From LVS to Cloud-Native AI: Two Decades of Deep Commitment to Open Source —An Exclusive Interview with Wensong Zhang, Recipient of the “CCF Distinguished Service Award”

In the interview, Wensong Zhang recounts the launch and evolution of the LVS project and encourages young developers to “take the first step”. He also shares his learning, work, and technology management experiences from NUDT to Alibaba and DiDi, as well as his service in the CCF. Based on this, he calls for focused investment in AI chips, cloud-native AI/data infrastructure, distributed inference, and AI-enabled software engineering in the next 5–10 years. Finally, he reflects on his work and service with the CCF.