Xi Jinping calls for China to lead global AI race, citing technology’s transformative power

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday said China should secure a competitive edge in AI as it emerged as a strategic technology leading the new round of technological revolution profoundly changing the way humans produce and live.

China shall give full play to the advantages of the new system for mobilising resources, uphold self-reliance and self-strengthening, prioritise application-oriented development, and promote orderly advancement of the AI sector toward a beneficial, safe and equitable direction, Xi told a meeting of the ruling Communist Party on new technologies.