China's new five-year plan calls for AI throughout its economy, tech breakthroughs
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China's new five-year policy blueprint laid out its ambitions to aggressively adopt artificial intelligence throughout the world's second-biggest economy and dominate emerging technologies such as quantum computing and humanoid robots.
The country will "seize the commanding heights of science and technological development" and seek "decisive breakthroughs in key core technologies", according to the plan released on Thursday to coincide with the opening session of the National People's Congress.
A separate report by the country's state-planning body also asserted that China was outpacing rivals in AI research and development as well as other key areas.
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