It was established because of concerns raised by Xi and other officials that Beijing’s lack of control over the internet and public opinion expressed online could compromise the party’s rule. Cai’s appointment has not been announced but he took the helm of the commission some time in the first half of 2023, according to one … Read more
“Frontier technologies and future industries represented by new materials, biopharmaceuticals, gene technology, and deep sea, air and space exploration, have created an unprecedented demand for computing power infrastructure. “A unified computing system would optimise resources, lower costs and help the country to achieve breakthroughs in cutting-edge tech such as quantum information.” 01:36 AI chip maker … Read more
Local governments should focus on finding a competitive edge in specific sectors of the digital economy, instead of “blindly” jumping in, as China aims to find new growth points to counter pressure from the United States, according to a proposal from an economic adviser. Lu Ming, director of Shanghai Institute for National Economy, said many … Read more
LAWMAKERS’ CONCERNS More than 20 Members of Parliament (MPs) rose to speak during the motion, which asked that parliament reaffirm its commitment to adopt a whole-of-nation approach to sustain trust by building an inclusive and safe digital society. The motion was tabled by the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Communications and Information, with 13 specific … Read more
“The computing power gap between the east and west has narrowed in recent years, but there are still problems to be addressed,” state news agency Xinhua on Wednesday quoted an unnamed NDA official as saying. The problems centre on imbalances in the distribution of general computing, intelligent computing and supercomputing power across national computing hubs. … Read more
China will focus on the digital economy to promote President Xi Jinping’s vision for “common prosperity”, national planning and data authorities said. The National Development and Reform Commission and the new National Data Administration have jointly released a plan to expand the application of digital technology to support the development of China’s real economy. The … Read more
According to a government reform plan issued in March by the State Council, China’s cabinet, the NDA will take over many responsibilities from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country’s top watchdog in charge of web regulation. China reveals plans for data enforcement super agency Specifically, the NDA has been tasked with driving China’s … Read more
