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China to be "the world's primary AI innovation center" by 2030

“Third, by 2030, China’s AI theories, technologies, and applications should achieve world-leading levels, making China the world’s primary AI innovation center”

China State CouncilGovernment of the People's Republic of China (national AI development plans)Said · Source: digichina.stanford.edu

Context: China State Council, "New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan" (Jul 2017), DigiChina/New America full translation.

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Our interpretation: by 31 Dec 2030, China leads the world in AI research and frontier capability (e.g. top frontier models and most highly-cited AI research), per major independent indices such as the Stanford AI Index.

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Specificity
2 of 3 (dated, some interpretation)

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