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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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Large-scale telecom fraud centers in northern Myanmar wiped out: Chinese authority

2024-11-22 04:06 Last Updated At:04:17

China's Ministry of Public Security on Thursday declared that all large-scale telecom fraud centers located near the China-Myanmar border in northern Myanmar had been wiped out.

Over 53,000 Chinese nationals suspected of telecom frauds have been arrested with cooperative efforts from Chinese and Myanmar police since the ministry launched a crackdown on telecom frauds in northern Myanmar last year, the ministry said in a statement.

In a coup on Sunday, 1,079 telecom fraud suspects were arrested in northern Myanmar's Tangyan area for the first time, the suspects were caught during a joint operation by police of southwest China's Yunnan Province and local law enforcers of Myanmar.

All of the 763 Chinese citizens among the suspects, including 69 online fugitives, have been handed over to China through the land port of Cangyuan in Yunnan on Tuesday, the ministry said, calling the operation another breakthrough in the crackdown campaign.

According to the statement, China's public security bodies will continue to maintain high pressure in the crackdown on cross-border telecom fraud, especially in areas where scam dens are concentrated.

Vowing to strengthen law enforcement cooperation between the police of China and Myanmar, the ministry warned the public against recruitment information about high-paying jobs overseas, as it might deceive them into crimes.

Large-scale telecom fraud centers in northern Myanmar wiped out: Chinese authority

Large-scale telecom fraud centers in northern Myanmar wiped out: Chinese authority

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