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The National Development and Reform Commission disclosed five key work plans for the artificial intelligence industry during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, emphasizing the strengthening of key technologies such as models, computing power, and data.
According to Mars Finance, at a press conference held by the Shanghai Municipal Government on July 7, Wang Ruomeng, Deputy Director of the Innovation and High-Tech Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, disclosed the working plan for my country's artificial intelligence industry during the 15th Five-Year Plan period: First, accelerate independent innovation. Strengthen research on key technologies such as models, computing power, and data; increase basic research; generate more original achievements; and contribute Chinese wisdom to the global development of artificial intelligence. Second, strengthen application-driven development. Focus on areas with significant economic contributions, high strategic value, and good social benefits; open up a number of high-value scenarios; and create a number of benchmark applications. At the same time, pay attention to the impact of artificial intelligence on employment, promote the creation of new jobs and empowerment of traditional jobs through artificial intelligence, and prioritize its application in "dangerous, dirty, tiring, and heavy" scenarios. Third, deepen ecological collaboration. Continuously promote deep adaptation of software and hardware, common prosperity of open and closed sources, integration of industry, academia, research, and application, and differentiated regional development to significantly improve the efficiency of ecological collaboration. Fourth, adhere to openness and win-win cooperation. Extensively carry out international cooperation in artificial intelligence, promote open-source and inclusive technology, support the Global South in strengthening artificial intelligence capacity building, and actively participate in international governance in the field of artificial intelligence. Fifth, ensure safety and controllability. We must coordinate development and security, accelerate legislation in the field of artificial intelligence, improve the system of rules and regulations, prevent risks such as data misuse, deepfakes, and privacy breaches, and ensure that the development of artificial intelligence is for human use and under human control. (Cailian Press)
During his research visit to Guangzhou on the development of the artificial intelligence industry, Meng Fanli emphasized: Accelerate high-level applications across all regions, all times, and all industries to fully promote the high-quality development of the artificial intelligence industry.
According to Mars Finance, Meng Fanli, Deputy Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Guangdong Province, visited several artificial intelligence (AI) companies in Guangzhou. He emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches and instructions on Guangdong and Guangzhou, and to earnestly implement the deployments of the Guangdong Symposium on Accelerating the Development of the New Mechatronics Industry and the Guangdong AI Application Matching Conference. He stressed the importance of using more powerful and effective "policies + work" to fully promote the high-quality development of the AI industry and its high-level application across all regions, industries, and sectors, thereby accelerating the cultivation and development of new productive forces. Meng Fanli pointed out that global AI is currently experiencing explosive growth, and Guangdong possesses a strong industrial foundation, rich application scenarios, and a vibrant innovation ecosystem, making its AI industry development promising and highly valuable. He stressed the need to firmly grasp AI as a crucial driving force for the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, vigorously promote its rapid development and application, better empower various industries, bring it into every household, and drive high-quality development. We must fully leverage the advantages of mechatronics and hardware-software synergy, strengthen research and development of key core technologies and the transformation of research results in artificial intelligence, continuously attract investment and talent from across the country and globally, accelerate the strengthening of the entire artificial intelligence industry chain including chips, computing power, algorithms, data, and applications, cultivate a number of large-scale models in vertical fields and small-scale models for specific scenarios, develop and launch more industrial intelligent agents and life intelligent agents, and create a group of leading enterprises with outstanding technical strength, industry influence, and independent ecosystem construction capabilities. We must deepen and expand "AI+", adhering to full coverage, all-time response, and full industry penetration, comprehensively reviewing and fully developing all possible application scenarios in various fields such as intelligent manufacturing, smart parks, smart cities, smart healthcare, and smart transportation, especially accelerating the digital transformation of industrial enterprises, promoting the coordinated development of manufacturing and service industries, and better empowering the construction of a modern industrial system. We must create a first-class industrial ecosystem, comprehensively optimize policy supply, strengthen the guarantee of various factors such as finance, innovation, and talent, improve the artificial intelligence governance system, and promote the integration of large, medium, and small enterprises, upstream and downstream matching, and front-end and back-end closed loops in artificial intelligence development, creating a first-class environment and providing optimal services for high-quality industrial development. (Southern Plus)
The "Beijing Digital Economy Development Report (2025-2026)" was released, predicting that the core artificial intelligence industry will reach approximately 450 billion yuan in scale by 2025.
