Artificial intelligence Policy Support

The Chinese government has rolled out a number of policy combinations since the beginning of this year to boost and regulate the development of the artificial intelligence (AI) sector.

A guideline released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and six other ministries and agencies in January called for efforts to develop future industries, which refer to new industries integrated with advanced technology, such as metaverse, humanoid robots, brain-computer interface and quantum information.

It stressed that AI and advanced computing should be applied to accurately identify and cultivate future industries with huge potential in the push for new industrialization. According to the guidelines, China will formulate more than 50 national and industrial standards for AI by 2026 and develop a standard system to guide the high-quality development of the sector.