The Chinese authorities have announce a plan for speeding up the development of the artificial intelligence sector1.
中国政府公布了一份关于加快人工智能领域发展的计划。
The move reportedly aims to create a market worth more than 100 billion yuan, or 15 billion US dollars over the next three years.
Unveiling details of the plan, the China National Development and Reform Commission said the three-year
implementation2 program would see the building of platforms for fundamental AI resources and innovation and make breakthroughs in basic core technology.
The plan was
formulated3 jointly4 by the National Development and Reform Commission, the
Ministry5 of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the
Cyberspace6 Administration of China.
For more on the development of AI and its impact on the economy, CRI's Shane Bigham earlier
spoke7 with John Ross, senior fellow with the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University.