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一 |     　　香港8月23日电 香港特区政府财政司司长陈茂波23日发表网志表示，人工智能（AI）热潮正为香港经济与消费市场增添强劲动力。    

A documentary on the domestically developed Y-20 large transport aircraft family, aired by state media on Wednesday evening, revealed that the Y-20B can switch between transport and aerial refueling functions. A pilot said the aircraft could also take on roles including bomber, early warning aircraft and electronic warfare platform. 
With such modifications, the Y-20B platform offers significant advantages in mission flexibility and support capabilities, a military affairs expert told the Global Times.
According to the video released by state broadcaster CCTV News, since the Y-20 was equipped with the domestically developed high-bypass-ratio turbofan WS-20 engine - nicknamed "Chinese heart" - the Y-20B's mission profile has become more flexible. While it is primarily a transport aircraft, it can be quickly converted into an aerial refueling tanker by adding refueling pods and related kits. The line between transport and tanker aircraft is increasingly blurred, and this has significantly expanded the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force's tanker fleet.
Previously, a promotional video released by China Military Bugle, an official media account affiliated with the PLA news media center, showed that in 2025, the Y-20B was fitted with the WS-20, making it more powerful, more fuel-efficient, longer-ranged and part of a growing family of aircraft.
In the CCTV documentary, Pang Rongqi, a member of an Air Force aviation unit, said: "As a transport aircraft platform, the Y-20 is unique to our country and will play an increasingly important role in the future. The boundaries between transport aircraft and bombers, early warning aircraft, or even electronic warfare aircraft are becoming increasingly blurred. It is possible that all these missions could be accomplished with our transport aircraft platform."
Song Zhongping, a Chinese military affairs expert, told the Global Times on Thursday that the key message from this official release is that the Y-20B is a multi-role platform capable of rapid switching between transport and refueling functions. 
The fully domestically developed Y-20B itself is an integrated transport-tanker platform, embodying the concept of a multi-role tanker transport (MRTT). By equipping different functional pods, it can quickly change roles: With refueling pods, it becomes a tanker; with electronic jamming pods, it becomes an electronic warfare platform; with bombing modules, it could potentially perform bombing missions; and with early warning modules, it can serve as an airborne early warning platform, Song said.
It is not uncommon internationally to modify transport aircraft for special roles, including bomber-like missions. In March 2021, the US Air Force converted an MC-130J transport aircraft into a bomber by having it drop a JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) deployment box, according to a Forbes report in May 2021. 
Thanks to the Y-20's fully indigenous design, Song said, Chinese engineers have a comprehensive understanding of its aerodynamic configuration, airframe structure, flight control and avionics systems. This means that, as long as the technical conditions are met, modifications can be carried out with greater flexibility and tailored to operational needs. Whether it is a "quick-change" multi-role configuration through pod-based modularization, or deeper modifications, such as installing large radar domes for dedicated early warning aircraft or adding more fuel tanks for dedicated tankers, all can be flexibly achieved.
Song also said that the Y-20B can quickly switch between transport, tanker and electronic warfare roles by mounting different pods, achieving multi-role capability and greatly enhancing the PLA Air Force's mission flexibility and support efficiency.
Its platform potential is vast. It can be deeply modified into dedicated special mission aircraft such as early warning or electronic warfare platforms, filling critical capability gaps in the Air Force. At the same time, it can maintain its basic transport function and, when needed, rapidly transform into other combat platforms through modularization, becoming a true all-rounder.
The core value of this flexibility is that it allows rapid reconfiguration based on wartime mission requirements, while in peacetime it can perform routine transport missions, maximizing equipment effectiveness. The Y-20B's service not only represents a leap in China's strategic projection capability but also provides critical support for the PLA Air Force in building a systematic and diversified air capability, Song noted.
On July 6, 2016, the Y-20, China's domestically developed next-generation large military transport aircraft, officially entered service with PLA Air Force aviation units. A decade later, the Y-20 has evolved from a single transport platform into a family of models including the Y-20A, Y-20B and YU-20 aerial refueling tanker, with its operations extending to more than 40 countries and regions across four continents, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the aircraft's manufacturer, on its WeChat account in June 2026.
。特区政府正全方位推动AI在各个领域的落地与普及应用。　　陈茂波表示，正在举行的“香港电脑通讯节2026”中，受AI热潮带动，消费者对相关电子产品的需求也被点燃，增加了产品销量。他介绍，大会以“AI落地，智引未来”为主题，场内设有多个主题及特色专区，分别从创科体育、绿色科技生活和智慧校园，让市民亲身感受AI的应用。

二 | 大会也首次与生产力促进局合办“AI及数码转型专区”，为企业提供互动工作坊，主题涵盖企业科技转型、网络安全、专业服务等。　　陈茂波说，AI的发展对香港经济及金融市场发挥了显著的助力。受惠于全球对AI相关产品的强劲需求，香港出口连续多季录得高双位数增长。在资本市场，去年12月至今年5月，香港与AI相关的新股集资额近1000亿港元，占同期总额约55%。恒指公司近期也已将多家AI相关公司纳入指数，反映其在经济中日益重要的比重。研究报告更推算，若香港中小企业在2035年的AI使用率能追上大企业，将可为香港释放高达650亿元的经济效益。特区政府的运作也更深度以AI赋能，AI效能提升组已促成首批涉及13个部门共30个效能提升项目。　　他指出，在技术迅速发展的同时，提升劳动力的AI技能成为关键。今年特区政府财政预算案已拨款5000万元推出“全民AI培训”计划。通过数码港、科技园和生产力促进局等多方合作，目标在今明两年举办超过200项活动，预计惠及约5万人次。此外，雇员再培训局也计划于11月与大型科企合作，向香港在职人士推出AI课程。

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