Shanghai's Zhangjiang Artificial Intelligence Island is situated at the core area of the Zhangjiang Science City. [Photo/WeChat account: zhangjiangfabu]

Shanghai's Zhangjiang Artificial Intelligence Island has been developed into a highland for the development of the city's artificial intelligence (AI) since it was opened to the public in 2019, according to a local news report.

The AI island, known as "AIsland", has a floor area of 66,000 square meters in the Zhangjiang Science City in the Pudong New Area, where 22 scenarios are being tested. At AIsland, the first "5G+AI" scenario demonstration park in China, sights of unusual products are commonplace.

An unmanned food trucks sell breakfast at the Zhangjiang Artificial Intelligence Island. [Photo/WeChat account: zhangjiangfabu]

On AIsland, one can find robots performing security duties, smart cleaning cars cleaning up the city, unmanned food trucks selling breakfast to residents, and unmanned boats monitoring water quality.

An AI experience center was also set up on AIsland to showcase smart home, transportation, education, medical treatment, finance and manufacturing, with more than 140 advanced AI products on display. AIsland shows how Pudong is fostering science and technology innovation in Shanghai.

An AI experience center is also set up on the AIsland, with more than 140 advanced AI products being displayed in the center. [Photo/WeChat account: zhangjiangfabu]

Global enterprises, including United States tech behemoths such as IBM, Microsoft, and China's Alibaba, have set up shops on the island. Unicorn companies including CloudWalk Technology, which is engaged in computer vision and facial recognition technology, and Alibaba's T-Head, which specializes in semiconductor division, have settled on AIsland. Local authorities said that a total of 8,000 AI engineers and scientists are expected to work on the island in the future.