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2030 AI Development Plan
webThis is a foundational Chinese government policy document frequently cited in discussions of AI geopolitics, international AI governance, and the competitive dynamics shaping global AI development trajectories.
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This is the official English translation of China's State Council notice outlining its national strategy for AI development through 2030, aiming to make China the world's leading AI innovation center. The plan establishes a three-step roadmap to achieve parity with global AI leaders by 2020, major breakthroughs by 2025, and world leadership by 2030. It covers investment priorities, ethical frameworks, regulatory approaches, and the integration of AI across economic and military sectors.
Key Points
- •Sets a three-phase roadmap: match global AI leaders by 2020, achieve major breakthroughs by 2025, and become the world's primary AI innovation hub by 2030.
- •Explicitly frames AI as a strategic technology with implications for national security, economic competitiveness, and military modernization.
- •Includes provisions for AI ethics, legal frameworks, and governance structures, signaling early Chinese engagement with AI safety concerns at a policy level.
- •Targets a domestic AI industry core worth over 1 trillion RMB by 2030, reflecting massive state-backed investment ambitions.
- •Relevant to global AI governance dynamics as it illustrates how major state actors frame AI development as a geopolitical competition.
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The Chinese State Council has issued a guideline on the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and the establishment of a goal to become a global innovation center in this field by 2030. Here is the full translation of the guideline: A New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Development Plan. It is translated by Flora Sapio (FLIA Scholar), Weiming Chen (FLIA Research Assistant), and Adrian Lo (FLIA Research Intern).
**Notice of the State Council Issuing the**
**New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Development Plan**
State Council Document \[2017\] No. 35
To all people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, all State Council ministries, and all directly controlled institutions:
The “next generation of artificial intelligence development plan” is hereby issued to you, please carefully implement.
State Council
July 8, 2017
**A New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Development Plan**
The rapid development of artificial intelligence will profoundly change human social life and the world. To seize the major strategic opportunities for the development of artificial intelligence, build China’s first-mover advantage in artificial intelligence development, accelerate the construction of innovative countries and the world’s science and technology power, this plan is enacted in accordance with the requirements of the CPC Central Committee and State Council.
1. **The** **S** **trategic** **S** **ituation**
Artificial intelligence has developed into a new stage. After 60 years of evolution, especially in the motivation of new theories and technologies (i.e mobile Internet, large data, super-computing, sensor network, brain science) and strong demand for economic and social development, artificial intelligence has accelerated with new features of deep learning, cross-border integration, man-machine collaboration, open group intelligence and autonomous control. Knowledge learning driven by large data, cross-media co-processing, man-machine collaboration to enhance intelligence, group integration intelligence and autonomous intelligence systems have become the focus of the development of artificial intelligence. Brain science research results inspired by the brain intelligence are ready, chip hardware platform development trend is more obvious and artificial intelligence has developed into a new stage. At present, the whole promotion of a new generation of artificial intelligence related disciplines, theoretical modeling, technological innovation, hardware and software upgrades is triggering chain breakthroughs and propelling the development of the economic and social fields from digitalization and networkization t
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