China's State Council Sets AI Agenda: Application-Led Growth, Sector-Specific Rules
terryyuezhuo · x · 2026-10-16
China's State Council meeting, chaired by Li Qiang, called for prioritizing application-led AI development tied to the real economy: strengthening supply-demand matching, promoting joint R&D, accelerating pilot validation, and expanding scenario cultivation. It also stressed balancing development and security with tiered, sector-specific policies and risk assessment to uphold AI security bottom lines.
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