Sourced records of Chinese AI deployments across the Global South and the Middle East

ADVANCE.AI, under Advance Intelligence Group, has provided AI-based digital identity verification, KYC/KYB, and risk-control services in the Philippines since 2019, with clients including Skyro, among others. In August 2024, it signed an agreement with the state-owned credit information company CIC and obtained an SAE license to become a new credit bureau in the Philippines, commencing operations in the fourth quarter of that year and serving fintech companies and digital banks. It has also partnered with FinScore to provide credit scoring for the unbanked population using telecom alternative data.

Ant Group holds a stake in the Philippines' Mynt (the parent company of GCash, a joint venture with Globe Telecom and Ayala Corporation), and has exported Alipay's AI risk-control engine AlphaRisk to GCash: in June 2020, GCash announced the adoption of an upgraded version of AlphaRisk to strengthen real-time anti-fraud and risk management, achieving a fraud loss rate below 0.64 per ten million, leveraging more than 200 algorithms under AutoPilot to automatically adjust risk-control strategies.

Alibaba Cloud entered the Philippine market in 2019, and on June 8, 2021, announced that it would complete the Philippines' first data center in Manila within the year, offering capabilities such as elastic computing, databases, security, networking, and machine learning and data analytics, and serving industries including fintech, e-commerce, education, and media. Prior to this, in 2020, it launched the 'Philippines Ecosystem Alliance' to support the government's 'Cloud First' policy, and committed to training 50,000 local IT talents and helping 5,000 enterprises migrate to the cloud by 2023.

Huawei Cloud has provided cloud services in Cambodia since 2020 and, in September 2021, obtained certification from Cambodia's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, becoming the first and only government-certified cloud service provider in Cambodia. In 2025, it entered a strategic partnership with the local enterprise ByteDC, and in December of that year launched Cambodia's first high-performance sovereign cloud based on Huawei Cloud Stack, serving government ministries, regulatory agencies, and banks.

In December 2020, 335 Huawei facial-recognition cameras went live under the Naypyitaw 'Safe City' project, covering 8 townships; the AI system is capable of recognizing faces and license plates, at a cost of over 4 billion kyats (approximately US$2.9 million). Mandalay subsequently signed a similar project agreement with Huawei (2 billion kyats, covering 3 townships). The equipment was mainly manufactured by Huawei, while local companies handled construction of the control center and installation.

科大讯飞于 2020 年在新加坡投资设立全资子公司 AI Deepting SG（注册资本 1,000 万新元，ACRA 注册成立日 2020-09-30，自成立起并入合并报表），后将其定位为东南亚业务指挥中心。2026 年 4 月 10 日 Gitex Asia 2026 上公司披露：新加坡硬件销量已破 1 万台、收入约人民币 2 亿元（新元 4,000–5,000 万），上一年度区域业务增速超 200%，未来一年当地人数与业务规模预计增长逾 50%。

Quicktron delivered a goods-to-person robotic fulfilment system to Thai courier unicorn Flash Express, covering a 5,000 sqm automated area with more than 160 M-Series autonomous mobile robots integrated with flat-belt and inclining conveyors, balance-wheel sorters and case unpackers. Quicktron reports 60% cost saving and 350 pieces per hour per station.

深交所上市的中国数据中心运营商润泽（Range Technology / RangeIDC，总部河北廊坊）通过其支持的印尼开发商 PT Equator Gate System Batam (EGSB)，在巴淡岛 Nongsa 一块30公顷土地上投资50亿美元建设高密度 AI 数据中心。2026年5月25日，印尼国有电力公司下属 PT PLN Batam 与 EGSB 签署购电协议作为项目第一步；BP Batam 表示将以快速通道推进落地，项目预计创造700–800个数据中心与数字技术专业岗位。据财新/ThinkChina 报道，这是该公司首个海外项目。

Zelos 与本地伙伴 Eevie 在新加坡樟宜机场自由贸易区部署自动驾驶货运车：以 Z5 自动驾驶货车串联樟宜机场空运货站、货物集拼枢纽与部分货代仓储等多节点物流网络，采用中央调度以减少人工派车。KrASIA 报道称 Zelos 此前已取得新加坡公共道路运营许可，可在受监管的城市环境中运行其自动驾驶物流车。

北京自动驾驶物流企业新石器（Neolix）被马来西亚交通部（MOT）列入首批获准在国家监管沙盒（National Regulatory Sandbox, NRS）框架下开展无人配送车公共道路测试的企业。路测将于2026年下半年分阶段进行，地点以赛城（Cyberjaya，马来西亚 MyAV 约7公里公共道路测试路线所在地）为主并覆盖其他若干地点，涵盖封闭道路、半开放与公共道路环境。本地联合体包括 Tiong Nam Logistics、Asia Mobiliti（Trek 运营方）与 MindHub，评估快递包裹配送、园区物流与电商即时履约等用例。

奇瑞（HKEX: 9973）于2025年1月孵化的机器人品牌 AiMOGA 以马来西亚为其首个海外市场：2025年首次在该国将机器人引入汽车营销与服务场景。CnEVPost 报道，截至2026年7月底 AiMOGA 海外累计交付突破2000台，产品与服务覆盖60多个国家和地区（2025年底为300台人形机器人与1000台机器狗、30多个国家）。其机器人用于汽车营销与服务、公共空间导览、智慧警务、医疗导诊与商务接待等场景。