GAC-backed ONTIME DATA inaugurates data annotation base in Datong city

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- On June 11, ONTIME DATA and the Datong Municipal Data Bureau held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony, marking the official launch of the former's Datong base.

The new facility, established to meet surging business demand, is a high-standard data annotation center that will leverage Datong's ambition to become a national hub for data labeling. Supported by local authorities, the Datong base will significantly expand ONTIME DATA's production capacity and enhance its ability to serve the development of new quality productive forces across industries.

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Under the agreement, the two parties will collaborate to advance Datong city's data industry by drawing on their respective strengths. ONTIME DATA plans to build a professional annotation team of more than 500 people at the Datong base, with over 200 staff members in the initial phase. In line with Datong's industrial support policies, the Datong Municipal Data Bureau will assist ONTIME DATA in integrating into the local data services ecosystem and provide a favorable environment for the base's operations.

Data, a foundational pillar of AI development, is gaining strategic importance. Data annotation, which enhances data aggregation, quality, and utility, is emerging as a core enabler in artificial intelligence and a priority area for development nationwide.

As one of the first cities selected by the National Data Administration to build a dedicated data annotation hub, Datong is capitalizing on its stable, low-cost, high-quality electricity infrastructure and the national "Eastern Data and Western Computing" strategy to become a center of computing power. The city is positioning itself as a key AI services hub for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and has already attracted major players such as JD.com, ByteDance, and Qinhuai Data to develop local operations focused on data and computing, gradually forming a significant cluster of AI industry activity.

ONTIME DATA is the full-stack AI data production, service, and management solution launched by ONTIME. It aims to become a data engine for the AI era. Backed by Robotaxi commercialization expertise, extensive travel platform data, and insights into emerging AI applications such as autonomous driving, ONTIME launched in 2023 the AI-enabled data and model solutions encompassing data collection, annotation, management, and model training—initially targeting the autonomous driving sector.

Today, ONTIME DATA has expanded its reach to sectors including healthcare, education, finance, law, biotechnology, and AI large models. It has built a professional annotation team of over 1,500 members and delivers more than 700,000 labeled frames per month. With stable output, high efficiency, and consistent quality, ONTIME DATA's client base continues to grow, including leading companies such as GAC Group, Tencent, Pony.ai, MEGVII, Li Auto, Alibaba Cloud, iFLYTEK, ByteDance, and Meituan.