By https://www.abc.net.au/news/allyson-horn/5859212
Publication Date: 2026-03-13 20:32:00
China just unveiled a new plan to achieve global dominance in technology and AI by 2030.
The plan focuses on putting China at the forefront of everything from humanoid robots and AI operating systems in the workforce to brain-computer interfaces and flying cars.
The ambitious project was unveiled in China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, which, as the name suggests, sets the country’s goals and priorities through 2030.
Deepseek, an AI language learning model developed in China, competes with technology from Western tech companies. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration)
China has explicitly set the goal of integrating artificial intelligence into 90 percent of the country’s economy within the next five years.
China sees this plan as a pivotal point for victory in the bitter battle with the United States for technology supremacy.
But it is also seen as a crucial way to offset the country’s long-term economic downturn and aging workforce.
The success of the AI strategy will depend heavily on Beijing’s…
