In 2017, China’s State Council released its plan for the Development of New Generation Artificial Intelligence (Guo Fa [2017] No. 35). A first of its kind in China, the plan is positioned as a response to AI quickly becoming the new focus of international competition and proposed how China can become leaders in global AI development.
From this, the plan has 3 objectives: to create a new international competitive advantage, to stimulate the development of new industries, and to enhance national security.
China’s Development of New Generation Artificial Intelligence (Guo Fa [2017] No. 35) plan outlines 6 key steps to achieve its goals:
The plan sets out to establish an integrated collaboration of existing government and industry resources, centred on 3 pillars:
