China Science and Technology Museum Launches AI Drama on Long March Communications

What changed

The China Science and Technology Museum has launched the AI micro-drama “A Call from 1935, Please Answer” on its official new-media platforms, timed to the 90th anniversary of the Long March victory.

Produced with support from Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology, the drama adapts real experiences of Long March communication workers. It follows urgent message delivery amid equipment failures and signal interference, using AI-generated visuals to reconstruct the historical setting.

Why it matters

The drama treats communications work as part of the story, not background machinery. A broken device or disrupted signal could turn a technical problem into an immediate operational crisis. By putting those problems into the hands of characters, the production shows how specialised knowledge became practical skill under pressure.

That makes the project more than a historical retelling. It is also a public explanation of how radios, signals and message transmission mattered during the Long March, without reducing the subject to a museum display or a technical lecture.

The partnership adds another layer. Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology traces its institutional origins to a Red Army wireless-training class, linking the modern university’s history to the communication work depicted on screen. The result is a compact piece of historical storytelling with a clear institutional connection: an old communications legacy being presented through a new visual technology.