Chinese Academy of Sciences

1. Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, CAS Hong Kong (中国科学院香港院AI与机器人中心 / CAIR-HK): Showcased 3D digital human technology during a high-profile visit by a senior official, as part of its broader medical AI and robotics research programme.

2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) — parent body: Featured in a health data article where national health medical big data is used to build a complete "digital human" spanning a person's entire life cycle.

3. Documentation and Information Center, CAS (中国科学院文献情报中心): Operates the open-innovation platform and conducted online training sessions using digital human technology as the presenter format.

4. Institute of Automation, CAS (中国科学院自动化研究所 / CASIA): Developed the Zidong Taichu (紫东太初) multimodal large model platform and its flagship digital human "Xiao Chu" (小初) — a cognitive agent capable of cross-modal reasoning across image, text, audio, and video — deployed in real-world settings such as community banking and primary healthcare clinics.

The Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA / 中国科学院自动化研究所) stands at the forefront of China's digital human research, distinguished primarily through its pioneering development of the Zidong Taichu (紫东太初) multimodal large model platform — one of the most ambitious indigenous AI foundations in the country. Leveraging this platform, CASIA created "Xiao Chu" (小初), a flagship digital human that embodies the institute's vision of truly multimodal intelligence: capable of interpreting images, understanding video, comprehending speech, generating Chinese text continuations, performing bilingual translation, and even composing poetry — all by fluidly coordinating across image, text, and audio modalities simultaneously. Rather than treating digital humans as mere visual avatars, CASIA's approach positions them as cognitive agents underpinned by deep cross-modal understanding, enabling machines to approach human-like imagination and reasoning. Beyond the lab, Xiao Chu has been deployed in applied settings such as community banking services and primary healthcare clinics, reflecting CASIA's push to bridge foundational AI research with real-world human-facing applications. The institute also actively contributes to national discourse on digital human and robotics research through bodies such as the Chinese Society of Image and Graphics (CSIG), cementing its role not only as a technical innovator but as a key institutional voice shaping China's AI and digital human agenda. 

https://taichu.ia.ac.cn/applications/shuziren

5. Institute of Computing Technology, CAS (中国科学院计算技术研究所 / ICT): Builds the technical pipeline underlying digital humans — spanning 3D reconstruction, Gaussian-based full-body rebuilding, real-time relighting, controllable animation, and multimodal/LLM interaction layers — with applied outputs including the co-developed ophthalmology-oriented "AierGPT and Aier Digital Human" with Aier Eye Hospital Group.

Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院计算技术研究所) is positioning digital humans as both a research theme and an applied capability stack, spanning core generation and reconstruction methods (including monocular 3D human reconstruction, Gaussian-based representations for full-body digital-human rebuilding from limited reference imagery, and real-time relighting for more realistic appearance), controllable animation and expression modeling for interactive presentation, and multimodal/LLM-enabled interaction layers that connect digital-human embodiments to language and perception systems; alongside this foundational work, it has been appearing in practical deployments and collaborations such as its co-development with Aier Eye Hospital Group (爱尔眼科医院集团) of an ophthalmology-oriented “AierGPT” and an associated “Aier digital human” as a clinical-facing digital-human base for future medical applications, and it also surfaces in public demonstrations and ecosystem activities where digital humans are presented as integrated outputs alongside related enabling components like 3D reconstruction pipelines, multimodal data analysis systems, and application-oriented capability requirements and standards work. 

https://www.ict.ac.cn

6. Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS (中国科学院高能物理研究所 / IHEP): Co-hosted the Ye Minghan centenary memorial where the AI digital human representation of the late academician was used as a motivational tool.

7. Institute of Industrial Artificial Intelligence, CAS (中国科学院工业人工智能研究所 / IAII): Reported on "Tong Tong" (通通), a digital human developed by the China General AI Research Institute that simulates human cognitive development from infancy; also co-built with Jiangsu and Nanjing governments and linked to the "Nanjing Marathon Digital Human" AI assistant.

8. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CAS (中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所 / IVPP): Collaborated with Zhoukoudian Site Museum and Beijing Wenboyuanda Digital Technology Co. to create China's first ancient-human digital person — the "Digital Beijing Man" — using AIGC technology.

9. National Astronomical Observatories, CAS (中国科学院国家天文台 / NAOC): Co-hosted a centenary memorial event for Academician Ye Minghan where an AI digital human was deployed to inspire scientific achievement.

10. School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院大学人工智能学院 / UCAS): A professor from this school was cited commenting on how AI technology can enhance digital human interaction, giving them voice, personality, and near-human naturalness.

11. Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, CAS (中国科学院深圳先进技术研究院 / SIAT): Exhibited digital twin and digital human technology at the 25th China Hi-Tech Fair, enabling mixed-reality interaction with 3D numerical body models for precision medical diagnosis and surgical planning.