China Missed the Industrial Revolution, But It Won’t Miss the Digital One
... telecommunications networks, and the manufacturing of robots. In 2016, the State Council published its Guiding Opinions on Actively Promoting the Internet Plus Action Plan. The document prioritizes artificial intelligence, along with big data, blockchain, and machine learning, for a state strategy aimed at accelerating the use of information and communication technologies for the development of the smart industry. Why has China become so serious about developing artificial intelligence? Artificial ...