China’s new development plan includes AI safety goals – Xinhua
A new broad set of economic development guidelines adopted by Chinese leadership includes demands for establishing artificial intelligence safeguards while expanding the use of AI across industries, state news agency Xinhua reported Friday. Xinhua said that the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee and the State Council had issued a set of guidelines “aimed at accelerating […]
Chinese leaders have unveiled a comprehensive set of economic development guidelines that call for the establishment of artificial intelligence safeguards, according to state news agency Xinhua. The guidelines, issued by the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee and the State Council, aim to accelerate the development of new productive forces and outline 19 key measures across five areas.
These measures include advancing scientific and technological innovation and deepening the integration of sci-tech and industrial innovation. One of the guidelines emphasizes the full implementation of China's "AI Plus" initiative, which seeks to transform industries through the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence. The guidelines also stress the need to establish systems for technology monitoring, early risk warning, and emergency response to ensure AI remains safe, reliable, and controllable.
This comes after President Xi Jinping stated in the summer that AI should remain "always under human control," calling for stronger laws, technological monitoring, early warning, and emergency response systems. The new guidelines follow US President Donald Trump's preference for limited government regulation of AI, viewing it as a key area of competition with China.
Top US tech leaders recently signed a self-regulation agreement during a meeting with Trump, which the president described as "morally binding." China has already implemented a complex set of rules governing the use of AI, including restrictions on AI companion bots and regulations on digital clones of real people without consent.
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