Chinese ministries combine policies to boost Artificial Intelligence sector

With more than 4.500 AI companies now running in China, several ministries and agencies in the country decided to join efforts and create a guideline to integrate to industries advanced technologies such as the metaverse, humanoid robots, quantum information and brain-computer interfaces.

Earlier, the Chinese Ministry of Education launched a national AI Empowerment campaign to amplify the overall sector knowledge and skills of teachers and students, as well as promote the application of AI-powered educational systems, including models for teaching and learning, and put into practice ethical use of AI.

The guidelines announced specified seven key areas for developing the AI standard system in the country. Some of them include standards for key technologies, intelligent products and services and industry applications. This is reported by CGTN, a partner of TV BRICS.

More, the document states that the Chinese government will create more than 50 national and industrial standards for AI by 2026 and expand standards' regulations directed at maintaining the high-quality progress of the sector.

"We have numerous scenarios in various industries that need these technologies to empower. We need to address all kinds of issues in the industrial implementation of large models, such as data governance, platform construction and computing power layout to lay a solid foundation for the sustainable development of AI", observed Wei Kai, head of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute under the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.

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