In today’s increasinglydigitized global economy,artificial intelligence (AI) isgradually becoming a keyforce driving economic growth.Chinese AI products such asiFLYTEK’s Spark, NetEase Fuxi,and Baidu’s Ernie Bot have beenintegrated into the daily lives ofordinary people. AI technologyis developing rapidly in China,with increasingly abundant dataand computing power resourcesand continuously expandedapplication scenarios. In 2023,the adoption rate of generativeAI among enterprises in Chinahad reached 15 percent, with amarket size of approximately 14.4trillion yuan (US$1.98 trillion).The adoption rate of generativeAI technology in the four majorindustries of manufacturing,retail, telecommunications, andhealthcare has grown rapidly ineach.
China boasts some of theworld’s top AI experts. Its policysupport and funding of the AIindustry keeps growing. Theadoption rate of AI technology hascontinued to rise. The country’s5G mobile communicationtechnology, equipment, andapplication innovation lead theworld, providing a solid foundationfor further development. In recentyears, China has actively embracedthe development trend of the newgeneration of AI. According tothe 2023 Global AI Index releasedby the British media organizationTortoise Media, China hasperformed outstandingly in thethree key indicators of investment,innovation, and practice. Chinaexhibits robust momentumin the AI sector, reflecting itsdeep commitment and highprioritization of the AI industry.
Alongside the breakthroughsin AI technology itself, Chinahas also demonstrated strongcompetitiveness in fields suchas industrial robots and civiliandrones. As the world’s largestindustrial robot market, Chinaleads globally in both the numberof industrial robots and growthrate. And Chinese civilian droneenterprises, represented by DJI,have dominated the global market.The widespread application ofthese technologies has enhancedproduction efficiency and reducedcosts, driving the transformationand upgrading of themanufacturing industry towardsautomation and intelligence.