China's State-Directed AI Ambitions Intensify with New Five-Year Plan
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David Lin
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China's ambitious plan to become a world leader in AI by 2030, introduced in 2017, involves directing state capital, mobilizing firms, recruiting talent, and executing with strategic patience. Nearly a decade later, this approach has intensified, with Beijing's 15th Five-Year Plan calling for "extraordinary measures" to strengthen technological self-reliance. The article examines the brutal domestic competition among Chinese AI firms as they vie for dominance in a state-directed innovation ecosystem.
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Beijing would direct capital, mobilize its firms, recruit talent, and execute with the strategic patience of a state-led innovation ecosystem.
Beijing's recently issued 15th Five-Year Plan directs Party organs to take 'extraordinary measures' to strengthen technological self-reliance.
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