BEIJING (Reuters) – China will develop plans to develop emerging industries, including quantum computing, and continue striving to achieve technological self-sufficiency, according to a government work report.
The report said it will step up efforts on big data and artificial intelligence (AI), launch the AI Plus initiative, and launch a number of major science and technology programs to achieve key strategic and industrial development goals. He plans to raise it.
“We will make full use of the strengths of the new system of mobilizing resources across the country and comprehensively improve China’s innovation capabilities,” the report said.
The Chinese government has made achieving technological self-sufficiency a priority, hit hard in recent years by trade tensions with the United States, which has restricted exports of chips and other components to China.
He says he wants to improve national security and economic resilience by fostering domestic innovation capacity and reducing dependence on foreign suppliers, and he sees the government’s role in dedicating resources to achieving this goal. increasingly emphasized.
Since last year, the ruling Communist Party has been given more power to shape technology-related policy as part of a major government reorganization.
According to the report, the country will also develop top-notch scientists and innovation teams, and improve mechanisms for identifying and training top innovators.
(This article has been reedited to correct a typo in the headline)
(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom and Shanghai Newsroom; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Edwina Gibbs)
