China to step up quantum computing, AI in tech self-sufficiency drive
China will formulate plans to develop emerging industries including quantum computing and continue striving to achieve self-sufficiency in technology, a government work report said.
It will also step up efforts in big data and artificial intelligence (AI) and intends to launch a number of major science and technology programmes to meet major strategic and industrial development goals, the report shows.
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Beijing has in recent years made technological self sufficiency a priority, hit hard by trade tensions with the United States which has restricted exports of chips and some other components to China.
It has said it wants to improve national security and economic resilience by nurturing domestic innovation capabilities and lessening dependence on foreign suppliers, and has increasingly emphasized the role of the government in directing resources to help achieve this goal.
This year's emphasis on emerging technologies like AI is not surprising, said Alfredo Montufar-Helu, Beijing-based head of the China Center at the Conference Board.
It is in line with last year's Central Economic
