The Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) video creation model Seedance 2.0 has quickly become popular on the global internet after its recent release. A large number of users from various countries have shared the ultra realistic videos generated by this model, which has attracted widespread attention and discussion from the international community. This inevitably reminds people of the 'DeepSeek moment' of 2025. Chinese AI has once again amazed the world, and from a deeper perspective, it is the result of long-term accumulation of institutional, market, and innovation systems, which further demonstrates China's overall rapid development in the field of scientific research. With the continuous improvement of high-quality scientific research output and technological contributions, China's innovative practices are reshaping the global technology ecosystem. AI video generation ushers in a "singularity" moment According to the statement issued by the ByteDance company that launched the model, the Seedance 2.0 model is oriented to professional film and television, e-commerce, advertising and other scene design, and can simultaneously process text, image, audio and video content, thus significantly reducing the production cost of high-quality video content. Industry insiders in the United States point out that Seedance 2.0 has shown outstanding performance in generating videos and may become a turning point in video content creation. After the widespread application of large language models with text generation as the core, large models focused on generating videos and images are seen as the next stage of AI technology. The industry previously believed that a breakthrough in this field would take another two to three years, but the release of Seedance 2.0 means that this moment has arrived earlier. When commenting on Seedance 2.0 on his X platform, American entrepreneur Elon Musk exclaimed, "It's developing too fast." The e-commerce industry vertical search engine BigGo's financial channel published an article saying that many industry insiders have praised Seedance 2.0 as the "strongest video generation model in the world", and its release is a "singularity" moment in the field of video generation. This model has caused a huge response among global developers, film and television practitioners, and capital markets due to its excellent multi shot editing, superb camera operation, character consistency, and audio-visual synchronization ability. German tech blogger Timothy Maxner released a review video stating that unlike previous models that generate videos from text, Seedance 2.0 allows users to combine multiple input sources in an extremely flexible way, enabling more targeted content creation. The emergence of Seedance 2.0 marks the intergenerational transition of AI video generation technology. ”He said. The system and market provide a fertile ground for development. From the open-source model DeepSeeker R1 breaking the long-term dependence of the global AI industry on "heap computing power" in January last year, to this year's Seedance 2.0 generating videos that have flooded major platforms, Chinese AI has continuously delivered impressive "answers" over the past year. Many Western media and analysts believe that the rapid development of China's AI industry is the result of both institutional and market empowerment. The Financial Times published a commentary article stating that factors such as policy support, talent cultivation, and the integration of enterprises and markets have provided abundant soil for the development of AI in China. The article states that China has invested a significant amount of resources in AI related research, talent development, and infrastructure construction in recent years. In addition, the development of AI is not only about generating text and images, but also about embedding AI into physical environments, including intelligent manufacturing, humanoid robots, as well as terminal applications such as automobiles, mobile phones, and wearable devices. The mature manufacturing system gives China a huge advantage in these areas. Peter Bloom, a management professor at the University of Essex in the UK, believes that the development of open source models by Chinese technology companies has made significant contributions to AI projects in many countries. The mainstream media in South Africa, The Post Guardian, recently published an article pointing out that China's promotion of open source models is becoming an important foundation for technological innovation, especially in countries in the global South. Chinese innovation has profoundly influenced the rapid development of the global technology ecosystem in the AI field, and is a microcosm of China's independent technological innovation. Time magazine in the United States mentioned that China's AI industry is developing rapidly, and from 2014 to 2023, the number of patent registrations in the field of generative AI is leading the world, six times that of the United States. The 2025 AI Index report released by Stanford University in the United States points out that China continues to maintain its international leading position in the number of papers published and patents in the field of AI. China's technological innovation is continuously reshaping the global technology ecosystem in terms of research output scale, quality, and contribution. As early as 2022, the Japan Institute of Science and Technology Policy released a report stating that China surpassed the United States in a key indicator aimed at evaluating high-quality scientific achievements, which is its contribution to the top 1% of highly cited papers. The Natural Index 2025 list of research leaders shows that China's high-quality scientific research output continues to rank first in the world and is rapidly expanding its leading advantage. According to an analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis based on data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, patent royalties paid overseas to Chinese companies have increased more than fivefold from 2015 to 2022. In 2022, South Korea became the country that pays the most patent royalties to China, followed closely by the United States, Japan, and Singapore. Other paid developed economies include Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and others. The analysis report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis states that this trend highlights a broader structural shift, where China is no longer limited to importing and applying foreign technology, but is beginning to export technology abroad. Especially in fields such as AI and green energy, Chinese companies are transforming from recipients of innovation to active contributors in shaping the direction of technological development. (New Society)