By @Xinhua
Publication Date: 2025-11-23 00:00:00
BEIJING – Artificial Intelligence (AI) is undoubtedly one of today’s global buzzwords. But in China – the world’s second-largest economy – a crucial question is how its AI ambitions will unfold and change the country’s future growth path. Clues to the answer can be found in a major national initiative called AI Plus.
The “AI Plus” initiative, unveiled in a government work report in 2024, is gaining momentum and becoming a key priority for China’s social and economic development. Most recently, the recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) included a call for “general development of the ‘AI Plus’ initiative”, underscoring its importance for the country’s future.
What does “AI plus” mean?
The “AI Plus”…