ChinaFocus:ChinaacceleratesAIdevelopmenttobuildAIinnovationcenter_GuangmingOnlineBEIJING,April5(Xinhua)--Chinahasattachedgreatimportancetoartificialintelligence(AI)developmentinrecentyearstobuilditselfintoamajorglobalAIinnovationcenter.Technologiessuchasfacerecognition,voicerecognition,intelligentrobots,virtualreality,anddriverlessvehicles,havebeenwidelyusedinthecountry,coveringfieldslikeeducation,medicalcare,scienceandtechnology,logistics,agriculture,andentertainment.Accordingtoadevelopmentplanningfornew-generationAI,Chinaaimstobecometheworld'smajorAIinnovationcenterby2030,withthescaleofitsAIcoreindustryexceeding1trillionyuan(about140.9billionU.S.dollars),andthescaleofrelatedindustriesexceeding10trillionyuan.Chinahasintroducedpoliciesintermsofscientificandtechnologicalresearchanddevelopment(RD),applicationpromotion,andindustrialdevelopment,tosolvemajorapplicationandindustrializationproblemsofartificialintelligence.ManylocalgovernmentsarealsoacceleratingtheintegrationofinnovationresourcestopromotethedevelopmentofAItechnologyandrelatedindustries.BeijingboastsrichAItalentresources,strongRDandinnovationcapabilities,andactiveproductiterationinthefieldofAIdevelopment.AccordingtoareportonthedevelopmentofChina'sAIindustryin2023,Beijinghasabout28percentofthecountry's2,200AIenterprises,rankingfirstinthecountry.Lastyear,BeijingreleasedadetailedplantopromotethedevelopmentofAI.Accordingtotheplan,by2025,thescaleofitsAIcoreindustryisscheduledtoreach300billionyuan.Atpresent,BeijingisspeedingupthelayoutoffrontierAIbasictheoryandkeycoretechnologies.OtherChineseregionssuchasGuangdong,Shanghai,Jiangsu,Anhui,SichuanarealsoseizingAIopportunities.ThecityofShenzheninGuangdongplanstobuildanationalpilotzoneforAIinnovationandanationaldemonstrationzoneforAIapplication.AIwillbeamongkeytechnologiestoreceivethesupportofthemunicipalgovernment.Shanghaiisalsopromotingthehigh-qualitydevelopmentoftheAIindustryandfosteringanecologyforlarge-modelinnovation.Over20AIlargemodelshavepassedtheauditandrecordoflocalgovernment,saidZhangYing,headoftheShanghaiMunicipalCommissionofEconomyandInformatization.Thecity'sinnovationcenterforlargemodelindustrialapplicationhasattractednearly60enterprisesinlessthanhalfayearafteritsoperation,Zhangsaid.ThetotalscaleofChina'sAIcoreindustryhasreached500billionyuan,andthenumberofrelatedenterpriseshasexceeded4,300,sourcesfromChina'sMinistryofIndustryandInformationTechnologysaid.Asastrategictechnologyleadinganewroundofscientificandtechnologicalrevolutionandindustrialchange,AItechnologywillpromotethedeepintegrationofdigitaltechnologyandtherealeconomy,andfosternewindustries,saidLiuQingfeng,chairmanofiFlytek.Inhiseyes,Chinahasformedacomparativeadvantageinthefieldsofvoicelargemodelandmedicallargemodel.However,someexpertsnotedthatthereisstillagapbetweenChinaandothercountriesintermsofunderlyingalgorithms,keyhardwareandsoftware,andecosystemofAI.Thescientificandtechnologicalcommunitymustworkwithenterprisestopromotetechnologicaldevelopmentandindustrialchangeinthefuture,includingacceleratingthecultivationofalargemodelopeninnovationecosystemandpromotingthecultivationoftopinnovativetalent,theysaid.ChinahasabroadmarketforAIapplications,butitstillfaceschallengesintermsofbasictechnologiesandtalent,accordingtoDaiQionghai,chairmanoftheChineseAssociationforArtificialIntelligenceandaTsinghuaUniversityprofessor."WeshoulddeepenthetrainingofAItalent,enhancebasicresearch,andstrengthenoriginalinnovationintermsofpolicies,mechanismsandinvestment,"hesaid.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.