According to Mars Finance, at the 2026 Global Digital Economy Conference results release conference yesterday, Lu Ya, Vice President of the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, released the "Beijing Digital Economy Development Report (2025-2026)" blue book. The report shows that in 2025, Beijing's digital economy added value exceeded 2.4 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.7%, accounting for 46.4% of GDP. It ranked second in the global digital economy benchmark city index evaluation, with a development index value of 0.770, firmly maintaining its position as a "global leading city." Lu Ya introduced that Beijing's status as the "No. 1 city for artificial intelligence" continues to be consolidated. In 2025, the core artificial intelligence industry scale was approximately 450 billion yuan, attracting over 2,500 related enterprises. As of April 2026, 225 large-scale models had been registered. Innovation and industry application of large-scale models are accelerating in both directions, rapidly empowering industrial upgrading, technological innovation, and public services. The market-oriented reform of data elements is being deepened, and breakthroughs have been achieved in the construction of "one zone and three centers." The trading volume of the Beijing International Big Data Exchange increased by 150% year-on-year, and the circulation of trusted data space is deepening around key areas such as healthcare and audiovisual media. (Cailian Press)
The "2026 China Embossed Intelligence Industry Development Report" was released.
According to Mars Finance, the 2026 Shanghai International Embossed Intelligence Industry Expo (CIEI 2026), China's first professional industry exhibition focusing entirely on embodied intelligence, is currently being held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). The "2026 China Embossed Intelligence Industry Development Report" was released during the expo. The report shows that the current global embodied intelligence industry landscape presents a competitive situation of "dual-core drive by China and the US, and catch-up by Europe, Japan, and South Korea." The US maintains its lead at the "brain" level of embodied intelligence due to its absolute advantages in AI basic research, large-scale model training, and venture capital. China demonstrates unique competitive advantages in the global embodied intelligence industry. On the one hand, China possesses the world's most complete robot hardware supply chain, covering all aspects of the industry chain, including motors, reducers, lead screws, sensors, and controllers, with costs only 40-60% of those in Europe and the US. On the other hand, China's rich manufacturing and service industry application scenarios provide massive training data and implementation opportunities for embodied intelligence. Simultaneously, national policies continue to strengthen, forming a systematic industry support system from the central to local levels. (Shangguan News)
Zhejiang: To create a favorable ecosystem for the development of the brain-computer interface industry and guide social capital to increase investment.
Mars Finance reported on June 29th that Liu Jie, Governor of Zhejiang Province and Secretary of the Party Group of the Provincial Government, presided over the 94th meeting of the Party Group of the Provincial Government and the 117th executive meeting of the Provincial Government this morning. The meeting pointed out that brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are a future industry clearly outlined in the National 15th Five-Year Plan and one of the new tracks in which Zhejiang has a foundation and the opportunity to achieve breakthroughs. It is necessary to fully support the deepening of basic research in the field of BCIs, give full play to the first-mover advantage of Zhejiang's high-end science and technology innovation platforms and high-quality enterprises, continuously increase policy support, further gather innovative talents from all aspects, and better support various innovation entities to carry out collaborative research. Efforts should be made to remove obstacles in areas such as agreement signing, medical insurance policies, and commercial insurance, providing support for the development of the BCI industry through rich and accessible application scenarios. It is necessary to promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence and BCIs, give full play to the role of the National Artificial Intelligence Pilot Base (medical field), encourage BCI companies to cooperate deeply with artificial intelligence large-scale models and embodied intelligence companies, and promote artificial intelligence to truly become the core engine for the large-scale commercialization of the BCI industry. To create a favorable ecosystem for the development of the brain-computer interface industry, it is necessary to strengthen the support of various financial elements, guide social capital to increase investment, expand international openness and cooperation, strengthen safety supervision, and ensure the safe and orderly development of the brain-computer interface industry. (Zhejiang Online)
Serenity: A key turning point in the development of the robotics industry seems to have arrived.
According to Mars Finance, on June 29th, Serenity reported that General Motors (GM) is laying off approximately 1,000 employees and replacing some positions with about 50 robots. Simultaneously, reports indicate that GM is in talks with Nvidia regarding a factory robot collaboration. This is seen as a significant signal that the robotics industry is moving towards large-scale commercial application, demonstrating that automation has the potential to improve operational efficiency and profit margins, particularly in labor-intensive scenarios such as automobile manufacturing and warehousing logistics. Serenity believes that robot and humanoid robot technologies are essentially mature, currently primarily in the early stages of large-scale deployment. Although large enterprises generally define them as "auxiliary robots," their core objective remains to replace some manual positions with automation, reducing labor costs such as wages and insurance, achieving 24/7 operation, and improving profitability. While the widespread adoption of robots may bring employment pressure, a key turning point in the industry's development appears to have arrived.