Full-Stack Self-Developed Iteration, Omni-Scenario Implementation | 2026 GBase Tech Cloud Summit Grandly Kicks Off

June 25, the 2026 GBase Tech Cloud Summit, themed "Full-Stack Self-Developed Iteration, Omni-Scenario Implementation," was grandly launched at the Lecture Hall of Tiankai Park, Tianjin. The summit was simultaneously live-streamed online, attracting numerous customers and partners to participate virtually, exploring new paths for database technology to empower various industries.

This summit focused on database technology innovation and industry practices, bringing together technical experts from CAICT, the open-source ecosystem, and industry practice fields to share in-depth insights on database trends in the era of IT application innovation, AI-native database capabilities, full-stack product technology iteration, and open-source ecosystem co-construction.

At the summit, Ding Mingfeng, Chairman of GBase  served as the host. His candid and witty speaking style created a relaxed and open atmosphere throughout the sessions, ensuring both the depth of technical discussions and the lively engagement of the audience.

In his opening remarks, Ding Mingfeng pointed out that as the core foundation of digital infrastructure, databases are becoming critical support for independent and controllable information systems and business digital transformation across industries such as finance, telecommunications, energy, and transportation. He further emphasized that as a dedicated player in China's database industry, GBase has always been soberly aware that the label of "domestic" is neither a talisman nor a shortcut. The company's twenty-two-year development journey proves that only by rejecting empty talk and refusing impatience, delving into fundamental R&D with a hard-working spirit, meticulously crafting every line of code, and delivering products and after-sales services with an utmost attitude can it earn genuine customer trust. He confided that there is no overtaking on a curve in the database industry; only by relying on solid technical prowess and a strong service reputation can the company gain a firm foothold in both international and domestic markets and truly make the national brand renowned. Currently, the company has built a comprehensive GBase database product portfolio covering analytical, centralized transaction processing, and distributed transaction processing scenarios for all scenarios. At a time when AI is reshaping industries, it has taken the lead in integrating AI-native capabilities into databases, launching the next-generation GBase 8c and other products, empowering the digital and intelligent transformation of thousands of industries through pragmatic innovation.

During the keynote session, Jiang Chunyu, Director of the Big Data and Intelligence Department, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), delivered a keynote titled "Observations on the Database Industry Landscape and Technology Trends."

He systematically assessed the development dynamics and technology directions of the global and China's database industries, analyzed the current market size and industry landscape, and highlighted the characteristics of the industry's shift toward high-quality development. In terms of technology evolution, he deeply interpreted the ongoing transformation of database architectures toward HTAP and cloud-native, focusing on the full entry of databases into the "AI-native era" with the two-way integration of AI and DB, as well as the strong support provided by multimodal and vector databases for large model application foundations, offering forward-looking guidance for technology selection in the industry.

Xu Ji, Co-founder of Baisheng Intelligent Computing (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd., delivered a keynote titled "The Future of Databases: From MDB for AI to DB for DATA."

He pointed out that as AI evolves, AI4DB and AI4DATA have become essential capabilities for future databases, and traditional relational database architectures will be disrupted, giving rise to new architectures. In the AI era, databases will no longer be mere data "warehouses" but will become the "brain" of data. Future databases must possess intelligent capabilities such as self-awareness, self-optimization, and self-healing, truly realizing the vision of DB4DATA. He called on industry peers to embrace change, redefine the value boundaries of databases in the AI era, and allow databases to continue playing an indispensable core role in the intelligent wave.

Zhang Yi, General Manager of the GBase 8c Product Operations Department, delivered a keynote titled "Multi-Modal, Multi-State: Intelligently Connecting the Future – The Next-Generation AI-Native Database GBase 8c."

