# CNCF and SlashData Report Highlights China's Cloud Native Momentum as AI Moves to Inference

DevFeed: [CNCF and SlashData Report Highlights China's Cloud Native Momentum as AI Moves to Inference](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cncf-and-slashdata-report-highlights-china-s-cloud-native-momentum-as-ai-moves-to-inference-4596.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.cncf.io/announcements/2026/09/07/cncf-and-slashdata-report-highlights-chinas-cloud-native-momentum-as-ai-moves-to-inference/>)

Author: Haley White

Published: 2026-09-08T01:50:55Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Cloud Native Computing Foundation](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cloud-native-computing-foundation.md>)

Topics: [Cloud Native Ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-native-ecosystem.md>), [Inference](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/inference.md>), [AI Platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-platform.md>), [model-deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-deployment.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>)

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## AI overview

CNCF and SlashData report that cloud native adoption in China is growing, including among IIoT and younger backend developers. The research describes cloud native infrastructure as supporting AI teams' transition from experimentation and training to production serving and distributed inference.

## Source excerpt

New research finds China's IIoT developers (48%) outpace the global average (42%) in cloud native adoption as AI infrastructure matures Key Highlights: SHANGHAI - KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + OpenInfra Summit + PyTorch Conference China --Sept. 8,...