In response to the national digital development strategy and to promote collaborative innovation in the smart home appliance and home industries, the preparation meeting for the Smart Home Appliance Sub - Committee of the GIIC HarmonyOS Ecosystem Promotion Committee was successfully held in Changsha on July 4, 2025. More than 20 representatives from the initiating units of the sub - committee, including Midea Group, JD.com, China Mobile, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Hisense Group, Changhong, Hisilicon, and Goke Micro, attended the meeting. They focused on topics such as the unification of industry standards, technical collaboration, and joint ecosystem construction, and reached a consensus on jointly promoting and supporting high - quality industrial development.
The meeting was chaired by Li Bo, the Industry Promotion Director of the GIIC HarmonyOS Ecosystem Promotion Committee. First, An Shuang, the Executive Secretary-General of the HarmonyOS Ecosystem Promotion Committee, introduced the "GIIC Alliance HarmonyOS Ecosystem Promotion Committee" and the "Draft Work Regulations of the Smart Home Appliance Sub - Committee of the GIIC Alliance HarmonyOS Ecosystem Promotion Committee". Shang Zhe, the General Manager of Midea Group's Whole - House Intelligence, was elected as the first - term president.
Next, Shang Zhe, the General Manager of Midea Group's Whole - House Intelligence, introduced the progress of the preparation of the Smart Home Appliance Sub - Committee, clarifying the work goals, organizational structure, and recent action plans of the sub - committee. The sub - committee will set up professional groups including the Technical Standards Group, Scenario Innovation Group, Certification Testing Group, and Ecosystem Expansion Group to implement business promotion and implementation from scenario co - creation, standard output, certification testing, and ecosystem promotion.
During the special topic discussion session, the participants also had an active discussion on the ideas of the "local area network interconnection technology architecture" reported by the Technical Standards Group of the sub - committee, how to achieve the parallel promotion of standard output and business implementation, and how to simplify the certification process.
The successful convening of the preparation meeting for the Smart Home Appliance Sub - Committee of the GIIC Alliance HarmonyOS Ecosystem Promotion Committee marks the comprehensive transition of the home appliance industry to HarmonyOS. Together, we are embracing HarmonyOS, discussing the future of the industry, sharing development opportunities, and jointly creating a new chapter in smart home living.