follow in the advancement of the "new productive forces"