He noted that in the AI era, with explosive data growth and massive concurrency brought by AI agents, databases require entirely new architectures. In his speech, he dissected the compute-storage separation architecture of GBase 8c and showcased its AI-native capabilities—fused vector and scalar retrieval and unified multi-modal data storage—making AI application development extremely simple and efficient. He also shared real-world cases of how benchmark customers in finance and telecom achieved architectural leaps with GBase 8c. Looking ahead, GBase 8c will continue to deepen its AI-native capabilities, further enhance multi-modal integration efficiency, and introduce native inference capabilities, making the database a natural foundation for AI applications.

Guan Lianpo, General Manager of the GBase 8a Product Operations Department, delivered a keynote titled "GBase 8a: Continuous Technology Iteration to Empower Digital Business."

In his speech, he focused on sharing core capabilities most valued by enterprise users, such as high availability, disaster recovery, and security systems, as well as next-generation architectures like cloud data warehouses, lakehouse convergence, and synergistic digital intelligence. GBase 8a boasts robust high availability and disaster recovery capabilities, supporting a "Two Regions, Three Centers" architecture with online backup and active-active disaster recovery. Its full-system encryption solution is compatible with China's national cryptographic algorithms, balancing security and efficiency. The optimized GDOM tool significantly improves operational efficiency. The compute-storage separation cloud data warehouse is elastic, flexible, and easy to deploy. The platform enhances lakehouse convergence and columnar transactional capabilities, expanding the boundaries of real-time data warehouse applications, and paired with the intelligent data query Data Agent, it revolutionizes data interaction methods. Moving forward, GBase 8a will continue to drive efforts in cloud-native, lakehouse convergence, and data+AI directions, achieving more efficient data sharing and cross-engine collaborative analytics.

Yang Wei, General Manager of the GBase 8s Product Operations Department,  delivered a keynote titled "Evolving the Kernel to Reflect Our Understanding of Users: The Kernel-Level Evolution of GBase 8s."

He shared the product achievements of GBase 8s in kernel-level evolution over the past few years: comprehensive incremental development focused on replacing imported databases with domestic alternatives, including continuous improvement and enhancement of Oracle compatibility, MySQL compatibility, application interface ecosystems, and data migration tools; strengthened reliability, achieving sub-second primary-standby switchover under load with transparent application continuity (TAC), and providing a full suite of flashback mechanisms; completed a modernized storage engine overhaul, starting from MVCC to achieve hybrid row-column storage; evolved HTAP capabilities with the pioneering HK-Tree bitmap index that supports high-concurrency writes; and outlined the next directions for kernel evolution. Finally, he illustrated the enterprise-grade performance of GBase 8s in real production environments through typical customer cases.

Cai Yajie, Secretary-General of the openGauss Community and General Manager of the openGauss Domain, delivered a keynote titled "openGauss: Building an Open, Win-Win Open Source Database Root Community."

He introduced that since openGauss was open-sourced in 2020, it has built a mature and active community ecosystem. Building on this solid foundation, the community has launched a "1+2" development strategy: on one hand, continuously deepening kernel capabilities to stabilize the core; on the other hand, focusing on two key technological directions—deep integration of vector databases and AI, and cutting-edge technologies such as the oGRAC multi-write architecture and supernodes—iterating and upgrading along four dimensions of high performance, high availability, high intelligence, and high security, steadily enhancing comprehensive technical strength and core competitiveness. openGauss will continue to uphold the open-source philosophy of "co-creation, sharing, and co-governance," continuously expanding its ecosystem partner circle, and together with the upstream and downstream industry chain, build a globally leading open-source database root community, contributing to the independent innovation and global competitiveness enhancement of China's database industry.

From forward-looking industry trends to full-stack product technology iteration, from AI-native databases to open-source ecosystem co-construction, the 2026 GBase Tech Cloud Summit brought together multifaceted insights, providing rich cutting-edge perspectives on the evolution direction of database technology and industry practices. Moving forward, GBase will stay true to its original aspiration of independent core technology R&D, and with self-developed, secure, stable, and efficient database products, empower the digital transformation and IT application innovation initiatives across all industries.