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PaddleOCR-VL-1.6 has been announced as an upgraded document parsing model that enhances the capabilities of its predecessor, PaddleOCR-VL-1.5. While the earlier version established a solid baseline with a score of 0.9B, it struggled with errors concentrated in certain "under-optimized" areas. Instead of broadly expanding the training data, PaddleOCR-VL-1.6 employs a region-aware data optimization framework that specifically targets these problematic regions, thereby improving the reliability of the model's supervision signals. Additionally, it integrates a progressive post-training methodology that utilizes curated data selection and reinforcement learning to fine-tune performance incrementally. The significance of PaddleOCR-VL-1.6 for the AI/ML community lies in its ability to set a new state-of-the-art score of 96.33% on OmniDocBench v1.6, showcasing its competitive edge against leading vision-language models (VLMs). This advancement not only pushes the frontiers of document parsing technology but also offers a practical framework for subsequent iterations in the PaddleOCR-VL series, highlighting the importance of targeted optimization in machine learning model performance.