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China steps up policy support for AI development

2024-08-02 17:17 Last Updated At:17:47

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. 

In March, the Ministry of Education launched a nationwide AI Empowerment campaign to enhance teachers and students' AI knowledge and skills, promote the application of AI-powered educational systems, develop special AI models for teaching and learning, and advocate legal and ethical use of AI.

On July 2, the guidelines jointly unveiled by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and three other government organs specified seven key areas for developing the AI standard system in the country, including standards for key technologies, intelligent products and services, and industry applications.

According to the guidelines, China will formulate more than 50 national and industrial standards for artificial intelligence (AI) by 2026 and develop a standard system to guide the high-quality development 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,” said Wei Kai, head of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute under the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.

In recent years, China's AI industry has achieved progress in technological innovation, product creation, industry applications and other areas. The sector has presented new features with the accelerated development of new technologies like large models. 

China now hosts more than 4,500 AI companies. Its core AI industry reached a scale of more than 578 billion yuan (about 81 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023, up 13.9 percent year on year, according to official data. 

In this year's government work report, China unveiled an AI Plus initiative, a strategic move designed to propel the digital economy's expansion and spearhead the transformation and modernization of manufacturing sectors.

China steps up policy support for AI development

China steps up policy support for AI development

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Ethnic minority voters in Michigan disappointed with US Middle East policy

2024-11-06 03:28 Last Updated At:07:17

As the race for the White House is neck and neck, ethnic minority voters in key swing state Michigan expressed their dissatisfaction with United States policies in the Middle East.

U.S. media pointed out that this state boasts the largest percentage of Arab American voters nationwide, totaling more than 200,000 individuals of Arab descent.

Many of these voters have condemned the U.S. government for its continued military support to Israel and its military actions in the Middle East.

They have stated that they will not vote for either Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris or Republican candidate Donald Trump, as neither of them will bring about significant changes to the current U.S. policies in the Middle East.

"I mean, they have a tremendous amount of propaganda about how the elections matter: your voice counts. Well, in fact, it doesn't when the majority of people actually would support a ceasefire and stopping all aid to Israel if they didn't do a ceasefire. So, the democracy --the whole thing -- is a fraud," said Larry, a voter in Michigan.

The voters also expressed their disappointment with the U.S. government's continual intervention in the affairs of other countries, fueling regional disputes and even conflicts and wars over the past few decades.

Ethnic minority voters in Michigan disappointed with US Middle East policy

Ethnic minority voters in Michigan disappointed with US Middle East policy

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