China AI Pulse

Policy Releases

• 🔥 International AI Cooperation Action Plan: China released an action plan jointly issued by the National Development and Reform...

Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 (2.8 trillion parameters) exceeds prior domestic leaders like DeepSeek V4 Pro (1.6T) and Baidu Ernie 5.0 (2.4T), with plans to...

China's recent moves form a layered approach to global AI influence. An action plan covering data, computing, talent and governance was released...

Xi Jinping's AI Policy Address

• 🔥 Tighter Controls and Broader Access: Xi called for strengthened risk awareness, legislation, oversight and...

Beijing firmly rejects US plans to fold three China-focused export control bills into the NDAA, warning they cause “arbitrary disruption and damage” to global supply chains and urging an end to blocking Chinese companies.

Official Chinese coverage highlights Xi's long-term national strategy and governance push for safe AI development.

International outlets emphasize...

China's AI development follows systemic co-development and sharing, assembling open-source models, distributed compute, industrial data, scenarios and...

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China has become the world's largest AI patent holder, claiming 60% of the global total amid rising innovator investment and a core AI industry now valued above 1.2 trillion yuan with over 6,000 firms.

China is shifting to concrete, targeted AI regulations and safety standards in July 2026, marking a maturing governance approach.

• Ethical...

Peking University researchers created an optical interconnect system that speeds distributed AI inference over 100 times while using one-ninth the...

Government Policy Discussions

• 🔥 Overseas Access Curbs: Beijing officials held meetings to discuss limiting overseas access to China’s most...

US restrictions have created a fragmented legal regime across hardware and now AI models, driven by extraterritorial rules like the Foreign Direct...

Beijing is weighing limits on overseas access to advanced Chinese AI models, including open-weight ones, over national security concerns.

• Zhipu...

Beijing's cybersecurity warning on Anthropic's Claude Code backdoor risks is driving Chinese developers toward local alternatives for security and...

China will host the 2026 APEC Digital and AI Ministerial Meeting in Chengdu on July 23, using its APEC host year to push practical cooperation on AI...

15th Five-Year Plan Priorities

• 🔥 Robotics and AI as Growth Drivers: The 15th Five-Year Plan positions robotics and AI at the heart of China's...

China's 15th Five-Year Plan is driving a shift from traditional automation to AI-integrated intelligent manufacturing.

• The plan positions robotics...

China is actively filling the global AI governance vacuum at UN summits in Geneva, with Minister Li Lecheng promoting "AI for Good and AI for All"...

AI for Science Strategic Push

• 🔥 AI for Science Policies: Chinese government policies and national supercomputing network are embedding AI into...